| State of
the European Union Lecture Since the beginning of 1995, the EUSC has invited the Consul General of the
European Union member-state holding the rotating (six-month) Presidency of the European
Union to give a "State of the Union Address". These addresses provide an account
of the major issues and challenges facing the European Union and are a valuable resource
for the business, legal and diplomatic communities.
To find out more
about the Presidency click here.
- Dr. Hans-Jürgen
Heimsoeth, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New
York
The State of the European Union
July 26, 2007
- Ambassador Osmo
Lipponen, Consul General of Finland in New York
The State of the European Union
February 15, 2007
- Dr. Brigitta
Blaha,
Consul General of Austria in
New York
The State of the European Union
September 18, 2006
- Jon Benjamin,
Deputy Consul General of Great Britain in
New York
The State of the European Union
January 24, 2006
- Mr. Georges
Faber,
Consul General of Luxembourg in New York
The State of the European Union
September 21, 2005
- Wim Geerts,
Minister, Deputy Chief of Mission, The Royal Netherlands Embassy,
Washington DC
The State of the European Union
February 23, 2005
- Christina
McElwaine, Press Officer,
Consulate General of Ireland in New York
The State of the European Union
September 28, 2004
- Ferdinando Nelli
Feroci, Director
General for European Integration,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
The State of the European Union
February 17, 2004
- Dimitris
Platis, Consul General of
Greece in New York
The State of the European Union
June 19, 2003
- H.E.
Ulrik Federspiel, Denmark's
Ambassador to the United States
The State of the European Union
February 6, 2003
- H.E.
Emilio Cassinello, Consul
General of Spain in New York
The State of the European Union
June 27, 2003
- H.E.
Inge Kristoffersen,
Belgian Consul General
The State of the European Union
December 17, 2001
- Pierre
Schori, the
Swedish Ambassador to the United Nations
The State of the European Union
June 20, 2001
- The
Hon. Richard Duqué, Consul
General of France in New York
The State of the European Union
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
- Francisco Seixas da
Costa, Secretary of State for European Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal
The State of
the European Union
Thursday, July 6, 2000
- Eikka Kosonen,
Director General of the Secretariat for European Union Affairs,
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
The
State of the European Union
Thursday, December 16, 1999
- Eberhard Koelsch
Deputy Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
Germany's Presidency of the European Union -
Review and Appraisal
Tuesday, June 8, 1999
- Ulrich Stacher, Director
General for European Integration and Economic Coordination in the Federal
Chancellor's Office in Vienna
The State of the European Union.
December 15, 1998
- Jeffrey Ling, CMG British
Consul General and Director General of Trade and Investment (USA)
State of the European Union Lecture.
June 2, 1998
- H.E. Ambassador Alphonse Berns,
Embassy of Luxembourg, Washington D.C.
State of the European Union Lecture.
December 16, 1997
- H.E. Adriaan Jacobovits de Szeged,
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
State of the European Union Lecture.
June 26, 1997
- Franco Mistretta, Consul
General of Italy in New York
Italy’s Presidency of the European Union:
Challenges and Accomplishments.
May 20, 1996
- H.E. José M. Allendesalazar,
Consul General of Spain in New York
Spain’s Presidency of the European Union.
The European Union Before the Intergovernmental
Conference: Issues, Plans, Challenges.
November 27, 1995
- André Baeyens, Consul
General Consulate General of France in New York
France Between the Presidential Elections and
the European Summit
May 11, 1995
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International
Conferences and Seminars
THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY
and the
European Union
Center of New York
invite
you to a special lecture
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Otto L. Walter
a great personal
friend and benefactor of the Center
and a former Advisory
Board member
with
Professor Norbert Walter
Chief Economist of the Deutsche Bank Group
on
From Free Trade to Deep Integration
Outlook on Economic Relations
between the EU and US
* * *
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Time:
16:00
Place: Graduate Center, CUNY
365
Fifth Avenue, New York
Martin E. Segal Theatre
* * *
Refreshments will be served
* * *
Seating is limited. RSVP by November 12,
2007 (acceptances only).
Please note that no responses will be accepted on the day of the
event.
