Mr. Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy, visited the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University and delivered a speech entitled “The Economic and Institutional Performance of the European Union and the Italian Case” on April 26. Zhu Hengyuan, Associate Dean of Tsinghua SEM attended the speech.
Mr. Padoa-Schioppa talked about Single European Market in his speech, noting that the Market provides free movement of people, goods, services and capital and thus makes it possible for the EU citizens to live, work, study and do business throughout the European Union (EU).
He then briefed the students about two important treaties which are considered as milestones for European integration,--The Treaty of Rome and The Treaty of Maastricht. He also talked about the Monetary Union and Euro System, and the EU economic performance in his speech.
Mr. Padoa-Schioppa answered several questions concerning the further European integration after the speech.
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa became Italian Economy and Finance Minister in May 2006. Before this, he has served as a member of the Executive board of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2005.
(From the School of Economics and Management)
