Energy divides the European Union
Tribune | 22/03/2006 

Réunis à Bruxelles, les chefs d'Etat et Gouvernement ont discuté des grandes manoeuvres dans le secteur énergétique. Les chroniques parlent de comment chacun a défendu son champion national, toujours selon la même logique du litige européen ou dans le meilleur  des cas, à la recherche d'un compromis entre les différents intérêts nationaux. Le lecteur se demande si les concentrations entre entreprises énergétiques sont nécessaires, si la structure de ce secteur doit être décidée par les gouvernements ou par le marché, si la politique énergétique relève des compétences de l'Union ou des Etats Membres. Deux éléments de réflexion peuvent, à mon avis, aider à s'orienter dans ce débat.

Italian version available on El Corriere della Sera site.




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Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Tommaso 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.