Tel: 212-817-2051/53; E-mail:
eusc@gc.cuny.edu
Web address:
euromatters.org
THE EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES CENTER
THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY
and the
Hungarian Cultural Center, New York
are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion
The 1956 Hungarian
Revolution: Fifty Years On
with
Charles GATI, Professor, European Studies, School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, speaking on the influence
of
the US (including the CIA and Radio Free Europe) and the role of Prime
Minister Imre Nagy.
Csaba BÉKÉS,
Founding Director, Cold War History Research Center, and
Visiting Fulbright Professor at New York University, 2006-2007, speaking
on the Cold War context; Soviet decision-making in 1956; and the role
of the Suez Crisis and the United Nations.
Attila SZAKOLCZAI,
Senior Research Fellow, the 1956 Institute in
Budapest, speaking on the role of the fighting groups and revolutionary
organizations; events in the countryside; and reprisals following the
revolution.
The discussion will be
moderated by Prof. Hugo M. Kaufmann, Director of the European Union
Studies Center.
* * *
Date: Thursday, October
5, 2006
Time: 17:30
Place: Graduate
Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, New
York
Rooms: C202/C203
*
* *
Seating is limited.
RSVP by October 3, 2006 (acceptances only).
Tel: 212 750 4450; E-mail:
culturehungary@gmail.com
Web address:
euromatters.org; culturehungary.org;
The
European Union Studies Center, of the Graduate School and University
Center, City University of New York; the American
Council on Germany in cooperation with the American Foreign Law
Association
Panel discussion
and reception in honor of the late Otto L. Walter
on
“Corporate Governance: Competing Views in the United States and Europe?”
with
Pierre Delsaux, Head of Unit, Directorate G4: Company Law,
Corporate Governance, and Financial Crime, European Commission
and Professor at University of Liège
Ira Millstein, Senior Partner, Weil, Gotschal & Manges LLP and
Eugene F. Williams, Jr., Visiting Professor in Competitive Enterprise
and Strategy at the Yale School of Management
Moderator: Charis Gresser, Lex Columnist, Financial Times
* * *
Thursday, November 4, 2004
5:45 – 8:00 p.m.
The Princeton Club
15 West 43rd Street, New York City
RSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at
212-826-3636
or events@acgusa.org
There will be a charge of $25 ($15 for students) for this event.
(please make checks payable to American Council on Germany)
No refund for cancellations after Monday, November 1, 2004.
The European Union Studies Center, of the
Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York; the
Alfred Herrhausen Society for International Dialogue; and the American
Council on Germany
Desperately Seeking
Europe
September 18, 2003, Union Club,
New York
PANEL
DISCUSSION WITH
Hans-Ulrich Klose, Member of the German Bundestag, SPD
Ambassador Avi Primor, Vice
President, Tel
Aviv University
Ilija Trojanow, Journalist and Author
Lord William Wallace, London School of Economics
Moderator: Susan Stern, University of
Frankfurt
Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori,
Scuola Avanzata di Formazione Integrata
City University of New York Joint Conference, Part
II
Europe Entering the Next Millennium
New York, November 11-12, 1999, Italian Cultural
Institute of New York, tel. (212) 861-4018
WELCOMING REMARKS
Frances Degen Horowitz,
President of the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
Roberto Schmid, President
of the University of Pavia and of the University for Advanced Studies of Pavia:
The Development of the Education Systems
in the European Union
EMU: MONETARY ISSUES
Hugo Kaufmann, Director of
the European Union Studies Center, Professor of Economics at the City University of New
York:
EMU: Insiders and Outsiders
Dario Velo, Dean of the
School of Economics, Director of the Polo Europeo d'Eccellenza "Jean Monnet",
University of Pavia:
EMU: Globalization and Welfare State
Reform
Robert E. Lipsey, National
Bureau of Economic Research, City University of New York:
Foreign Direct Investments in the United States and Europe: A
Comparative Analysis
INTERNATIONAL AND FISCAL ISSUES
Dominik Salvatore,
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Fordham University:
Relative Taxation and Competitiveness in the EU
Silvio Beretta, Professor
of Economics at the University of Pavia, President of the Province of Pavia:
The Funding of the EU Enlargement
Alberto Majocchi,
President of the European Community Center, Director of the Department of Public and
Territorial Economics, University of Pavia:
Can an EU-wide Fiscal policy Emerge?
