Jean Monnet Public Lecture 'European Union Enlargement – Challenges and Opportunities'

Tuesday 25 August
11.00am-12:00pm
Prince Philip Theatre 1, Architecture Building, The University of Melbourne

presented by

His Excellency David Daly

Head of Delegation, Ambassador of the European Commission Delegation, Canberra, Australia

download some audio of lecture in mp3 format* (12 MB)

Biography

Amb. Daly has had a distinguished career in the diplomatic service of the Republic of Ireland and then the European Union. He has extensive experience with the accession of new states to the Union and in particular experience in dealing with those of the Balkans. He was the head of the Commission’s unit negotiating the accession of Croatia to the Union. He has also served in many other placements dealing with the Central and Eastern European countries during the 1990s as they transformed their political and economic systems and moved toward joining the European Union.

He has been the head of the EU Commission’s Delegation to Australia since January 2009.

* Unfortunately a delay in the ambassador's shedule meant that the automatic recording of this lecture cut out before the lecture finished. The first 50 minutes of approximately 60 minutes is available.

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