My network
I am grateful to the organisations and people below (and many more) for showing trust in my expertise, which I have delivered in the form of written or oral analysis or project management (click on each box to find out more).
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Merck Sharp & Dohme
Merck Sharp & Dohme
I have been invited in an expert panel dissecting the significance of the results of the 2024 European Parliament elections for the future of the EU’s health policy.
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Euronews
Euronews
EP2024 electoral campaign in full swing and Euronews is covering it from many angles. Here, forecasting the likely dynamics between Giorgia Meloni’s ECR, the EPP Group in the European Parliament and EC president VdL.
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Agerpres
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Medical Buyer
Medical Buyer
Medical Buyer, one of the leading monthly magazine for the medical spectrum, quoted me in an article on how the new right-leaning European Parliament may impact health policy: Post polls, pressure mounts to make EU healthcare powerhouse again
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Public Affairs Community of Europe
Public Affairs Community of Europe
Thank you PACE – Public Affairs Community of Europe for inviting me to present at this great PA summit in Bucharest !
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CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)
CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)
Refreshing discussions at CEPS at the launch of the latest EUmatrix.eu report. Wonderfully hosted by Sophia Russack and registered by over 250 people who saw it in person or online, the event generated reactions from a great panel mix made of politicians, academia and the media.
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Pinfa (CEFIC)
Pinfa (CEFIC)
I shared predictions for the European Parliament elections and their implications for the next five years.
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Eurelectric
Eurelectric
A pleasure to conduct an enlightening! workshop with Eurelectric member companies. We help stakeholders switch from fire-fighting to strategic planning mode.
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European Commission Representation in Romania
European Commission Representation in Romania
Discussing upcoming EU institutional reforms and socio-economic trends with European Commission, Romanian government officials and stakeholders.
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IDEA
IDEA
It felt rewarding hosting an exceptional brief with ambassador Mihnea Motoc, principal adviser within IDEA, the European Commission think tank providing insights to its President. We discussed geopolitical and internal challenges in 2024 and their impact on EU’s policy agenda.
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Euronews
Euronews
Discussing on Euronews the possibilities for the formation a new government in the Netherlands and its impact on EU’s policies and money. Link to video HERE.
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Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
Great vibe at Bucharest Forum, with Aspen Institute Romania & German Marshall Fund of the United States, where I discussed the reshape of European institutional architecture, geopolitical challenges, food security and trade relations, with leading diplomats and technocrats, including EU Commissioner for Agriculture.
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European Commission’s political intelligence reporters
European Commission’s political intelligence reporters
I video-briefed the European Commission’s political intelligence reporters across the member states on the socio-political trends and upcoming institutional reshape next year. During the exchange we discussed the mood of European society ahead of the EU elections, the social and economic drivers of electoral behavior and trends in stability of governments across the continent
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Public Affairs Council
Public Affairs Council
I am the regular keynote expert of PAC’s seminars that update the PA professionals on the developments in key sectors. Here’s an example: “EU Policy Insights – What Should PA Professionals Expect for 2024”.
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AmChamEU
AmChamEU
I presented my observations of the latest trends in public affairs, such as:
• Busier schedule of the PA professionals, due to overwhelming regulatory agenda;
• Increasing demand for methods that allow more strategic planning and less fire-fighting;
• Higher demand for structured information (hard data) that can allow to filter the noise and measure (and prove) progress;
• Increased interest in the political side of EU decision-making (political networks across the institutions), rather than seeing it all from a bureaucratic angle;
• Increased interest in the European Parliament;
• Increased interest in knowing the big picture in the EP, beyond the visible MEPs, in order to diversify the portfoglio of political influencers and finding hidden allies in unexpected places;
• Increased interest in understanding the “new parties” on the European political scene;
All in all, I noted that the future is “smart public affairs”, i.e. the PA professionals are increasingly relying on tech tools that provide the intelligence part of their work, so that they can have more time and energy to focus on communication and personal engagement.
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High-level Conversation with EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
High-level Conversation with EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski.