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF
THE AGENDA 2000
Glenda Rosenthal, Director
of the Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University:
Political Aspects of the Agenda 2000
Maria Francesca Nespoli, University
Institute for Advanced Studies of Pavia:
Common Agricultural policy: A Common
Sense's Approach
Gianni Vaggi, Professor of
Economics, Director of the Master School in Cooperation and Development, University of
Pavia:
The Issue of Enlargement Towards
Mediterranean Countries
Martin Schain, Chairman of
the Center for European Studies, New York University
Migration/Immigration: Policy
Effectiveness and the European State
EUROPE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Emilio Gerelli, President
of the Consortium "Environment for the Future", Professor of Public Finance at
the University of Pavia:
Environmental Policy and Globalization
Diego Hidalgo, Center for
European Studies of Harvard University and of the City University of New York:
International Integration: Regionalism
or Globalization?
Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori,
Scuola Avanzata di Formazione Integrata
City University of New York Joint Conference, Part I
Europe Entering the Next Millennium
Pavia, March 17-19, 1999
WELCOMING REMARKS
Roberto Schmid, President
of the University of Pavia and of the University for Advanced Studies
Cesare Balduini, Director of the
Advanced School for Integrative Education of Pavia.
Roberto Schmid, President
of the University of Pavia and of the University for Advanced Studies of Pavia:
The Development of the Education Systems
in the European Union
EMU: MONETARY ISSUES
Hugo Kaufmann, Director of
the European Union Studies Center, Professor of Economics at the City University of New
York:
EMU: Insiders and Outsiders
Dario Velo, Dean of the
School of Economics, Director of the Polo Europeo d'Eccellenza "Jean Monnet",
University of Pavia:
EMU: Globalization and Welfare State
Reform
Arrigo Levi, Journalist, Il
Corriere della Sera
Institutional and Political Aspects of
the EMU
INTERNATIONAL AND FISCAL ISSUES
Dominik Salvatore,
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Fordham University:
The Euro and the Dollar
Silvio Beretta, Professor
of Economics at the University of Pavia, President of the Province of Pavia:
The Funding of the EU Enlargement
Alberto Majocchi,
President of the European Community Center, Director of the Department of Public and
Territorial Economics, University of Pavia:
Fiscal Policy within the EU
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF
THE AGENDA 2000
Glenda Rosenthal, Director
of the Institute on Western Europe, Columbia University:
Political Aspects of the Agenda 2000
Martin Schain, Chairman of
the Center for European Studies, New York University
Migration/Immigration: Policy
Effectiveness and the European State
EUROPE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Emilio Gerelli, President
of the Consortium "Environment for the Future", Professor of Public Finance at
the University of Pavia:
Environmental Policy and Globalization
Robert Lipsey, Professor
Emeritus at the City University of New York; National Bureau of Economic Research:
Foreign Direct Investmenst in the United
States and Europe: A Comparative Analysis
EMU Day
Transition to the EURO
October 28, 1998
Peter Kenen, Professor Of
Economics Princeton University
The Euro and the ECB: Actors on the
Global Stage
Roger Goebel, Pofessor of
Law, Fordham University
Constitutional, Legal and Political
Issues in the Move towards EMU
John Lipsky, Chief
Economist, Chase Manhattan Bank
The EUROs Impact on the Financial Sector
Sven Oehme, Managing
Director, European-American Chambers of Commerce
International Trade and the EURO
Jonathan Davidson, Head of
Academic Affairs and Political Advisor, European Commission, Washington, D.C.
A View from the European Commission
The European Union Studies Center of the
Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York and the German-American
Chamber of Commerce
Germany Five Years After Unification: Implications for the European Union
December 8, 1995
Princeton Club, James Madison Room
Welcoming Remarks
Frances Degen Horowitz, President,
Graduate School and University Center, CUNY.
Georg Merten, Director, German Information Center.
Werner Walbröl, President and CEO of the German-American Chamber of Commerce.
Opening Address
The Honorable Erhard Holtermann,
Consul General of Germany in New York.
SOCIAL ASPECTS OF UNIFICATION
Chair: Robert E. Lipsey, Director,
National Bureau of Economic Research, NY.
Claus Leggewie, First Incumbent, Max
Weber Chair, New York University:
Implications of German Unification and Its Ramifications for the European Union.
Discussants: Dieter Dettke,
Executive Director, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Washington, DC; Christa Altenstetter,
CUNY.
WHITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION? FROM
MAASTRICHT I TO MAASTRICHT II
Chair: Hugo M. Kaufmann, Director,
EUSC, and Queens College, CUNY.
Jonathan Davidson, Head, Academic
Affairs, Delegation of the European Commission, Washington, DC:
The Future of European Unification: Prospects for Widening - Deepening.
Discussants: Ray Raymond, Vice
Consul and Political Officer, British Information Services, British Consulate General; Sven
Oehme, Vice President, German-American Chamber of Commerce; Managing Director,
European-American Chamber of Commerce.
GERMAN AND EUROPEAN BUSINESS IN A NEW
ENVIRONMENT
Chair: Hans-Heinrich von Stackelberg,
Deputy Consul General of Germany in New York.
Lothar Späth, Former Minister
President, Baden-Württemberg, Chairman of the Board, Jenoptik:
German Business Meets the Challenge of Unification--Privatization and Investments
in East and West.
Discussants: Carola Kaps,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Washington, DC.; Kurt P. Ramin, Director, Coopers
& Lybrand, German Consulting Practice.
Chair: Werner Walbröl
Wilfried Prewo, Chief Executive,
Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Hanover.
German Business Strategies and Economic Policy in the Post-Cold-War Era: Adaptation
to versus Denial of Change.
Discussants: Amity Shlaes, The Wall
Street Journal; Hans Decker, Columbia University.
Closing Remarks
His Excellency Angel Viñas,
Ambassador of the European Communities to the United Nations.
The European Union Studies Center of the
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York; The Stockholm
School of Economics; and The National Board of Trade of Sweden
The Accession of the Nordic Countries to the European Union
April 11, 1994
Introduction
Magnus Blomstrom,
Stockholm School of Economics
Robert E. Lipsey, The City
University of New York
Nordic Background
Bo Sodersten, University
of Lund
The Historical Relations Between the
Nordic Countries and the European Community
Claes Wihlborg, University
of Gothenburg
EMU - Economic Substance or Political
Symbolism?
Discussant: Anders Vredin,
Stockholm School of Economics
Country Studies
Ari Kokko, Stockholm
School of Economics
Sweden: Effects of EU Membership on
Investment and Growth
Discussant: Andre Sapir,
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Jan I. Haaland, Bergen
School of Economics
Norway: Trade effects of European
Integration
Discussant: Carsten Kowalczyk,
Dartmouth College
Kari Alho and Mika Widgren,
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy
Finland: Economic and Politics of EU
Accession
Discussants: Robert E. Baldwin,
University of Wisconsin; Lars Lundberg, Trade Union Institute for
Economic Research, Sweden
Featured Speakers
Ambassador Fernando M.
Valenzuela, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission
to the United Nations
The EU and the UN: A Natural
Partnership for the 21st Century
October 12, 2006
Siim Kallas,
European Commission Vice
President, Responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud
Strengthening Multilateral
Institutions for the 21st Century: the EU, the UN and Management Reform
May 17, 2006
H. E. Dr. Vaira
Vīķe-Freiberga, President of the Republic of Latvia
The
European Union of 25 and Beyond
April 4, 2005
Danuta Hübner,
Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Poland
Poland: A Future Member of the European Union
April 28, 2003
Dr. Norbert
Walter,
Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group
The Euro as an International Currency and Its Impact on
the Dollar
December 4, 2001
Peter Kenen,
Walker Professor of Economics and
International Finance, Princeton University
European Economic and Monetary Union: Can the
Pre-Conditions Be Met?
November 5, 1997
Otto Graf Lambsdorff,
Chairman of the Board, Friedrich Naumann Foundation;
President of the Trilateral Commission; Former
Minister of Economics
and Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of the
German Federal Republic
Economic Impact of a Common Currency in Europe.
April 16, 1997
Jacques Delors, President
of the European Commission 1985-'95
The European Union: What Lies Ahead?
May 7, 1996
Lothar Späth, Former Minister
President, Baden-Württemberg, Chairman of the Board, Jenoptik:
German Business Meets the Challenge of Unification--Privatization and Investments
in East and West.
December 8, 1995
Elisabeth Guigou, Member
of the European Parliament; V.P. Committee on Institutional Affairs;
member of the Reflection Group preparing the IGC;
former Deputy Finance Minister under Jacques Delors
The European Union’s Intergovernmental
Conference: A Constitution for Europe?
October 30, 1995
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