Brussels Spring Briefing
Event Details
When: 3rd May 2011, 09:00 – 17:00
Where: Smith Square Conference centre, Westminster
Contact: Evelien Storme
Tel: +32 (0)2 285 0913
Email: evelien.storme@dods.eu
The Parliament Magazine was proud to present its first Brussels Briefing event on Tuesday 3 May.
The conference, organised with our Brussels-based colleagues from The Parliament Magazine and in association with the European commission and European parliament offices in London, was a unique opportunity to gain detailed insight from EU and UK policymakers on this year's Brussels agenda.
Around 80 MPs, MEPs, representatives from the European Commission and European NGOs as well as UK senior policy makers and stakeholders met for a day of debate and discussion on topics such as EU policy affecting the City, the NHS, SMEs, fisheries and the countryside. Many high-level speakers shared their thoughts including Jonathan Evans MP, Michael Shackleton (European Parliament Office in the UK), Jonathan Scheele (European Commission Office in the UK and Martyn Bond (professor of European politics and policy).
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Articles
Coverage from the House Magazine edition 9th May.
Coverage from Public Affairs News.
European specialists discuss Brussels policymaking at Westminster conference.
Health policy 'is on the EU agenda'.
Concern over the rise of nationalist parties in Europe.
EU called upon to provide more support for SMEs.
EU constitutional change 'unavoidable'.
Tackling the triumvirate: how you can have an impact on the EU decisions making process
Martyn Bond, former Head of office of the European Parliament in the UK, and visiting professor at Royal Holloway
EU and the NHS
Despina Spanou, Principal Advisor to the Director-General for Health and Consumers, European Commission
Elisabetta Zanon, Director, NHS EU office
EU and the Countryside: Greener, fairer, better?
Tracy Worcester, Associate Director, International Society for Ecology and Culture
Small businesses: the lifeblood of the EU economy
Tina Sommer, President, European Small Business Alliance
Oriel Petry, Better Regulation Executive
EU and fisheries: a sustainable, quantifiable and viable fisheries policy
Dr Joe Horwood, Former Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Fisheries Science Adviser Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (chair)
Joost Paardekooper, Policy Officer for the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, DG Maritime and Fisheries
Ian Campbell, UK Coordinator, OCEAN2012
