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EC Competition Enforcement Law and Policy - Roundtable - Chapter 20 - International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Corporate Law 2005
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International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Corporate Law 2005 - Hardcover International Antitrust Law & Policy: Fordham Corporate Law 2005 - PDF ____________________________________________________________________________________ Preview Page Chapter 20
EC COMPETITION ENFORCEMENT LAW
AND POLICY
Presider Trevor Soames Howrey LLP.
(Brussels)
Presenter Neelie Kroes Commissioner of Competition,
European Commission, Brussels
Panelists Damien Géradin Professor, Université de Liege, Liege
Christer A. Holm Advokatfirman Delphi & Co.,
Stockholm
MR. SOAMES: Ladies and gentlemen, it is my very great privilege
to introduce Commissioner Kroes to Fordham. This is her first speech at
Fordham. We are all very grateful to have her with us today. I speak also
on behalf of Professor Hawk.
Commissioner Kroes has had a distinguished career in politics in the
Netherlands, at the European Commission as an advisor to the Transport
Commissioner in the early-1990s, and more recently with many significant
business interests. Those interests I would suggest, with great respect,
well qualify her for the position of Competition Commissioner, also taking
into account her economics background. Perhaps some members of the
European Parliament did not fully appreciate those interests, but I’m sure
that all of us — who have to deal with commercial clients in the world of
business — appreciate having a Commissioner with real business
knowledge. Therefore, if I may, I will pass the floor to Commissioner Kroes.
COMMISSIONER KROES: Thank you very much for your kind
words. Indeed, I pretend to have a little bit of experience in the business
world. I highly appreciate your view that it can be beneficial instead of a
burden.
I always was surprised that I was not asked the real important
question, which is not in my view, “What have you done in the past?” But
rather “What are you going to do after your term in office?” That should
be a real possibility for a problem.
So I took over and I said, “I think that you should have put that question.
I can give you the answer: I will not be active in the business world anymore
after my term.” I didn’t mention that I am planning to have two terms.
About the Editor:
Barry Hawk is Director of the Fordham Corporate Law Institute and Partner with Skadden Arps (New York and Brussels). He is former Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust Section and former Chair of the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, as well as Professor at Fordham Law School and Visiting Professor at Michigan Law School, Monash University Law School, New York University Law School and the University of Paris.
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