Democracy and security in an age of quantum transparency
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- #CriticalThinking
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- By Chris Kremidas Courtney
Today, Friends of Europe marks its first Board of Trustees meeting since the COVID-19 crisis with an announcement of the appointment of 29 high-level new members to its Board of Trustees. On the agenda is the outlook of the European Project post-Covid, and the way in which Friends of Europe can best contribute. The outcomes and recommendations of the meeting will help finetune the organisation’s programme of work for the next few years
New Members of the Board of Trustees
Alberto Alemanno
Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris, Founder of The Good Lobby and 2014 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Baroness Valerie Amos
Master of University College Oxford and Trustee of Friends of Europe
Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade
Dacian Cioloș
Chair of the Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament, former prime minister of Romania and former European commissioner for agriculture
Miriam Dalli
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development in Malta
Petra De Sutter
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service, Public Enterprises, Telecommunication and the Postal Services and Trustee of Friends of Europe
Isabelle Durant
Former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Trustee of Friends of Europe
Mary Fitzgerald
Researcher and Analyst specialising in the Mediterranean region with a particular focus on Libya, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2013 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović
Former president of Croatia
Connie Hedegaard (ex officio)
Co-Chair of the Africa Europe Foundation Strategy Group on Energy and former EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Chair of KR Foundation
Anna König Jerlmyr
Former Mayor of Stockholm and former member of the Swedish Riksdag, Trustee of Friends of Europe
Jean-Claude Juncker
Former president of the European Commission and former prime minister of Luxembourg
Kaja Kallas
Prime Minister of Estonia and 2017 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica
Parliamentary Secretary of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trustee of Friends of Europe and 2017 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Jesse Klaver
Member of the Dutch House of Representatives, Leader of the Dutch green party GroenLinks and 2018 European Young Leader (EYL40)
John Latsis
Chairman of the Independent Social Research Foundation and Council Member of the Fondation Latsis
Magid Magid
Founder and Director of Union of Justice and 2019 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Cecilia Malmström
Visiting Professor at Göteborg University, former European commissioner for trade and Trustee of Friends of Europe
Eva Maydell
President of the European Movement International, Member of the European Parliament and 2015-2016 European Young Leader (EYL40)
David McAllister
Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and former prime minister of Lower Saxony
Mairead McGuinness
European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Markets and the Capital Markets Union
Roberta Metsola
President of the European Parliament and 2018 European Young Leader (EYL40)
Carlos Moedas
Mayor of Lisbon, former EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science and former Portuguese Under Secretary of State, Trustee of Friends of Europe
Federica Mogherini
Rector of the College of Europe and former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones
Member of the House of the Lords National Security Strategy Joint Committee and former minister of state in the United Kingdom
Joachim Rogall
President and CEO of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and Adjunct Professor for Eastern European History at the University of Heidelberg
Christos Stylianides
Former European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Former prime minister of Denmark and former CEO of Save the Children International
Irene Tinagli
Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and 2014 European Young Leader (EYL40)
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