News and events
- The role of Benelux in Europe
- On March 3rd 2010, the students of the MA European Union Studies course welcomed the Secretary General Mr Jan van Laarhoven of the Benelux Union for a speech on the cooperation the three member countries.
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- The EU’s Institutions and the Financial Crisis
- The seminar of 24 February 2010 saw former Secretary General of the European Commission Carlo Trojan give a lecture on the role of the European Union’s institutions during the current financial crisis. Before doing so he first gave a brief overview of the nature of the crisis, its origins and the impact it has made. The crisis began with the collapse of the housing market in the United States causing a systemic crisis, followed by the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers which led to the financial meltdown. Among the reasons cited for the crisis are risk management failures, increasing asset and real estate prices and global imbalances, among others. The crisis is considered one of the biggest in decades and has led the EU to run an average government deficit and debt of 7.5 % and 80 % respectively.
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- Dutch Public Opinion and the EU
- Wednesday the 17th of February 2010, the MA European Union Studies and the Montesquieu Institute welcomed mister Paul Dekker from the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) in their joint European Seminar Lectures Series.
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