API HOUR in the Residence Palace
The International Press Association (API-IPA), together with the Residence Palace and Journalists@YourService, invites the Brussels-based correspondents to:
What future for Europe?
Presentation of the 2018 report of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG). This year’s theme: will the European Union of the future consist of several ‘coalitions of the willing’, groups of countries that advance at different speeds? And how can a drifting apart of the North and the South in Europe be prevented?
Our guest is head of the prestigious iFO Institute – Center for Economic Studies of the University of Munich (Germany).
WHEN: Monday 26 February 2018, 10:30-11:30hrs
WHERE: International Press Center Residence Palace
‘Maelbeek’ room, ground floor, 155 Rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
WITH: Prof. Dr. Clemens FUEST
Head of the iFO Institute, Munich
The 17th Report on the European Economy by the European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo, which comprises seven economists from six countries and is chaired by professor Giuseppe Bertola (University of Turin) will be presented by prof. Clemens Fuest, director of the Ifo-Institut (Munich). This year’s report focuses on the causes and symptoms of and possible cures to the current integration malaise of the European Union. A decade of economic and migration crises and Brexit have undemined trust and represent a major stumbling block on the path towards ever closer ties and continuous enlargement.
Although convergence is one of the EU’s key political objectives, the report reveals significant divergence in economic outcomes, like income levels and indicators of institutional quality both before and after the global financial and euro area debt crises. Inequality has also increased within some countries, eroding trust in the ability of national governments and in European institutions.
Moderator: Tom Weingärtner, API President
Please register at info@api-ipa.org
International Press Centre ‘Résidence Palace’ – Bloc C, Office/bureau 2.223 (2nd floor/2ème étage)
Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Bruxelles/Brussels – Tel: +32 2 235 22 24