SYNOPSIS • Despite its resilience in the worst �nancial crisis since World War II the Euro area displayed several weaknesses which must be corrected. Mr Trichet will argue that the crisis developed in three episodes, and will give six reasons as to why the epicentre of the crisis was located in the Euro area. He will end by providing his views as to what Europe’s leaders can do in order to bring an end to the crisis and improve economic governance in the Eurozone.

SPEAKER • Jean-Claude Trichet is presently chairman of the Group of �irty (Washington), chairman of the Board of Directors of Bruegel Institute and chairman of the Trilateral Commission (Europe). He is a member of the « Institut de France » (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques). Trichet is a graduate of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Mines de Nancy, of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris, of the Université de Paris (in economics) and of the Ecole nationale d’administration. In 1987 Trichet became a member of the Group of �irty and later its chairperson. He was governor of Banque de France from1993-2003, elected as Chairman of the Group of Ten (G10) in 2003, and served as President of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011. He was appointed as chairman of the Board of Directors of Bruegel Institute in April 2012.

CHAIR • Mr Xavier Nuttin, EU Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

WHEN • Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 5:15pm-6:30pm

WHERE • Lobby,Oei Tiong Ham Building,Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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Improving the Euro Area Economic GovernanceMr Jean-Claude Trichet, Chairman, Group of �irty; Board of Directors, Bruegel Institute

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