Yves Bertoncini, former President of the European Movement – France

Yves Bertoncini is an expert and Consultant on EU affairs. He was President of the Mouvement Européen-France from December 2016 to December 2022.

Yves Bertoncini, Président du Mouvement Européen

Yves Bertoncini is also Vice-President of European Movement – International from 2017 to 2023.

He teaches European issues at the Corps des Mines (Mines Paris Tech – since 2007), the College of Europe in Bruges (from 2016 to 2019) and the Institut d’Études Politiques/Sciences Po Paris (2001-11 and from 2018 on) and has also taught at the École Nationale d’Administration (2007-09).

He is the author of numerous books, articles and policy papers on European issues, focusing in particular on European politics and institutions and on issues relating to democracy. He also regularly speaks at conferences and is consulted by French and European media outlets (see www.yvesbertoncini.eu).

Yves Bertoncini was Director of the Jacques Delors Institute between 2011 and 2017. He was an administrator at the European Commission, where he has worked at the Directorate-General of “Education, Training, Youth” as well as “Regional Policy”.

He has worked in the office of the French Prime Minister, responsible for research on Europe at the Centre d’Analyse Stratégique/France Stratégie (2006-09), and as adviser to the Secretary General of European Affairs (2010-11). He has also worked for the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, organising the “national dialogue for Europe” (1995-97) and at the French Embassy in Algiers (1992-93). He was Head of International Affairs at the French Insurance Association (2002-05) and Director of Studies at the Conseil de Coopération Economique (2005-06).

Yves Bertoncini holds degrees from the Institut d’Études Politiques in Grenoble and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has also studied at Sciences Po Paris and at the University of California in Berkeley.

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