Centre for New Europe
<p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A <span class="TNRFont">“</span>think tank<span class="TNRFont">”</span> and lobby group that promotes <span class="TNRFont">“</span>pro-market<span class="TNRFont">”</span> and <span class="TNRFont">“</span>European liberal<span class="TNRFont">”</span> policies for the European Union, and which regularly collaborates with members of the <a href="http://www.ofcomswindlecomplaint.net/Misreprestn_Views/FundingBodies.htm#AERF"><i>Atlas Economic Research Foundation</i></a></font>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CNE has received <span class="NoLinkComment" title="" onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default'; this.title=''; return overlib(CNEExxonPopupText, WIDTH, 250, STICKY, CLOSETEXT, closeimg, CAPTION, 'Note', (OLie5)?DONOTHING:MOUSEOFF, ABOVE, SHADOW, STATUS, ' ');" onmouseout="nd();" style="cursor: default;">$170,000</span> from <i> ExxonMobil</i> since 1998 (see <i>ExxonSecrets</i>: <a target="blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/yty46r" title="" onmouseover="this.title=''; return overlib('Click to open link in a new tab or window', ABOVE, WRAP, TIMEOUT, 4000, SHADOW);" onmouseout="nd();" onclick="nd();">http://tinyurl.com/yty46r</a>).</font></p><p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">=</font></p><p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe</a></font></p><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The <b>Centre for the New Europe</b> (CNE) is a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tank" title="Think tank" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">think tank</a> based in Brussels, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Belgium" title="Belgium" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Belgium</a>. Its hosts events for policymakers, parliamentarians and journalists, and publishes reports and books on a range of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Free_market" title="Free market" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">free market</a> topics.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Founded in 1993 by a Belgian lawyer and a Belgian journalist after a meeting in the Hilton Hotel on the Toison d'Or in Brussels, it is very strongly pro-free-market, with a particular focus on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Privatization" title="Privatization" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">privatisation</a> of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Health_Care" title="Health Care" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">health care</a>. It is a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/International_Policy_Network" title="International Policy Network" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">International Policy Network</a> and regularly collaborates with other members of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Atlas_Economic_Research_Foundation" title="Atlas Economic Research Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Atlas Economic Research Foundation</a> network. It is also a member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stockholm_Network" title="Stockholm Network" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stockholm Network</a> of European free-market think tanks.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The funding of the CNE is not transparent. It failed to answer a think tank survey by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Corporate_Europe_Observatory" title="Corporate Europe Observatory" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Corporate Europe Observatory</a> in 2005. However, the annual reports of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Exxon_Mobil" title="Exxon Mobil" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Exxon Mobil</a> reveal that CNE in 2003 and 2004 received $40,000 and $80,000 respectively for its "Global Climate Change Education Efforts".</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"<i>We find that support for liberal ideas--<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Free_trade" title="Free trade" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">free trade</a>, social tolerance, economic liberty--extends far beyond Europe's Liberal parties. Therefore, we back no party or programme. We find that liberalism has friends and enemies in every party. We hope to unite its friends and persuade its enemies.</i>" <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.cne.org/about2.htm" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) 100% 50% no-repeat, url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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) 100% 50%;">[1]</a></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select: none;"> [<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#Board" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Board</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#Staff" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Staff</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#Academic_Advisory_Board" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Academic Advisory Board</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#Contact_information" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact information</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#Resources" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Resources</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Centre_for_the_New_Europe#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></font></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;" /><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Board"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Board</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Wilfried_Prewo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wilfried Prewo (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Wilfried Prewo</a>, Hanover</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Catherine_Windels" title="Catherine Windels" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Catherine Windels</a>, (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pfizer" title="Pfizer" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pfizer</a>), New York</font></li></ul><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Staff"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Staff</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_Pollard" title="Stephen Pollard" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stephen Pollard</a>, President</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_Rogers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Rogers (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">James Rogers</a>, Executive Director Marketing and IT</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hardy_Bouillon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hardy Bouillon (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hardy Bouillon</a>, Chairman, Academic Advisory Board</font></li></ul><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Academic_Advisory_Board"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Academic Advisory Board</font></span></h2><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANAQMAAABb8jbLAAAABlBMVEX///8AUow5QSOjAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAABNJREFUCB1jYEABBQw/wLCAgQEAGpIDyT0IVcsAAAAASUVORK5CYII=);"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Louis_de_Alessi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Louis