Presidents
President
António Vitorino
imagePortuguese politician, former Defence Minister and former European Commissioner. A lawyer by profession, he has taught at the University of Lisbon since 1982. Since 2005 he has been president of the general assembly of the Santander Totta bank and an associate at the law firm Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira & Associados.
Founding President
Jacques Delors
imageJacques Delors was president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He had previously been minister of finance in France. In October 1996, Jacques Delors founded the research institute Notre Europe and is today its founding president. In May 2000 he was appointed president of the CERC (Conseil de l'emploi, des revenus et de la cohésion sociale) until July 2009. Assistant : Ute Guder and Christelle Vasseur Adviser: Jean-Pierre Bochichon Press Adviser: Stéphanie Baz
Honorary President
Pascal Lamy
imagePascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, was European commissioner for commerce between 1999 and 2004. He had previously been Directeur de Cabinet to commision president Jacques Delors between 1985 and 1994. He is President of Honour of the association Notre Europe (where he succeeded Jacques Delors). Assistant: Elisabeth Perennou.
Former President
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
imageTommaso Padoa-Schioppa died on 18th December 2010 in Rome. He was 70 years old. He was President of Notre Europe and Chairman of Promontory Europe. He was appointed by Greek Prime Minister Counsel for issues related to management of the economic crisis and public debt in the financial system on August 3, 2010. He was Chairman of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation & International Financial Reporting Standards. He was Italian Minister of Economy and Finance (2006-08) and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMFC, 2007-2008). He was a former Chairman of the Trustees of the IASC Foundation (International Accounting Standard Committee, 2005-2006). In 1998-2005 he was member of the first Executive Board of the European Central Bank. Previously he was Chairman of Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB, 1997-98), Deputy Director General of the Banca d'Italia (1984-97) and Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Commission of the European Communities (1979-83). He has been Joint Secretary to the Delors Committee (1988-89), Chairman of the Banking Advisory Committee of the EC (1988-91) , Chairman of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision (1993-97) and Chairman of the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (2000-05). He graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University and has a M.Sc. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recent appearances
The Future of Europe in the New Global Economy
by Pascal Lamy
01/02/2012
While the heads of state and governments of the EU have just taken crucial decisions for the European economies, Pascal Lamy puts the current debates in a global context and sketches suggestions for the main medium-term reforms, in a Tribune based on his intervention during the European Steering Committee of Notre Europe.    
Jacques Delors in the Het Financieele Dagblad
by Jacques Delors
30/01/2012
Jacques Delors answered the questions of the Dutch Economic Newspaper in a long interview published on Saturday, January 28th, 2012. He talks about the creation of the euro and the actual crisis in Europe.
Euro area and European Council: Interview with António Vitorino
by António Vitorino
22/12/2011
In an interview with the Portuguese newspaper “Publico”, António Vitorino deals with the situation of the Eurozone and of the EU on the basis of an analysis of the outcomes of the recent European Council. Notre Europe offers an English version of this interview, published under the title: "Germany's problem is not so much that it is right but that it has to learn how to be right".