[PANEL DEBATE] Taking Stock of Global Europe, Looking Ahead

Introduction/Moderation: Journalist

In this debate, we will raise the following questions:

• What are the outcomes of Global Europe two years after its launch?
• What has Global Europe changed in EU policies, and how has the EU’s competitiveness drive influenced them?
• What is the future of Global Europe?
• Why should the EU abandon Global Europe?
• Can “competitiveness” and sustainability be reconciled?

Background documents:

Official documents:

• ‘Global Europe’ Communication, 4 October 2006
• Comunicaciòn 'Europa Global', 4 octubre de 2006 (ES)
• Communication 'Global Europe', 4 octobre 2006, (FR)
• Mitteilung 'Global Europe', 4 Oktober 2006 (DE)
• Annex to the 'Global Europe' Communication, 4 October 2006
• Draft 'Global Europe' Communication, June 2006

Positions of civil society groups:

• Alert to European civil society, November 2006
• Appel à la société civile européenne, novembre 2006 (FR)
• Llamada a la sociedad civil europea, Noviembre de 2006 (ES)
• Position Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand, February 2007
• Position European Trade Union Confederation, December 2006
• Mapping the impacts of ‘Global Europe’ in Latin America, Friends of the Earth Latin America, March 2008
• Global Europe, Position Paper, Friends of the Earth, June 2007
• Position War on Want, April 2008
• Position CGT (Spanish Trade Union), March 2008 (ES)
• Global Europe: une critique du document politique de la Commission européenne relatif à la compétitivité extérieure de l’UE, AITEC (FR)
• Global Europe: An Open Door Policy for Big Business at DG Trade, CEO, October 2008

Positions of industry and business groups:

• Position Eurochambres, February 2007
• Position American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, January 2007
• Position UNICE, December 2006
• Position Foreign Trade Association, November 2006
• Position UAEPME, November 2006
• Position European Services Forum, March 2006
• Position CIAA, February 2006
• Position Eurochambres, June 2005

 

Links to the sessions:

[SESSION 1] 'Global Europe': Trading Away the World's Natural Resources?
[SESSION 2] Fuelling Europe: A Trade-off between Energy Security and Sustainability?
[SESSION 3] Free Trade Agreements & Sustainable Development: The Need for a Re-evaluation?
[PANEL DEBATE] Taking Stock of Global Europe, Looking Ahead