ROUNDTABLE: EU economic governance watchdog

Author
Vitor Teixeira
Date
9 March, 2017
Type
Event
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Civil society, think tanks and academia are warmly invited to a discussion on Eurozone governance and the need for greater democratic legitimacy of institutions and decision-making in EU economic governance. How can civil society, think tanks and academia engage in the process and shape it towards a more inclusive and social Europe?

16:00 – 17:30 Setting up an economic governance watchdog: Informal network meeting convened by FINANCE WATCH & TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL EU

 

Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm, Transparency International EU

Katarzyna Hanula-Bobbitt, Finance Watch

David Rinaldi, Centre for European Policy Studies

Joost Mulder, Better Europe

 

Open invite for all interested civil society, academia & think tanks

17:30 Networking reception

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