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Rome launch of the European Foreign Policy Scorecard

On the 20th of April, in the wonderful surroundings of Villa Madama in Rome, ECFR held a successful Italian launch event for the European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2010, the first systematic annual evaluation of the EU’s foreign policy performance. The Scorecard was made possible by the generous support of Compagnia di San Paolo.

Mark Leonard, ECFR’s director, presented the main findings of the Scorecard while Nicolò Russo Perez, Programme Manager at Compagnia di San Paolo, highlighted the importance of its partnership with ECFR. Two former Prime Ministers of Italy, Massimo D’Alema and Giuliano Amato, who are both ECFR Council members, commented on the Scorecard’s results and its future challenges. (Click here to listen D'Alema's contribution)

Other speakers included Ambassador Giampiero Massolo; Maurizio Massari, spokesman of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Pasquale Ferrara, Head of the “Unità Analisi e Programmazione” of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Federiga Bindi, advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (who also recently participated in a ECFR’s Black Coffee Morning in London), Sandro Gozi, member of the Commission for EU politics, and David Gosset, Director of the Euro-China Centre for International and Business Relations. The session was moderated by another ECFR Council Member, Marta Dassù, who is the Director General International Activities of Aspen Institute Italia

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