Georg Emil Riekeles is Associate Director at the European Policy Centre.
Before joining the EPC, Georg served as diplomatic adviser to EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier during the four years of Brexit negotiations with the UK. He was in charge of relations with EU member states and the European Parliament during the withdrawal negotiations, and then took on responsibility for strategy and communication during the negotiations on the future partnership.
Previously, Georg was an adviser for security and defence at the European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), the European Commission’s in-house think tank. In that capacity, he worked helped initiate and develop significant new Commission initiatives in the areas of defense as part of President Juncker’s programme, and worked on EU-NATO relations.
Georg also served as member of cabinet to Commission Vice-President and Commissioner Michel Barnier in the period 2010-2014, working on digital and single market reforms, as well as inter-institutional relations in the context of the post-financial crisis regulatory agenda.
Before moving to Belgium, Georg worked in ministerial cabinets at the French Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs, as well as in the private and non-profit sectors in France.
Georg holds a master’s degree in political science from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and studied economics and philosophy at the London School of Economics.
Besides Belgium and France, Georg has lived in the UK and the US. He is of Norwegian nationality and grew up in Oslo.
Georg enjoys skiing, cycling and the outdoors.
PROGRAMME
PROJECTS
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
International negotiations, trade, EU’s international role, security and defense, single market, digital policies, EU governance and interinstitutional relations, future of Europe
EDUCATION
Diplôme de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
BSc Philosophy and Economics, London School of Economics
LANGUAGES
French, English, Norwegian, Italian, German (basics)
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In an opinion piece on Monday, Georg Riekeles and Varg Folkman predicted that Washington will, as it draws back militarily, pull harder on other coercive levers to reshape Europe in the political direction the US wants. Not just on trade, either: as Mudde also noted, this could mean the US demanding protection for far-right free speech.
We can move from defensive crouch to position of strength but only if we use the economic cards we have against US coercion.
Europe is on a trajectory towards nothing less than “civilisational erasure”, the Trump administration claims in its extraordinary new National Security Strategy, a document that blames European integration and “activities of the European Union that undermine political liberty and sovereignty” for some of the continent’s deepest problems.
Europe is becoming a continent of net investment outflows. And whilst the next budget includes a significant Competitiveness Fund, we need these investments now, not in 2028
Skjebnemøtet om Ukraina i London viser at Europa har tatt grep om den videre prosessen, mener analytiker Georg Riekeles.
Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. The EU should now steel itself and reject the terms imposed by Donald Trump
Georg Riekeles, bivši zvaničnik Evropske komisije koji je učestvovao u pregovorima o izlasku Velike Britanije iz EU, rekao je da je posljednja prijetnja bloka da uvede 93 milijarde eura vrijedne protivmjere na američku robu došla prekasno.
Fostul oficial european Georg Riekeles, care a participat la negocierile pentru Brexit, a subliniat că UE a reacționat prea târziu. Abia în iulie, Bruxelles-ul a formulat o amenințare cu represalii de 93 de miliarde de euro, dar Trump deja își impusese condițiile.
Georg Riekeles, a former commission official who helped negotiate the UK’s exit from the bloc, said the EU’s most recent threat to apply €93 billion of retaliatory tariffs against US goods came far too late.
“With the benefit of hindsight, the EU would have been better off answering the US vigorously in April in a one-two combo with China’s retaliation against the US tariff hikes, which left markets and Trump reeling,” said Riekeles, now at the European Policy Centre think-tank.
El alivio por haber evitado una guerra comercial se mezcla con el arrepentimiento por no haber adoptado una postura más firme desde el principio.
«Col senno di poi - dice al FT Georg Riekeles, ex funzionario della Commissione Ue e oggi membro del think-tank European Policy Centre - l'Ue avrebbe fatto meglio a rispondere vigorosamente agli Stati Uniti ad aprile, in un uno-due combinato con la ritorsione della Cina contro gli aumenti dei dazi statunitensi, che avevano lasciato i mercati e Trump sotto choc».