de Alessi (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Louis de Alessi</a>, USA</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Marcel_van_Meerhaeghe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marcel van Meerhaeghe (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Marcel van Meerhaeghe</a>, Belgium</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Bernholz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Bernholz (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Peter Bernholz</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Switzerland" title="Switzerland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Switzerland</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gerrit_Meijer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerrit Meijer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gerrit Meijer</a>, The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Netherlands" title="Netherlands" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Netherlands</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Walter_Block&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Block (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Walter Block</a>, USA</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Angelo_Petroni&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Angelo Petroni (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Angelo Petroni</a>,<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Italy" title="Italy" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Italy</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Boudewijn_Bouckaert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boudewijn Bouckaert (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Boudewijn Bouckaert</a>, Belgium</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gerard_Radnitzky&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerard Radnitzky (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gerard Radnitzky</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Germany" title="Germany" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Germany</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Enrico_Colombatto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Enrico Colombatto (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Enrico Colombatto</a>, Italy</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pascal_Salin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pascal Salin (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Pascal Salin</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/France" title="France" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">France</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Victoria_Curzon-Price" title="Victoria Curzon-Price" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Victoria Curzon-Price</a>, Switzerland</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gerhard_Schwarz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerhard Schwarz (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gerhard Schwarz</a>, Switzerland</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frank_van_Dun" title="Frank van Dun" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Frank van Dun</a>, Belgium</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jiri_Schwarz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiri Schwarz (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Jiri Schwarz</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Czech Republic</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hannes_Gissurarson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hannes Gissurarson (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Hannes Gissurarson</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iceland" title="Iceland" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Iceland</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Arthur_Seldon" title="Arthur Seldon" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Arthur Seldon</a>, UK</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Lord_Harris_of_High_Cross" title="Lord Harris of High Cross" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lord Harris of High Cross</a>, UK</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gordon_Tullock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gordon Tullock (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Gordon Tullock</a>, USA</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Anthony_de_Jasay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anthony de Jasay (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Anthony de Jasay</a>, France</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christian_Watrin" title="Christian Watrin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Christian Watrin</a>, Germany</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wolfgang_Kasper" title="Wolfgang Kasper" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Wolfgang Kasper</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Australia" title="Australia" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Australia</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Atilla_Yayla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atilla Yayla (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Atilla Yayla</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Turkey" title="Turkey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Turkey</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=V%C3%83%C2%A1clav_Klaus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Václav Klaus (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Václav Klaus</a>, Czech Republic</font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Albert_Zlabinger&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert Zlabinger (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(165, 88, 88); background: none;">Albert Zlabinger</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Austria" title="Austria" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Austria</a></font></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Antonio_Martino" title="Antonio Martino" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Antonio Martino</a>, Italy</font></li></ul><h2 style="color: black; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_information"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contact information</font></span></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Centre for the New Europe
Rue du Luxembourg 23
B-1000 BRUSSELS, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 506 40 00
Fax: +32 2 506 40 09
