A transatlantic Citizens' Dialogue on tax avoidance and privacy in the digital age, Milaan

Milaan, Italie. De dom.
datum 21 september 2016
plaats Milaan, Italië
locatie Columbia University, New York/Bocconi University Toon locatie
aanwezigen M. (Mario) Monti i, M. (Margrethe) Vestager i e.a.
organisatie Europese Commissie (EC) i

Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition

Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, New York

Mario Monti, Senator and President of Bocconi University, Milan

Watch here live on Wednesday 21 September 10.00 am (EDT) New York / 4.00 pm (CEST) Milan

Trans-Atlantic Citizens' Dialogue: Tax Avoidance and Privacy in the Digital Age

The first trans-Atlantic Citizens' Dialogue is a unique event. Columbia University in New York hosts the EU Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, who will discuss tax avoidance and privacy issues in the digital economy with the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics and University Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz and President of Bocconi University, Senator Mario Monti, the former EU Commissioner for Competition and former Prime Minister of Italy. The event is moderated by Merit E. Janow, Dean of Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (New York) and by the Italian journalist Sergio Nava.

Participants in New York and Milan are linked by a duplex video link and will engage in a debate on a range of themes focusing on economic policy in its broadest sense. In line with the European Commission's political priorities. The very first transatlantic Citizens' Dialogue focuses on three of the ten EC's priorities: Jobs, Growth and Investment, EU-US Free Trade (TTIP) and the EU as a Global Actor.

The event is one of signature events that Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs is holding this year to celebrate its 70th anniversary.

Approximately 500 participants (students, representatives of EU Member States, and leading figures in academia, politics, international affairs and business) will have the opportunity to engage in the dialogue. You can be one of them!

You can join in the dialogues via #EUdialogues

 
 

Moderated by Merit E. Janow

Dean, School of International and Public Affairs

Professor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law & International Affairs, Columbia University


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Europese Commissie (EC)

Deze instelling van de Europese Unie kan worden beschouwd als het 'dagelijks bestuur' van de EU. De leden van de Europese Commissie worden 'Eurocommissarissen i' genoemd. Elke Eurocommissaris is verantwoordelijk voor één of meerdere beleidsgebieden. Momenteel zijn er 26 Eurocommissarissen. In principe is er voor iedere lidstaat één. Samen vormen zij het college van Eurocommissarissen. De Eurocommissarissen moeten het belang van de Europese Unie als geheel behartigen, niet dat van hun eigen land.

De Europese Commissie mag als enige EU-instelling wetsvoorstellen indienen; zij heeft het zogenaamde recht van initatief. Daarnaast controleert de Commissie of de Europese wetgeving juist wordt toegepast in de lidstaten, onderhandelt zij in internationale organisaties als de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) i over de handel van de Unie met het 'buitenland' en is zij verantwoordelijk voor het beheer van de Europese begroting van ongeveer 140 miljard euro per jaar.

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