I had a high-level Conversation on Food Security with Janusz Wojciechowski, EU Commissioner for Agriculture.
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Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
Happy to enhance understanding of what is happening in various corners of the European society. Better understanding lays the ground for easier cooperation and probably a better future for Europeans.
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IdeasLab2020
IdeasLab2020
EU needs more mutual understanding between its component parts if we want strong majorities to support European projects. Happy to exchange insights in this great CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies) annual event.
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Confindustria
Confindustria
Happy to deliver my insights on the impact of the EU election on the European industry.
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Zamon
Zamon
During my working trip in Uzbekistan, I was interviewed by the national channel, Zamon, on the electoral processes in the country.
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Politico Europe
Politico Europe
Politico Europe included me in top 19 stakeholders to watch during Romania’s rotating presidency
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Washington Post
Washington Post
My work has been mentioned by Washington Post
“The influential VoteWatch Europe think tank said that right-wing nationalists are set to gain, although they are likely to fall short of getting over 25% of seats.”
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Microsoft
Microsoft
Happy to discuss the way the EU should deal with Artificial Intelligence. Some push for more regulation, but I think what we actually need is more education of our citizenry of how this works. AI can save time, money and sometimes even lives. It’s vital to understand both risks and opportunities and to know how to work with it.
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European Flavour Association
European Flavour Association
Happy to have been invited as guest speaker at the EFFA General Assembly 2019 where I provided their Members with some insights on the outcome of the European Elections and the potential impact on the Europea Flavour Industry
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EUObserver
EUObserver
I shared my views on the latest EU plans on Artificial Intelligence in this report. The solution was not “more and more regulation” but “investing more and more in education of the citizens”.
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Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belgium
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Belgium
I was invited to Tashkent to advise on the building of democracy and electoral processes.
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European Snacks Association
European Snacks Association
I’ve had an engaging exchange on the political challenges and opportunities ahead for the EU’s food and health policy with Arūnas Vinčiūnas, Head of the Cabinet to Commissioner Andriukaitis, MEP Renate Sommer and Paul Skehan , EU Affairs Director of Pepsico.
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France 24
France 24
I have contributed to the French electoral debate, in an interview with FRANCE 24. I have explained how the far-right electorate tends to forget the important role of the European institutions in promoting the social rights.
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Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Happy to contribute to this Bloomberg report on who may lead the European Union after the elections.
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Capitals Circle Group
Capitals Circle Group
CCG invited me to speak in Berlin about the likely political events in 2017 and how these will impact on the German and European economy.
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BBC
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Providus / Centre for Public Policy
Providus / Centre for Public Policy
I shared the panel with former European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs in Riga, Latvia. We were speaking about the future of political parties at the conference by Domnīca Providus / Centre for Public Policy Providus and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
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Union of European Federalists (UEF)
Union of European Federalists (UEF)
At a conference of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) , I made an assessment of the level of political support for the plan to create an European Defense Union. Concretely, I mapped the views of relevant political forces across the continent.
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London Center for Policy Research
London Center for Policy Research
I was invited by the prestigious London Center for Policy Research to pay a work visit to New York and Washington D.C. in order to share my views regarding the transatlantic relations in the context of the US presidential elections.
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ARD
ARD
I was interviewed by the German public broadcaster about the system of checks and balances between the European institutions.
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Council of the European Union
Council of the European Union
My work on the effects of Brexit on the EU has become recommended reading in the library of the Council of the European Union. With our dataset on voting in the European Parliament and Council of the EU, VoteWatch is uniquely placed provide some predictions regarding the possible consequences that the exit of the United Kingdom from the EU may have on the future of this political structure.
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Sky News interview on Brexithttps://www.youtube.com/embed/f3Wmz3cR2Zs?wmode=transparentSky News interview on Brexit
Analising the role and the influence of the British representatives in the EU institutions and how the UK can play a bigger part. Interview taken by Sky News.
