LSE European Institute debate, in association with the European Commission and FT Business
Date: Thursday 27 November 2008
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speakers: Professor Iain Begg, Zaki Cooper, Dalia Grybauskaite
Chair: Maurice Fraser
With the formal review of the EU budget under way, a panel of policymakers, experts and other stakeholders ask: what should the EU be spending taxpayers' money on? And what are the prospects for a radical overhaul?
Iain Begg is professorial research fellow in the European Institute, LSE. Zaki Cooper is director of Business for a New Europe. Dalia Grybauskaite is European Commissioner responsible for Financial Programming and Budget, prior to this she served as Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania.
Podcast
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Slides
A copy of Dalia Grybauskaite and Professor Iain Begg's PowerPoint presentations are now available to download using the link below.
Download: What's Wrong with the EU Budget? (pdf)
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