Michel Barnier

Michel Barnier is EU Commissioner for Regional Policy and Institutional Reform. Under the Convention for the Future of the European Union, he has been nominated to chair a working group on European defence.

After Laeken: the need for courage

With their Laeken declaration in December, the recent summit of European leaders launched a large and wide-ranging debate on the future of the European Union a process that may

By Michel Barnier

/ 16 Jan 2002