The High Level Task Force on EU/US Relations

Notre Europe has convened a high-level task force to reflect on the future of EU/US relations, in the age of globalization. The task force is composed of high-ranking former European statesmen and ministers. It  convened in Paris or Brussels  on 19 June 2009, 18 September 2009,  6 November 2009, 18 January 2010 and 16 March 2010. The objective of the high level task force is to define a new concept for EU/US relations that will facilitate a common response to current global challenges. The task force is assisted by Notre Europe's research team.

The members of the high level task force are:

  • Romano Prodi (co-chair), former President of the European Commission and former Italian Prime Minister
  • Guy Verhofstadt (co-chair), former Prime Minister of Belgium
  • Jerzy Buzek, President  of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Poland
  • Étienne Davignon, former Vice-President of the European Commission
  • Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission
  • Joschka Fischer, former German foreign minister
  • Paavo Lipponen, former Prime Minister of Finland
  • Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, President of Notre Europe, former Italian Minister of Finances

The report is edited by Nicole Gnesotto,as rapporteur, and coordinated by Sami Andoura, Timo Behr and Gaëtane Ricard-Nihoul of Notre Europe.

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Reshaping EU-US Relations: A Concept Paper
16/03/2010
Euro-American relations can no longer be approached and practiced in the way they were for more than half a century. A high-level European reflection group comprising former Ministers and Heads of Government was brought together by Notre Europe to review the future of the Euro-American partnership. It undertook a sober examination of the changes under way in the world and their effects on the European Union and the United States. Above all, the group proposes a new approach based on renunciation of EU national and US imperial illusions that could enable the Euro-American partnership to become a springboard for a global partnership.