Past Events
EEI expert speaks on the Transatlantic Relationship at conference featuring U.S. President Bush
August 6, 2005
Christopher Horner EEI Policy Council
spoke at meeting in Texas (U.S.) about the use of precautionary principle in Europe and the EUs attempts to make it the international standard. Mr. Horner
was invited to address the American Legislative Exchange Councils (ALEC) annual
meeting where President Bush had spoken on August 5. ALEC is a bipartisan
organisation that groups leading America legislators.
Mr. Horner was joined in the discussion
by Mr. Ivo Strejcek who is a Member of the European Parliament and the
event was moderated by Senator William G. Hewes III (Chairman, International
Relations Committee & Immediate Past National Chairman).
For more info on the event or for quotes
please contact EEI Policy Director
2005 Summer Reception
July 12th, 2005
On a hot and sunny July 12th, the European
Enterprise Institute hosted an informal Summer Reception at the Renaissance
Hotel Brussels, celebrating the first year since our official launch. During
this festive occasion, the 2005 European Entrepreneurship Awards were presented
to the Government of the Republic of Georgia for its swift and bold reform of
the tax system, as well to the Civic Platform of Poland for its far-sweeping reform agenda featuring a flat tax rate system published
well ahead of the Polish parliamentary elections this year.
The award ceremony
was co-hosted with the Europeans for Tax Reform (ETR). Slovak Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime
Minister, Ivan Miklos, gave the key note address, stressing the need for
political leadership in Europe and the benefits of competition and reform. Mr Miklos was last years
prize recipient and serves on the EEI Advisory Council. The Georgian Government
was represented by H.E. Konstantin Zaldastanishvili,
Ambassador to the EU,
stepping in for Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Kakha
Bendukidze, who thanked the EEI for recognising the momentous
achievements of Georgia in the last year. Dr. Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Vice-President of the European
Parliament, received the award on behalf of Platforma Obywatelska (Civic Platform) of Poland and promised, once victorious, to deliver on the eloquent visions set
out in the election manifesto.
EEI Lunch on Patents
June 27th, 2005
On
June 27th European Enterprise Institute hosted a luncheon on Patents: The
bigger picture. Featuring a line-up of patent experts, the luncheon provided a
global overview of the patent discussion outlining some of the major issues for
the European patent regime. The discussants presented various perspectives on
patents and their impact on European competitiveness and on innovation.
Speakers included; Keith Beresford, author of “Patenting Software Under the European
Patent" (Sweet & Maxwell London 2000); Prof. Dr. András Vedres,
Secretary General, Association of
Hungarian Inventors; Dr. Kai Brandt,
Senior Patent Counsel, Siemens AG and Jonathan Zuck (USA), President of the
Association for Competitive Technology in the U.S.
The
EEI event report can be downloaded here
EEI expert speaks about global trade
May, 2005
"The dollar’s
current weakness against the euro is not an "historical aberration,"
nor does it represent a radical change from recent US dollar policy."
According to EEI Policy Counsel Mr. Horner.
The
remark came at the Jyske Bank Headquarters in Silkeborg, Denmark where
Mr. Horner appeared as a panel expert at the AmCham Denmark’s Executive
Forum on the "The Effects of a Weak Dollar on Global Trade" in Jutland,
Denmark.
In
closing remarks Mr. Horner said that although echange rates fluctuate
over time, the current weaker dollar – down 50% against the euro's low
in 2002, but only 14% against the euro's introduction rate of $1.18 in
1999 – has meant more exports for the U.S. However, Mr. Horner
cautioned that expressly abandoning the 10-year-old "strong dollar"
policy would risk of "undermining the confidence in the dollar would
risk promoting an exodus from U.S. bonds and pushing up long-term
interest rates".
For more info on the event or contact to EEI expert please contact EEI Director of Policy Marcus Stober
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