AAGEF: Conversation with Ambassador Pierre Vimont in New York, USA

One Year On - A New Initiative for Europe

An AAGEF* initiative

Join us at the Yale Club on October 5th (8.30am to 10.00am) for a conversation with Ambassador Pierre Vimont, Visiting Professor at Columbia University and former Executive Secretary-General of the European External Action Service, on:

One Year On - A New Initiative for Europe
In September 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed in a speech at La Sorbonne an initiative meant to "rebuild a sovereign, united, and democratic Europe." One year later, how have France's European partners responded to this initiative? What has been achieved? And what hurdles still need to be overcome?

Pierre Vimont will analyse the vision for Europe and the concrete steps proposed by President Macron a year ago.  He will also discuss the larger context within the European Union and the developments, such as Brexit and the elections to European Parliament, to take place in the year to come.


 

 

  
We look forward to seeing you there!
The AAGEF team

 

About our speaker:
Pierre Vimont is a visiting professor at Columbia University and a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe.
He was the first executive secretary-general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), from 2010 to 2015. During his thirty-eight-year diplomatic career with the French foreign service, he served as ambassador to the United States from 2007 to 2010, ambassador to the European Union from 1999 to 2002, and chief of staff to three French foreign ministers. He holds the title, Ambassador of France, a dignity bestowed for life to only a few French career diplomats.
Vimont holds a degree in law from Pantheon-Sorbonne University, and is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and the National School of Administration (ENA).

*AAGEF is an association based in the USA for alumni of French Grandes Ecoles. Audencia is a member of AAGEF. Come along to events organised by the AAGEF team to connect with fellow Audencians but also alumni from other French Grandes Ecoles!*
 
Description
  • Date
    le vendredi 5 octobre 2018 de 08:30 à 10:00
  • Date limite d'inscription
    vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 00:00
  • Modalité
    Présentiel
  • Périmètre géographique
    International
  • Lieu
    Yale Club, Saybrook Room
    50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York
    NY 10017