The meeting will focus upon the current crisis of the welfare state apparatus in Europe.

Dr. Piñera will bring his distinguished contribution to the pension crisis, outlining possible cure for the welfare state's bankruptcy.

Mademoiselle Herold will be report about the current situation in France, and explain what she and her comrades are doing to reverse a despicable state of affairs.

This event is being jointly organized by the Centre for the New Europe and Leonardo Facco Editore, Italian brave libertarian publisher, and will be moderated by CNE fellow Alberto Mingardi.

Date Friday 27 June 2003 Format 10:00 - 12:30 Speakers 12:30 Lunch Location Sala Malatesta Hotel dei Cavalieri Piazza Missori, 1 Milan Italy Related Issues Competition Policy Intellectual Property Economics Registration This event is by invitation only. If you wouldlike to attend, please contact Cécile Philippe.

Dr. José Piñera is Distinguished Fellow of the Cato Institute, in Washington DC, and co-chairman of Cato's Project on Social Security Choice. As Chile's secretary of labor and social security, he was the architect of that country's successful privatization of its pension system. As founder and president of the International Center for Pension Reform, Piñera now advises governments throughout the world on the establishment of privatized pension systems. During his public service career, he also designed the labor laws that introduced flexibility to the Chilean labor market and was responsible for the constitutional law that established private property rights in Chilean mines. He is also chairman of Proyecto Chile 2010, a Chilean free-market think tank. He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. (1974) in economics from Harvard University. Leonardo Facco Editore (link) published a book by José Piñera in Italian, entitled "Pensioni: Un Affare Privato", with a preface by Italian Defense Minister, and member of CNE Academic Council, Professor Antonio Martino.

Mademoiselle Sabine Herold is a 21-year-old student who is challenging France's silent majority to revolt against the strikes crippling her country. On May 25, she addressed a 2,000 people demonstration in front of Paris' townhall. On June 15, she organized and addressed 80,000 people demonstrating against the Unions’ tyranny. Miss Herold has been nicknamed "the Joan d'Arc of the liberals" by Le Figaro and, by the London Times "Mademoiselle Thatcher". She is "Rédactrice en chef" of the Paris-based free-market association "Liberté j'écris ton nom".

Mr. Alberto Mingardi is a Visiting Fellow with the Centre for the New Europe (Brusselles)