Philippe De Schoutheete

Baron Philippe de Schoutheete, a former Belgian diplomat, was ambassador in Madrid, political director at the Belgian Foreign Ministry and Belgium's permanent representative to the European Union from 1987 to 1997. He was special adviser to Commissioner Michel BaHe has been Guest Professor at the University of Louvain and at the College of Europe Natolin (Poland) and is now Director of the European Department of Egmont Insitute (Royal Institute for International Relations).

He is member of Notre Europe's Board of Directors.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Recent appearances
Decision-making in the European Union
28/03/2011
In addition to the Policy Brief by Paolo Ponzano, Philippe de Schoutheete discusses the genesis of changes in the Community method.
The Evolution of Intergovernmental Cooperation in the European process, by P. de Schoutheete
18/12/2006
The Luxemburg report, also known as the Davignon report, adopted by Foreign Ministers in October 1970 is a generally accepted departure point for intergovernmental cooperation among members of the European Community. It was the first time that the "Community method", devised by Jean Monnet and consolidated by the treaty of Rome...
Process of Ratification: it is urgent to wait
10/06/2005
Op-ed, La Libre Belgique, 10 June 2005 - pp.22 "opinion". Only in French
A View from Outside: the Franco-German couple as seen by their partners
01/05/2004
We asked six experts to ansxer this question: Will the Franco-German "couple" be able to play the same driving role as in the past?
The European Council
01/09/2002
In the ferment of reflections and proposals on institutional issues which surrounds the work of the Convention on the Future of Europe virtually nothing is said about the role and functions of the European Council. In the copious literature on the institutions of the EU references to this organ are similarly few and far between. Helen Wallace and Philippe de Schoutheete contribute to fill part of this void.