20th January 2010 Jointly with the Federal Union and with thanks to the German Embassy for their hospitality and help in organising the event. Speakers: Professor Rudolf Hrbek, Tübingen University Mr Johannes Leithäuser, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Professor Hrbek discussed the development of the federal system in Germany, the effects of [...]
20th May 2011 Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Speakers: Peter Sutherland KCMG, former European Commissioner and Director-General of the WTO (by video) Jonathan Scheele, Head of the UK Representation of the European Commission Sir Stephen Wall, Former UK Representative to the EU and European adviser to [...]
14 April 2011 This was an event jointly organised with Deomcratic Audit. The session was chaird by Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Director of Democratic Audit. Providing the view from the neutral corner was Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Institute for Political and Constitutional Studies, King's College, London. Putting the case for was Brendan Donnelly, [...]
Book Launch 7th April 2011 Dr Oliver Daddow, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Loughborough University, outlined the theses in his new book, 'New Labour and the European Union'. Sir Stephen Wall, former UK Representative to the EU and European adviser to PM Tony Blair, commented. Rt Hon Lord [...]
This seminar was a joint event, hosted with the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The main subject of the meeting was the presentation of the report "Making the European Union work - Issues for Economic Governance Reform". Dr Jens Bastian, Senior Economic Research Fellow for SE Europe, ELIAMEP, Athens and a Visiting Fellow, [...]
Book Launch Jan 25th 2011 The Federal Trust held an event celebrating the launch of the recently published The EU Fiscal Crisis - forcing Eurozone political union in 2011?, written by Federal Trust Council member Graham Bishop – a leading independent financial analyst who has advised the UK and European [...]
Citizenship and the Lisbon Treaty: Can the British ever be European citizens? Jan 20th 2011 Held jointly with Global Policy Institute Speakers: Georgia Georgiadou, Policy Officer, Citizenship Unit, DG Justice, European Commission Richard Laming, Chairman, Federal Union John Palmer, former Political Director, Europen Policy Centre Professor Jo Shaw, Salvesen Chair [...]
Coalition and Constitution: A Laboratory For Change? Jan 13th 2011 Mary Sumner House, 24 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3RB Speakers: Graham Allen MP, Chairman of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee in the House of Commons Professor Stanley Henig, Senior Research Fellow, The Federal Trust Professor Vernon Bogdanor, Visting Professor, [...]
The Global Super-Rich: a problem or an asset? 27th March 2012 Speakers: Dr. Stephen Barber, Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University, and senior Research Fellow at GPI. Dr Barber's new book 'Tragedy of Riches' will be launched on the night. Professor Stephen Haseler, Director of GPI Howard Reed, Co-Editor [...]
Democracy and the Eurozone's Fiscal Pact : Are They Compatible? 16th April 2012 National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place London SW1A 2HE Throughout this year, the Federal Trust is jointly organising a series of conferences on European economic themes together with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Global Policy Institute. In the [...]
