Paul Hofheinz, president of The Lisbon Council comments on the Eurozone financial situation after the Greece bailout.

Delivering The 2010 Jean Jacques Rousseau Lecture at The Lisbon Council, Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the environment stressed that EU environmental laws and eco-technologies are not enough to creating a resource-efficient economy, and that several other things will need to change.

Ann Mettler, executive director of The Lisbon Council comments on the setting of the national targets for the Europe 2020 Strategy.

Paul Hofheinz, president of The Lisbon Council comments on the EU negotiations for a Greece bailout.

Ann Mettler, executive director of The Lisbon Council welcomes a closer co-operation between Commissioners Hahn and Geoghegan-Quinn.

Geoghegan-Quinn was delivering the keynote address on Friday (5 March) at The Lisbon Council's 2010 Innovation Summit, her first major speech as innovation commissioner since the European Parliament hearing in January.

 

Ann Mettler, head of the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank, says European leaders have been too cautious about reform, backing off, for example, when it comes to tackling energy oligopolies and inefficient, formerly state-run telecom operators. "We are in a state of crisis," she says. "We can't just have a battery of lofty goals and feel-good measures. We need political will to address Europe's real shortcomings."

Antoine Brugidou, global managing director, health and public service at Accenture explains The Government of the Future Centre's work.

Editorial by Ann Mettler on EU 2020 Strategy.