Dijsselbloem Speaker at Dinner in Nicosia

Major Event of the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs

On the occasion of the completion of 25 years of public service and constructive engagement, the Cyprus Center for European and International Affairs, which is affiliated with the University of Nicosia, is organizing a special event – Gala Dinner – on Monday, November 12, 2018 at 7:30pm at Hilton Park Hotel, in Nicosia. The Former President of the Eurogroup and Former Minister of Finance of Netherlands, Mr Jeroen Dijsselbloem, will deliver a Keynote Address on The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of the EU.

The event will be attended by politicians, diplomats, academics, bankers, business people, lawyers, civil servants and interested citizens. It is supported by the Ministry of Finance and sponsored by KPMG and the Euro-Gulf Information Center. The media sponsor is Phileleftheros newspaper. Ticket price is €50 (includes dinner and beverages).

For more information and reservations tel.: 22841600 and email: [email protected]

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Jeroen Dijsselbloem served as the minister of Finance of the Netherlands between 2012 and 2017. He was subsequently elected President of the Eurogroup, the Group of Finance Ministers of the 19 Eurozone countries, and chair of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism. In July 2015, he was re-elected as Eurogroup Chair for another 2.5 years.

During his five-year tenure, Jeroen turned the Dutch government deficit into a surplus, reduced sovereign debt by one third, and helped the Netherlands return to solid economic growth. While maintaining the integrity of the Eurozone, his main accomplishments were: the exits from their emergency programs of Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus; designing a deal for the third program for Greece; and building the Banking Union to put the European banking sector on a sustainable footing. All Euro-countries have returned to broad-based growth, most of them above potential growth. Since leaving politics this year, Jeroen became an author (“The Eurocrisis: The inside Story”) and publicist.