{"id":265,"date":"2025-03-05T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T00:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:00:47","slug":"the-word-of-the-president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/en\/the-word-of-the-president\/","title":{"rendered":"The word of the President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading text-customPink font-bold text-3xl\" >The word of the President<\/h1><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 40px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid members\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center wpb_content_element  object-cover\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1063\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2.jpg 1063w, https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forum-dialogue.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gaston-Reinesch-portrait-horiz-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1063px) 100vw, 1063px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading text-2xl font-medium text-customBlue\" >Welcome to the website of the Bridge Forum Dialogue<\/h2><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 20px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In his memoirs Jean Monnet rightly observed: \u201cNothing is possible without men, nothing is lasting without institutions\u2026\u201d Luxembourg has always been at the centre of the building of Europe, from the very start, both through the commitment of individuals and through the presence of a number of Community institutions and agencies. In such a propitious environment it was only natural that a forum for discussion should emerge aimed at bringing together the supranational institutions and agencies, the national institutions, the live forces of the country and the academic world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created at the beginning of 2000, the Bridge Forum Dialogue has worked to fulfill that aim. It stimulates dialogue and thus reflection on questions which concern Europe. Major current topics such as European monetary policy, the eastern enlargement of the European Union or the significance of new technologies in a rapidly changing economy have already been addressed in this framework. The subjects are presented by speakers from the monetary, financial, economic, political and university worlds. This Internet site serves to announce forthcoming events and to make available to you the texts of the speeches made by the guest speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since its creation, the Bridge Forum Dialogue has organised around three conferences per year on various topics linked in particular to the European construction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The organisation of our association is only possible thanks to cooperation between a number of institutions. I wish to thank all those who have contributed to this venture, and I am convinced that the quality of the dialectic which has opened up will continue to develop through future events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gaston REINESCH<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 80px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full mt-20\"><ul class=\"partenaires-list grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 xl:grid-cols-6 items-center 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