Archive
Year: 2015
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FH Brussels Welcomes a Young Leader-for-a-Day
October 14, 2015
Today FleishmanHillard Brussels welcomes a Junior Achievement (JA) Leader-for-a-Day to its offices. Maltese JA Alumus Marcus Laffoucrière will spend the day shadowing FH Brussels Senior Vice President and Senior Partner James Stevens to learn about life in Brussels’ leading public affairs and communication consultancy. The day will include the opportunity to shadow James as he undertakes his day-to day client consulting, management and external relations activities. It ends with a roundtable event and reception where...
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The “value” of a Peter Spiegel retweet in EU policy communications
October 8, 2015
It’s a metric by which Brussels communicators often measure success. Often, it’s the only metric.” It's a Peter Spiegel retweet...and everybody wants one. But why? Mr Spiegel, who mans the Brussels desk of the Financial Times, has come to be recognised as an influential voice in EU affairs. As one colleague told me, “He’s the someone who everybody who’s anybody follows. If you’ve got his attention, then you’ve got everybody’s attention.” Does it really mean...
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The State of the Energy Union – A Conversation with FH Brussels 20th October
October 8, 2015
Join our new Head of Energy, Matt Hinde for a roundtable lunch on 20th October as he shares his perspectives on the future of the EU’s Energy Union. Moderated by James Stevens, Senior Vice President & Senior Partner, FleishmanHillard, our welcome debate with Matt will include views from members of our Brussels Advisory Board, former UK Ambassador to the EU, Sir John Grant, Former European Commission Official Mr. Jean-Arnold Vinois and former MEP, Mr. Chris...
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Upcoming elections in Europe – Why should Brussels care ?
October 7, 2015
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Internet Commerce is put in question by today’s European Court of Justice ruling
October 6, 2015
What this will mean for both US and EU companies Today thousands of potential jobs, billions in revenues and any cooperation such as medical research is put into question in a landmark decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg. After a multi-year back and forth nail-biting legal exercise the CJEU has today ruled that the Safe Harbor data-sharing agreement between the EU and the US is invalid. It has...
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Matt Hinde Returns to Brussels to Lead EU Energy Practice
October 5, 2015
FleishmanHillard today welcomes Matt Hinde’s return to Brussels as head of its Energy Practice. Hinde, former head of European strategy for U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change, offers a wealth of experience in EU energy issues from his time in the UK civil service. "With the Energy Union approaching its first anniversary and many of its key legislative files starting, there’s never been a more important time for energy companies to engage with Brussels...
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Capital Markets Union, wait …. what?
October 1, 2015
In case you haven’t heard it enough yesterday, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited Capital Markets Union (CMU) Action Plan. Well technically they did more than that … On top of announcing their detailed and long-term plan to achieving better integrated and functioning financial markets in Europe, they also published a first package of proposals – a new framework for securitisation as well as a new regime to better calibrate risk for infrastructure investments by...
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Ray Pinto Joins FH Brussels as Senior Tech Lead
October 1, 2015
FleishmanHillard Brussels today announced the appointment of Ray Pinto as Senior Vice President and head of its technology team. Mr. Pinto brings more than 18 years of senior government relations and communications strategies to FleishmanHillard's wide range of clients on technology policy issues that interface with other sectors including the Digital Single Market and the General Data Protection Regulation. "Today's appointment marks FleishmanHillard's continued commitment to provide counsel on strategic areas of importance to our...
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A Yorkshireman at the European Parliament: It ain’t Yorkshire, but it ain’t bad!
September 29, 2015
My first few weeks of FleishmanHillard have been a real whirlwind of learning new skills, meeting new people, and just a little bit of socialising (on Plux of course!). Needless to say, I’ve already experienced some pretty amazing things, however, one of the best experiences I have had to date came when we (the interns) were taken from work, across Place Lux, and into the European Parliament itself. Not only were we getting the opportunity...
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Alexis Tsipras and the curious case of time travel
September 22, 2015
On Sunday, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister and leader of the left-wing SYRIZA party, managed to achieve the inconceivable: time travel! After seven months in government, capital controls, a referendum, a failed negotiation with international creditors and a new memorandum, Alexis Tsipras' party not only managed to get elected with a significant difference over its main rival, the centre-right New Democracy party, but will maintain a coalition with the Independent Greeks (ANEL), his former conservative...