Quentin Peel: Macron, Merkel & May: who is going to set the European agenda?

Join the School of Public Policy for the latest talk in the Policy & Practice seminar series.
Thursday 12 October, 6:15pm-8pm

After the Great European Election Year of 2017, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron want to forge a revived Franco-German partnership and press ahead with a radical agenda of EU and eurozone reform. What can they agree on while Merkel struggles to form a new coalition, and what will it all mean for Theresa May's hopes of a balanced Brexit deal?

Quentin Peel is an associate fellow attached to the Europe Programme at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) in London, and a freelance commentator. He previously held a Mercator senior fellowship at Chatham House. In a long career at the Financial Times, he was foreign editor and an assistant editor of the newspaper from 1994-98, and chief foreign affairs columnist from 1998-2008. Before that, he was FT correspondent in Johannesburg (1976-81), Africa editor (1981-84), and bureau chief in Brussels (1984-87), Moscow (1988-91), and Bonn (1991-94). His last post was as bureau chief in Berlin (2010-14). He is a regular speaker and broadcaster on international affairs for the BBC, CNN, RTE, Deutsche Welle, France-24, Radio France Internationale, Monocle Radio and many others, with a particular focus on the European Union, transatlantic relations, Russia and Germany. He speaks French and German, has a degree in economics from Cambridge University, and is married with five children.

This event forms part of the School of Public Policy's 'Policy and Practice' seminar series.

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