EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT KANGAROO GROUP

The Kangaroo Group is an association of members of the European Parliament, Commission and Council and representatives of industry and academia working to enhance European unity step by step around the pursuit of common projects. The motto of the Kangaroo Group is free movement and security.

The objectives of the Kangaroo Group are the following:

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM : RAIL FORUM EUROPE (RFE)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representatives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information. These forums are important because the sectors represented create jobs in Europe.

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM : FORUM FOR THE AUTOMOBILE AND SOCIETY (FAS)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representatives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information. These forums are important because the sectors represented create jobs in Europe.

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM: EUROPEAN FORUM FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (EUROFORES)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representatives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information. These forums are important because the sectors represented create jobs in Europe.

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY FINANCIAL SERVICES FORUM (EPFSP)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representtaives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information. These forums are important because the sectors represented create jobs in Europe.

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM: EUROPEAN INTERNET FOUNDATION (EIF)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representatives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information. These forums are important because the sectors represented create jobs in Europe.

MEP-INDUSTRY FORUM: EUROPEAN ENERGY FORUM (EEF)

MEP-Industry Forums are groups that invove MEPs from different parties meeting with interest representtaives from a respective sector. They facilitate broad sectoral interest representation during conferences and lunch debates that are organized and where business people talk about the issues of concern to them in their sector. They play a very useful role in that they support MEPs in their efforts to shape policy and regulations by facilitating and strengthening the exchange of information.

WHAT ABOUT THE FOREIGN FAITH IN U.S. TREASURIES ?

Short or extended period of U.S. Government shutdown, the fact is Asians and the Chinese in particular have been preparing for a calamity in the U.S. Treasury market for years. Most foreign investors in U.S. Treasuries have converted their long term bond holdings to short term bond holdings; meaning, they could liquidate their bonds at a moment's notice. It is a fact that overall purchase levels of U.S. treasury bonds are either static, or falling depending on the nation involved.

LES CERCLES PRIVES DE L'ELITE BELGE

D’une façon générale les cercles d’affaires (business clubs) favorisent le rassemblement d’hommes et femmes d’affaires, chefs d’entreprise, dirigeants, politiciens,  profession libérales, représentants des médias ayant en commun la volonté de développer leurs affaires et leurs réseaux de relations professionnelles souvent dans un lieu prestigieux. Par leur qualité, les membres de ces cercles jouent un rôle majeur au plan économique, social et politique.

WHO DRIVES THE DEBATE ABOUT EUROPE'S FUTURE?

There are many voices that drive the debate about Europe's future. When it comes to the future shape of Europe economically, socially and politically there is an absence of a common vision. There is a tumult of debate, discussion and dissension:The French/German motor is not sparking in synch. There are differences North/South; between large and small; between those who favour a more conservative fiscal approach and those who favour a more lax one; on a range of topics from defence through to labour market reform.

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