Prof. Danuta Hübner on Emerging From the Crisis: Challanges and Opportunties for Europe
Channel: IIEA
Date: 05/07/2013

About the Speaker:

Prof. Danuta Hübner is a prominent Polish academic economist and politician who, since the early 1990s, has played a central role in building the new Polish economy and seeking to integrate it into the European and world economies. She was Poland's first Minister for European Affairs and subsequently the first Polish European Commissioner. Since 2009 she has been a Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Parliament's Regional Development Committee. Earlier in her career she served as Undersecretary General at the United Nations.

About the Speech:

Prof. Hübner recently commented that the EU's piecemeal approach to the economic crisis has not yet been embedded into a clear vision. In order for a far-reaching transformation to be completed, she believes that a number of important challenges must be addressed: growth must be kick-started, a way must be found to ensure the equitable participation of non-euro Member States in closer economic integration, and the legitimacy of Brussels decision-makers in the eyes of citizens must be strengthened. At this breakfast event, Prof. Hübner considered these challenges, drawing on her considerable experiece in the European Commission, the European Parliament and national government.