Brussels – ESI at DG Enlargement staff retreat: "A vision for the EU's enlargement policy"
29 January 2014
Gerald Knaus spoke at a Staff retreat of DG Enlargement in Brussels about visions for the EU enlargement policy at a critical moment, looking forward to 2020. He made a number of concrete suggestions how to strengthen the ability of the commission to credibly monitor countries while also inspiring reform. This was followed by debate. The event was attended by the whole senior team of DG Enlargement:
- Christian Danielsson, Director-General
- Lawrence Meredith, Head of Enlargement Policy and Strategy
- Jean-Eric Paquet, Director for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo
- Jean Christophe Filori, Head of the Unit for Turkey
- David Cullen, Head of the Unit for Macedonia
- Vassilis Maragos, Head of the Unit for Albania
- Paola Pampaloni, Head of the Unit for Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Simon Mordue, Head of the cabinet of Commissioner Stefan Fule
Rumeli Observer: Enlargement reloaded – ESI proposal for a new generation of progress reports (31 January 2014)