Bernard Connolly

Bernard Connolly, a British financial analyst, author and former EU official.

Connolly was founded in 1978, currently as agreed Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard d' Estaing on a European Monetary System (EMS, Eng. ERM, ERM II today ), European Commission staff. From 1986 he was responsible for the UK money market in the context of European economic and monetary union in the " Economic and Financial Affairs " for analysis and recommendations. Since 1990, Connolly was in Directorate D ( Monetary Affairs) of this Directorate Head of Unit 3 (EWS, national and EU monetary policy).

"One of the duties of Mr. Connolly, among others belonged to prepare the work of the Monetary Committee, the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and the Committee of Governors and participation in these bodies, the pursuit of monetary policy in the Member States and the investigation of the monetary consequences of the introduction of economic and monetary union. " (Case C-274/99 P)

Since 1991, Connolly put several times essay ideas for the future of Europe in the European monetary union before the publication but were denied to him under the Staff Regulations. In 1995 he published a book that the authority took the opportunity to subject the whistleblower Connolly disciplinary action. In January 1996 he was removed from the service, which was understood particularly in the Euro-skeptical British press as ' punishment for blasphemy ' and many comments. The European Court of Justice upheld the dismissal in 2001 Connolly as legitimate, after which Connolly was considering appealing to the European Court of Human Rights.

After eleven years for the American Financial Services AIG Financial Products Corp.. (AIG -FP), a subsidiary of American International Group, Connolly now works as a consultant.

Works

  • Bernard Connolly: The Rotten Heart of Europe: The Dirty War for Europe 's Money. Faber & Faber, London 1996, ISBN 057117521X (not published in German ).
  • Bernard Connolly: Europe 's Italy problem: and, as a result, are monetary union and the euro in serious trouble? from The International Economy. Thomson Gale. , 2005.
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