Posted on 19 October 2011
On 11 November, the European University Institute (EUI) celebrates the official opening of its Academic Year. The festive ceremony to take place in the Church of the Badia Fiesolana from 15:00 to 16:00, features a keynote lecture of the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, entitled "The Economic and Political Challenges for Europe".
Futhermore, the President of the EUI Josep Borrell gives an outline on “The European University Institute in 2011-2012” as well as on the newly created Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair.
Herman Van Rompuy is the first President of the European Council under the Treaty of Lisbon and he took up this position in January 2010. Previously, he served as Belgian Prime Minister and he had different functions in the Belgium government. The President studied Applied Economics at the Catholic University of Leuven and holds various honorary awards and doctorates.
The Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair in ‘European Economic and Monetary Integration’ will be inaugurated in the beginning of 2012 and will focus on monetary politics, European monetary integration and on the role Europe’s single currency plays in the global economy.
Watch the recording of the event
A selection of articles from the press:
Van Rompuy: Investors Expect Positive Italian Vote, Wall Street Journal
Van Rompuy : la zone euro traverse une "crise existentielle", Le monde
Van Rompuy: l'Italia ha bisogno di riforme, non di elezioni, Il Sole24Ore
Van Rompuy: «L'Italia faccia le riforme». E il «Collettivo prezzemolo» lo contesta, Corriere Fiorentino
Van Rompuy: Italia avrà molto da fare dopo legge Stabilità Reuters
Crisi: Van Rompuy, Italia ha bisogno di riforme e non di elezioni, Adnkronos
Van Rompuy: «Ddl stabilità grandissimo passo. Italia ha bisogno di riforme», Il Corriere della Sera
Van Rompuy: “L’Italia ha bisogno di riforme non di elezioni”, Sky
Università Europea di Fiesole contestato Van Rompuy, La Repubblica Firenze
Van Rompuy afirma que Italia necesita reformas, "no elecciones", Europa Press