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Allegro Film
Allegro Film
I was featured in a documentary filmed by the Vienna based independent film production company Allegro Film on the transformations of the political parties across Europe. Among many issues, I talked about the increasing political volatility and fragmentation across the EU. The “DEMOS” documentary will first run in cinemas around Europe from this autumn.
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CNN Interview on Brexithttps://www.youtube.com/embed/fuYQg6vBScI?wmode=transparentCNN Interview on Brexit
I was invited by CNN International to share my views with its world-wide audience on how EU’s foreign policy would look like in case of a Brexit.
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The Economist
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New York Times
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El Pais
El Pais
Muchas gracias El Pais for interviewing me about the challenges faced by the EU-US trade agreement (TTIP)!
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Sky News
Sky News
Working on a TV program with the European team of Sky News, in the run-up to the Brexit referendum of 23 June. We are analising the role and the influence of the British representatives in the EU institutions and how the UK can play a bigger part.
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EPD – Ukrainian delegation
EPD – Ukrainian delegation
Discussing EU-Ukraine relations and accountability of elected officials in Brussels and Kiev with a delegation of Members of the Parliament of Ukraine and civil society representatives. This meeting took place thanks to European Partnership for Democracy
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Open Society Foundation
Open Society Foundation
I have had many successful collaborations with the Open Society Foundation, a world-wide organisation working to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people. I have provided training and analysis for its friends and grantees. See my article “Making EU Institutions Accountable to the Public” on its website.
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European Banking Federation
European Banking Federation
I have delivered insights into EU politics impacting the financial sector to the members of the European Banking Federation.
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Latin American Leaders
Latin American Leaders
I have delivered a training on EU politics to over 20 political and civic leaders coming from Latin American Countries.
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Digi24
Digi24
I was interviewed by the Romanian news channel DIGI24 about the ideological spectrum of the Dutch general election.
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CEPS (with Weber & Pittella)
CEPS (with Weber & Pittella)
My first office in Brussels was based at CEPS, the biggest think-tank in town. I have co-organised with them many successful events. In this one, we discussed the role of the new European Parliament, alongside the leaders of the two largest EP political groups, Manfred Weber (EPP) and Gianni Pitella (S&D).
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University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
Holding a presentation in front of students from University of Duisburg-Essen
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Euronews – The Networkhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/Khk-OLkAwZ4?wmode=transparentEuronews – The Network
Debating here at “The Network“, the day after (and with the same moderator from) the historical debate between the candidates to the European Commission Presidency (Juncker, Schulz, Verhofstadt, Keller, Tsipras).
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TransAtlantic Caucus
TransAtlantic Caucus
I am member of the TransAtlantic Caucus, a forum established by Politico Europe and made up of top EU politicians, business people and experts. Full list of members here.
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EuroParlTVhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/Lwt-qyCZUqY?wmode=transparentEuroParlTV
I was interviewed several times by the European Parliament’s TV channel, EuroParlTV, including a live intervention in the night of the European elections, right after the projected results were released.
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Deutsche Welle
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Financial Times
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NSPAS Bucharest
NSPAS Bucharest
I have been invited to the School of Political and Administrative Studies to speak about Cyber Security and Trans-Atlantic Trade Partnership within the opening conference of the first International European decision-making process simulation organized in Romania.
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Le Monde
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La Vanguardia
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ORF
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Media coverage map
Media coverage map
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La Stampa
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Gândul
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E!Sharp
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RFI Romania
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Polskie Radio
Polskie Radio
I was interviewed by the Polish media (PolskieRadio.pl) on how Brussels sees the (worrying) developments in Poland. I think that the new government in Warsaw will have a hard time making friends in the EU Capital, given its recent moves, including against freedom of speech.
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Altinget
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El Español
El Español
Thank you El Español for interviewing me in-depth about a study I made that reveals the likely developments in the Spanish political arena
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European Business Summit
European Business Summit
I have been invited to speak about how legislative agenda impacts on entrepreneurship to one of the most prestigious business events in the European Capital, the European Business Summit.