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Financial secrecy common among EU think tanks</a>, July 2005</font></li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Categories</a>: </font><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style: none none; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-style: none; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Belgium" title="Category:Belgium" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Belgium</a></font></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Europe" title="Category:Europe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Europe</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Free_market" title="Category:Free market" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Free market</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Think_tanks" title="Category:Think tanks" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Think tanks</a></li></ul></div></div><p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></font></p><p class="table-body"><a href="http://thinktank-watch.blogspot.com/2007/11/center-for-new-europe.html"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://thinktank-watch.blogspot.com/2007/11/center-for-new-europe.html</font></a></p><p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">he </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Centre_for_the_New_Europe" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Centre for the New Europe</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">is a think tank based in Brussels whose Web site was apparently first registered in St. Paul, Minnesota by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Miniter" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Richard Miniter</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">, a conservative American pundit,</span><a href="http://www.richardminiter.com/articles/index.html" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">WSJ</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> editor, senior fellow at the Center for the New Europe and author of </span><span style="line-height: 20.8px; font-style: italic;">"<a href="http://www.richardminiter.com/articles/index.html" style="text-decoration: none;">Losing bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror"</a></span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> articles like</span><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110003052" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Rabid Weasels - The sickness of "old Europe" is a danger to the world."</span></a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Its hosts events for policymakers, parliamentarians and journalists, and publishes reports and books on a range of free market topics.</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Founded in 1993 by a Belgian lawyer and a Belgian journalist after a meeting in the Hilton Hotel on the Toison d'Or in Brussels, it is very strongly pro-free-market, with a particular focus on the privatisation of healthcare. It is a member of the </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Policy_Network" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">International Policy Network</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> and regularly collaborates with other members of the </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Atlas_Economic_Research_Foundation" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Atlas Economic Research Foundation</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> network. It is also a member of the </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Stockholm_Network" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Stockholm Network</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> of European free-market think tanks.</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">The funding of the CNE is intransparent. It failed to answer a think tank survey by the Corporate Europe Observatory in 2005. However, the annual reports of Exxon Mobil reveal that CNE in 2003 and 2004 received $40,000 and $80,000 respectively for its "Global Climate Change Education Efforts".</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Tim Evans of the Centre for the New Europe (CNE) explain that "free market conservatism" and "anarcho-capitalism" is a product of huge value to corporations and foundations that want to promote these ideas.</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/ZrPw8LH956w/R2KkEj3ideI/AAAAAAAAAYU/d3LZGy6yV0U/s1600-h/FAZThinkTank.jpg" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZrPw8LH956w/R2KkEj3ideI/AAAAAAAAAYU/d3LZGy6yV0U/s320/FAZThinkTank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5143854122665145826" border="0" style="border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); padding: 4px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">On 11 August 2005, economics editor Dr. Karen Horn reported in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on the growing influence of European Think Thanks. She emphasized the pivotal role of Pierre Garello, Universität Aix-Marseille III, and Hardy Bouillon, Centre for the New Europe, in establishing the Annual</span><a href="http://thinktank-watch.blogspot.com/2007/12/european-resource-bank.html" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">European Resource Bank</a><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> Meetings and described other important network activities in Europe: </span><a href="http://www.institutmolinari.org/editos/20050920.htm" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">The free-marketeers rise up.</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Sources:</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Centre_for_the_New_Europe" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Sourcewatch</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Related:</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000819044652/www.washwebworks.com/pfizerftp/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pfizer Forum</span></a></span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57913-2003Jan28.html" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Here Comes the New Europe</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2687403.stm" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Outrage at 'old Europe' remarks</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">By Richard Miniter:</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110003052" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">The sickness of "old Europe" is a danger to the world.</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rminiter/?id=95001199" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">The Iraqi Connection </a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.richardminiter.com/pdf/articles/20010607-art-wsj.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">European Firms Learn to Get Mean </a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">By President of the Center for the New Europe Stephen Pollard:</span><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.spectator.co.uk/stephenpollard/31234/the-real-antisemitism-underlying-the-boycotters.thtml" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">The real antisemitism</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2001/10/10/do01.xml" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">The real threat is Iraq - as Bush's men have said for years</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/04/15/do1501.xml" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">If Syria isn't next on America's hit list, it certainly should be </a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/09/14/do1401.xml" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Why Israel is right to assassinate Hamas leaders</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/03/07/do0701.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/03/07/ixopinion.html" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Britain's role is crucial in next stage of war on terror - Iran</a><br style="line-height: 20.8px;" /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/03/23/do2302.xml" style="text-decoration: none; line-height: 20.8px;">Am I doubted because I'm a Jew?</a></font></p><p class="table-body"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
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