06 May 2010 @ 1730
About the Event:
In October 2009, the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, tasked Mario Monti (Internal Market Commissioner 1995-99 and Competition Commissioner 1999-2004) with preparing a report on how to relaunch work on the EUs single market.
Monti says there is a need for a new deal between countries with a social market mentality and those with an Anglo-Saxon outlook. He also says that there were signs prior to the crisis of a growing rejection of the single market, and that this was particularly true of France and Germany. His report will examine both gaps in the single market and ways to better enforce the laws underpinning it. Among other issues, it is expected to explore the sensitive topic of greater coordination of taxation policies between member states.
At this event, Professor Monti presented the findings of the report and join in a discussion on the future of the European Union and its single market.
About the Speaker:
Mario Monti is the President of Bocconi University in Milan and Honorary President of the Bruegel think tank.
Previously, Professor Monti was the European Commissioner responsible for the internal market, financial services and financial integration, customs and taxation (1995-1999) and later for competition (1999-2004). Before joining the Commission, he was a professor at Bocconi University, with a wide expertise across monetary economics, central banking, fiscal policy and European integration