Former Commission negotiator Georg Riekeles said the EU “would have been better off answering the US vigorously in April in a one-two combo with China"
Georg Riekeles, fost oficial al Comisiei care a participat la negocierea ieșirii Marii Britanii din UE, citat de Financial Times, arată că amenințarea recentă a Uniunii, de a impune tarife de represalii în valoare de 93 de miliarde de euro asupra produselor americane, a venit mult prea târziu. „Privind retrospectiv, ar fi fost mult mai bine dacă UE ar fi răspuns energic SUA încă din aprilie, într-un tandem cu represaliile Chinei la creșterile tarifare americane, care au lăsat piețele și pe Trump în derută,” a spus Riekeles, prezent la dezbaterile think-tank-ul European Policy Centre.
Georg Riekeles: "Statele Unite negociază cu Uniunea Europeană? Sau la mijloc este un fel de târguială? Ce am văzut de curând în cazul Braziliei, este tentația de a institui tarife comerciale din motive politice, o tendință de amestec în politica internă folosind tarifele comerciale ca instrument pentru a condiționa racordarea la exigențele doctrinare, ideologice ale Casei Albe."
Alors que la Commission européenne doit prochainement présenter ses orientations pour le budget à long terme, l’European Policy Centre (EPC), think tank indépendant, dévoile un rapport dans lequel Philipp Lausberg et Georg Riekeles donnent des pistes pour que l'UE se positionne comme une puissance et développe une "3ème voie".
Dans cette nouvelle édition de “Bruxelles, je t'aime ?", nous nous penchons sur les tarifs douaniers punitifs de Donald Trump qui devraient entrer en vigueur le 9 juillet. L’UE doit-elle pousser pour un accord commercial rapide ou continuer à se battre pour obtenir un meilleur compromis ?
Ο Georg Riekeles, αναπληρωτής διευθυντής του think tank European Policy Centre, δήλωσε ότι η παγκόσμια αστάθεια και η φθίνουσα δέσμευση των ΗΠΑ στην παγκόσμια τάξη που βασίζεται σε κανόνες έσπρωξαν τον Καναδά και την ΕΕ να έρθουν πιο κοντά.
– Etterslepet er blitt et brennpunkt, for både Norge og EU. Når man får et såpass stort etterslep så bryter det med grunnprinsippet i EØS om at man skal ha like regler for alle, sier Georg Riekeles.
“Se l’UE è pronta a reagire, l’intimidazione e l’escalation degli Stati Uniti sono in definitiva così autolesioniste che si può entrare nel territorio degli accordi”, commenta sempre al Ft Georg Riekeles, direttore associato dell’European Policy Centre di Bruxelles.
How can the European workforce be better leveraged to boost the bloc’s competitiveness?
„Anunțul tarifar al președintelui Trump despre „ziua eliberării” nu este un conflict comercial în cadrul regulilor. Este o încercare deplină atât de a rescrie ordinea economică internațională, cât și de a constrânge Europa și alți parteneri comerciali să se supună", a spus Georg Riekeles, unul dintre autorii raportului Centrului de Politică Europeană, care susține că UE trebuie să pregătească o represalii masive.
Este o încercare în toată regula atât de a rescrie ordinea economică internaţională, cât şi de a constrânge Europa şi alţi parteneri comerciali să i se supună”, a declarat Georg Riekeles, unul dintre autori. Cu alte cuvinte, alegerea lui Meloni poate fi amânată, dar nu evitată.
“It’s no overstatement to say that European countries are facing the most dire situation they have faced since the end of the second world war,”
- Europa står nå overfor den vanskeligste situasjonen siden slutten av 2. verdenskrig, sier Georg Riekeles.
Georg Riekeles, a senior EU official at the time who had spent years working on the UK’s tortuously negotiated withdrawal agreement, remembers that time well: “For me it was very important as a day – certainly a moment of regret, [a] regretful achievement of sorts.”
- Folk er sjokkert, sier nestleder og ansvarlig for økonomisk politikk ved tankesmia European Policy Centre (EPC), Georg Riekeles, til NTB.
Demands by some in Trump's team for Europe to water down or abandon important social media regulations would weaken democracy and "won't guarantee Europe's security in the long run", according to think tank Bruegel's Guntram Wolff and the European Policy Centre's Georg Riekeles.
"We've gone from these big tech operators having been accountable to no one to Musk himself being a super-spreader of innuendo, of conspiracy theories, or of outright lies," says Georg Riekeles, associate director at the European Policy Centre.
Europa står i den vanskeligste tid siden afslutningen af Anden Verdenskrig, og det vil kræve svære valg i 2025, spår Georg Riekeles, chef for europæisk politisk økonomi i tænketanken EPC.
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