Archive
Year: 2011
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Fleishman-Hillard Is Proud to Be Celebrating 20 Years of Our Brussels Office
May 31, 2011
For the last two decades we have been providing consultancy services that enhance the dialogue between EU institutions and external stakeholders. During this time we have followed the development of EU policy-making across a range of issues and sectors and have advised major corporations, trade associations and civil society on their communication with decision-makers at EU level. With the help of our global network of 82 offices worldwide, we look forward to assisting with the...
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FH Podcast: Journalists & Digital #3
May 31, 2011
This is the third in our series of podcasts about Journalists and Digital (see the first and second) and as the interview is between two French speakers (apologies non French speakers), we will continue en français... Dans la série de nos podcasts sur le thème de l’utilisation d’Internet par les journalistes, voici notre première interview en français ! Dans le podcast ci-dessous, Laurence discute avec Jean-Sébastien Lefebvre, journaliste spécialisé Europe à Euractiv.fr (NB : au moment de l’interview...
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Join Us: Roundtable Discussion on the EU Action Plan Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
May 30, 2011
30 May 2011 - Square de Meeus 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium On 30 May 2011, Fleishman-Hillard will be hosting a roundtable discussion on the EU action plan against counterfeiting and piracy. In the context of the general overhaul of the EU approach to Intellectual Property, we will discuss with the Commission the actions it intends to take to ensure stronger protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Europe. If you would like more information about this...
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Is Europe’s drought a symptom of climate change?
May 26, 2011
Driving across the rolling farming country of northern and central France, as my wife and I have just done, you might think that French arable farmers have never had it so good. Grain prices are high and the landscape as far as the eye can see is bright yellow with rapeseed and brilliant green with wheat, barley or potatoes, the very picture of a healthy agriculture. It’s not really healthy, of course. Unless rain falls...
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Is Europe’s Drought a Symptom of Climate Change?
May 25, 2011
Driving across the rolling farming country of northern and central France, as my wife and I have just done, you might think that French arable farmers have never had it so good. Grain prices are high and the landscape as far as the eye can see is bright yellow with rapeseed and brilliant green with wheat, barley or potatoes, the very picture of a healthy agriculture. It’s not really healthy, of course. Unless rain falls...
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Join Us: Roundtable Discussion on Corporate Governance
May 18, 2011
18 May 2011 - Square de Meeus 35, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Fleishman-Hillard hosted a roundtable discussion with the European Commission to discuss the review of the EU corporate governance. The discussion focused on the European Commission's Green Paper on corporate governance framework and addressed the proposals targeting investor engagement as well as the impacts for companies from the proposals targeting boards of directors...
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FH Podcast: Journalists & Digital #2
May 13, 2011
After such a positive response to our last podcast we continue our series on how digital tools are shaping and influencing journalism. This week we are joined by Dave Keating from ENDS Europe, a leading environmental policy news source which covers European environmental climate and energy developments in detail. He chats to Anita about the increasingly integral role of digital in journalism, resistance form editors on social media initiatives, and his time as Mayor of...
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Election test for UK coalition hits Lib Dems
May 10, 2011
It’s almost exactly 12 months since Britain saw the formation of the first coalition government for 70 years, as David Cameron and Nick Clegg brought together the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in a joint administration committed to tackling the massive economic crisis facing the country in the wake of the credit crisis. Coalition politics underwent their first electoral test on May 5 with local elections, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland parliamentary elections, and the...
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Brussels blogs green
May 10, 2011
Ronny Patz’s blog response to our podcast with the FT’s Stanley Pignal generated some on-line debate about why there aren’t many active bloggers on EU Affairs. Opinions on the scarcity are magnificently articulated here but I wonder if they are the same reasons that there are no blogs honing in on EU policies which have a huge impact on “Joe Public”. Take EU environmental policy for example. It has pretty much reached every one of...
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Election Test for UK Coalition Hits Lib Dems
May 8, 2011
It’s almost exactly 12 months since Britain saw the formation of the first coalition government for 70 years, as David Cameron and Nick Clegg brought together the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in a joint administration committed to tackling the massive economic crisis facing the country in the wake of the credit crisis. Coalition politics underwent their first electoral test on May 5 with local elections, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland parliamentary elections, and the...