“The enlargement of the Euro zone: its advantages and disadvantages”

Lunch Debate: “The Enlargement of the Euro zone: its Advantages and Disadvantages”  held on July 22, 2009 from 12.30 to 14.00 at the European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 47-52, Room A5E-1, Brussels. 

Liberty Seminar 2009

For the third time an international seminar on political and economic liberty will be organised in the mediaeval University town of Leuven, Belgium, from August, the 2th till the 8th 2009. This is an organisation of the Institute for Economic Studies, joined by the Foundation for Humane Education, the Mises Youth Club and the Flemish classical liberal student organisation LVSV. Further information at http://www.libertyseminar.be/.

The Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe is pleased to welcome you to a debate organised in cooperation with the Turgot Institute and the Hayek Institute

"Crise financière et économique - l'autre histoire" 

on Thursday, 23 April 2009.

Is the worst over? Or are we to see more vicissitudes of the global markets? What can we expect from national rescue plans? How will they affect our economies? These are some of the issues which Henri Lepage will address with you during the discussion.

 The Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe and the Mises Youth Club are pleased to welcome you to the first meeting of the

Mises Circle

on Tuesday, 17 March 2009.

This new round of meetings aims at discussing books which deeply influenced liberal thought. On this occasion, participants will discuss the book "The Road to Serfdom" written by Friedrich August von Hayek in 1944. We hope to welcome you on the day for an engaging discussion and a fruitful exchange of opinions.

Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, A5E3
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

If you need a badge to enter the European Parliament, please email Benjamin Harnell at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it by Tuesday, 10 March 2009.

“One of the most important books of our generation. … It restates for our time the issue between liberty and authority with the power and rigor of reasoning with which John Stuart Mill stated the issue for his own generation in his great essay On Liberty. … It is an arresting call to all well-intentioned planners and socialists, to all those who are sincere democrats and liberals at heart to stop, look and listen. — Henry Hazlitt, New York Times Book Review

The Roaming Regulation has divided opinion as to whether the regulation is a necessary step to intervene in what some see as an uncompetitive market or whether price regulation is simply wrong either in principle or because it could stifle investment and innovation.

What should free market liberals make of this? Should they support price regulation to stimulate the market or should they see this regulation as interfering in the operation of the market? These are some of the questions addressed by the discussants, Adina Valean MEP, EP rapporteur for the Roaming 2 Report, and Valentin Petkanchin of the Institut Molinari. Under the moderation of Syed Kamall MEP, the participants engaged in a lively and fruitful debate. read more

25 November 2008 - Conference on "Better Regulation"

Launched in 2005, the EU's renewed initiative for Better Regulation focusing on growth and jobs aims at the simplification and improvement of existing and future regulation. After three years, what are its results across business sectors? Is the EU Better Regulations Strategy today contributing to the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship? How can business actively participate in consultations and contribute its experience and technical expertise to the provision of better legislation?

With such questions in mind, the Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe (LVMI) had the great pleasure of hosting a conference on "Better Regulation" in Brussels. Participants from the academic, institutional, private and media fields joined in an engaging and profitable day of discussion.

Interested in receiving some pictures of you at the event? Please email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it for more information.

 
Find out more about the Programme

The Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe had the pleasure of organising together with the Taxpayers Association of Europe, the Brussels Network and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff a debate on the current and future state of tax regulation in the European Union.

After an opening speech by Philip Kermode of the DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission, Michaël Jager of the Taxpayers Association of Europe and Graham Mather of the European Policy Forum offered different interpretations of the issue, and Rotger Kindermann of the European Journalist Association engaged the public in a debate Which will likely keep Brussels busy for some longer.

In particular, the debate focused on the following:
- How will tax harmonization affect the corporate tax base in Europe?
- Will tax harmonization lead to an increase in tax levels?
- Will tax harmonization avoid distorted levels of competition, or will it erode intra-state competition?
- Is this merely a technical tax issue, or a move towards further EU interference in tax regulation?

Location: European Parliament, Brussels

Debate organised by the Youth Club

Speakers:

Gawain Towler, UKIP Spokesman, IND/DEM Group, United Kingdom		Aloys Rigaut, LYMEC President, ALDE Group, Belgium/France

This debate, organized in cooperation with the Brussels Network, featured prominent speakers such as Syed Kamall MEP, Helena König, Head of Unit DG Trade, European Commission, Prof. Dr. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Sino-German School of Governance, Frankfurt, Dr. Peter Waumans (moderator), CEO RayYin & Partners P.R.C., lecturer at the Finance and Economic University Shanghai, and many other high-level participants including representatives from the Chinese Mission to the European Institutions.

The LVMI Youth Club organized a debate on the European Union in the light of the Lisbon Treaty ratification process and the Irish referendum. The keynote speaker was Roger Helmer, MEP. read more

On Tuesday 4 March 2008, the Ludwig von Mises Institute-Europe, in cooperation with the Brussels Network, hosted a lunch debate in the European Parliament. The speakers included Philippe Brunet, Head of Cabinet of the newly nominated Commissioner of Health, Androula Vassiliadou, DG Health and Consumer Protection, and Charlotte Roffiaen, Director of the Active Citizenship Network. read more

We are pleased to present our Annual Report of 2007, containing an overview of the past year's LVMI activities. You can download the report here.