Open Europe
Invites you to a book launch and talk:
From euroscepticism to eurorealism
with Derk-Jan Eppink, MEP
Wednesday 30 June, 6.30pm - 8.00pm
Room 1, House of Lords, SW1A 2PW
During the talk, Derk-Jan Eppink will present and discuss his new book Bonfire of Bureaucracy in Europe.
Derk-Jan Eppink is a Dutch journalist turned Belgian politician, currently serving as an MEP for the List Dedecker party - a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group. Derk-Jan has previously worked as Cabinet Secretary for European Commissioners Frits Bolkestein (1999-2004) and Siim Kallas (2004-2007). In 2007 Eppink published Life of a European Mandarin, which provided a glimpse into life at the European Commission.
In Derk-Jan's new book, Bonfire of Bureaucracy in Europe, he describes how the EU's obsessive focus on "ever closer union", neglecting its core tasks such as the single market, has led to the debt crisis which is now engulfing the continent and tempting its leaders to consider taxes at the EU level.
That is why Derk-Jan is spearheading one of the first "European Citizens' Initiatives" (ECI) - the new provision for ordinary citizens to petition the EU - to oppose the idea of pan-EU taxes "before it is too late". He will discuss the ECI and its related website, www.noeutax.eu, at the presentation.
Places are limited. If you would like to attend this event, please contact Sofia Casselbrant on 0044 (0)207 197 2333 or sofia@openeurope.org.uk. Please leave at least 20 minutes to pass though security.
If you would like to organise an interview with Derk-Jan before or after the event, please contact Adrian Muldrew on 0032 485 786 836 or apmuldrew@hotmail.com.
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