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José Manuel Barroso’s Tweet
José Manuel Barroso’s Tweet
The MyVote2014 project is a project implemented by VoteWatch Europe in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. It aimed at making young voters more aware of the EU politics, by allowing them to vote on some of the same topics voted upon by Members of the European Parliament, and then showing to each user which of the politicians come closer to his/her views. Over 300.000 people across the EU used the tool.
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Martin Schulz’s Tweet
Martin Schulz’s Tweet
The MyVote2014 project is a project implemented by VoteWatch Europe in the run-up to the European elections in 2014. It aimed at making young voters more aware of the EU politics, by allowing them to vote on some of the same topics voted upon by Members of the European Parliament, and then showing to each user which of the politicians come closer to his/her views. Over 300.000 people across the EU used the tool. Click to check Martin Schulz‘s twitter account.
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Mission of Sweden to the EU
Mission of Sweden to the EU
At the invitation of the deputy-ambassador, I delivered a presentation to the staff of the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union.
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London School of Economics
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Maastricht University
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erasmus University Rotterdam – VU University Amsterdam from the Netherlands (Project Talk of Europe)
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University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona, Chair Josep Termes on Leadership – Citizenship and Identities from Spain
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Haute Ecole de Commerce Paris
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
JHU recommending the analysis I wrote on the voting patterns on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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Atlantic Council
Atlantic Council
The Atlantic Council recommending the analysis produced by me, which is looking at the voting patterns on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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Martens Centre
Martens Centre
I published in Marten Centre’s magazine “European Views” the article “Values topple nationality in the European Parliament”, which can be accessed here.
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20 research institutes
20 research institutes
As part of our efforts to stimulate debate and engage the opinion leaders and citizens in the EU Member States, I have coordinated a project aimed at bringing European issues in the local public debates. The project involved research institutes in 20 EU countries.
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European Policy Centre
European Policy Centre
My office was hosted for some time by the European Policy Centre, one the greatest think tanks in the European Capital, whose chairman is now the former president of the EU Council, Herman van Rumpoy. I had the pleasure to speak at several EPC events. At this one, we discussed the role of the Parliament in shaping EU’s energy policy.
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Notre Europe
Notre Europe
Notre Europe, the prestigious French research institute, has been a strategic partner in a project aimed at disseminating expertise from Brussels to the Member States in order to make the EU decision-making process better known by the wider public.
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Hanns Seidel Stiftung
Hanns Seidel Stiftung
The German political foundations are very active in the European debates. Here I am speaking at a very successful event organised by the Hanns Seidel Stiftung.
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Chamber of British Industries
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Hanns Seidel Stiftung
Hanns Seidel Stiftung
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European Parliament
European Parliament
I had the pleasure to speak at many events organised by the European Parliament. At this one, we discussed the communication strategy around the 2014 European elections with journalists coming from 6 Northern European countries.
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La Capital
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TVR
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Associated Press
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Association of Slovenian Journalists
Association of Slovenian Journalists
I was invited by the Association of Slovenian Journalists to participate as a speaker. Click HERE to see the event.
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DMJX from Denmark
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European Ombudsman
European Ombudsman
Speaking at the farewell event of the former EU Ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandorus, alongside Commission Vice-President, Maros Sefcovic.
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University of Madrid
University of Madrid
Group of students in international relations from Complutense University of Madrid visiting my office in Brussels
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Euro – Qvorum Institute
Euro – Qvorum Institute
I speak regularly at events organised by the Euro-Qvorum Institute, a top Bucharest-based organisation I (co)set-up.
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Belgian RTBF
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Committee of the Regions
Committee of the Regions
Speaking before representatives of local authorities from the Member States about the EU’s public communication strategy and its impact. Click to visit the website of the Committee of the Regions.
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European Movement
European Movement
Speaking to the members of the European Movement International, one of the most respected pro-European groups.
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Eurosfat
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Bulgarian K1
Bulgarian K1
Interviewed by the National Public TV in the evening of the European elections and other occasions
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Al Jazeera