Mr. Bart Vandewaetere, Head of Corporate Communications and Government Relations, Nestlé Europe, Middle East & North Africa.

Memberships in organizations that focus on EU policies and European institutions

Associations

1. Serving Europe (Branded Food & Beverage Service Chains)

Members

1. Alsea
2. Burger King
3. Domino
4. Häagen-Dazs Shops
5. Marcas de Restauración  
6. McDonald
7. Popeyes
8. SNARR
9. Starbucks
10. Subway
11. Tim Hortons
12. Yum! (KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell)

2. Spirits Europe

Corporate Members

Russia poses a multifaceted problem to Europe. Its policies clash with Europe’s goals, visions, and values in multiple areas: from Europe’s eastern neighbourhood to the Middle East; from global great-power relationships to domestic arrangements. However, all these clashes share a common thread – they are all rooted in a normative disagreement over the rules and taboos of the international order. Russia’s view of what constitutes appropriate domestic and international conduct for states diverges drastically from that of Europe.

The EU-Russia Experts Network on Foreign Policy (EUREN) was initiated by the EU Delegation to Russia in 2016 as a new form of interaction between EU and Russian foreign policy experts and think tanks. EUREN brings together foreign policy experts and think tanks from Russia and EU member states to discuss relevant foreign policy issues with the aim of exchanging views and formulating policy recommendations. The network meets on a quarterly basis in Russia and different EU capitals.

Russian Participants

Source: Politico

The EU-Russia Experts Network on Foreign Policy (EUREN) was initiated by the EU Delegation to Russia in 2016 as a new form of interaction between EU and Russian foreign policy experts and think tanks. EUREN brings together foreign policy experts and think tanks from Russia and EU member states to discuss relevant foreign policy issues with the aim of exchanging views and formulating policy recommendations. The network meets on a quarterly basis in Russia and different EU capitals.

EU Participants

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a special address from Moscow on the occasion of an all-online edition of the World Economic Forum on 27 January 2021 urging better ties between Moscow and the European Union, declaring the Kremlin "ready" for an improved relationship.

Putin’s view about the future of European-Russian relations

Nord Stream 2 is a Russian-German gas pipeline project that connects both countries via the Baltic Sea. The pipeline construction is about to be finished, the gas supply contracts are signed, the German interconnection pipelines are built and operational, and the investment costs of about $11.5 billion are sunken. What is missing is about 160 kilometers of pipeline laid in the Baltic Sea. Only foreign sanctions on pipe-laying vessels prevent the project’s realization.             

Under Biden, the numerous political, economic, and strategic differences between Washington and Brussels will not just disappear, and certainly, there will be no return to the good old days of Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Still, Biden, with his foreign policy experience and his inclination to compromise, will work diligently to restore transatlantic relations.

1. Antony Blinken, Nominee for U.S. Secretary of State ((Biden’s former National Security Adviser and Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama administration)
2. William Burns, Nominee for Director of the CIA (Former Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. ambassador to Russia  
3. Victoria Nuland, Nominee for Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs
4. Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Nominee for Senior Director for Russia and Central Asia in the future National Security Council
5. Kathleen Hicks, Nominee for Deputy Head of the Pentagon