Giles MerrittGiles Merrittis the Founder and Chairman of Friends of Europe, the leading Brussels think tank that since 1999 has used innovative methods to bring EU-related issues to public attention around Europe. A former Financial Times Brussels Crrespondent, Merritt is a journalist, author and broadcaster who has for over four decades specialised in European public policy questions. In 2010 he was named by the Financial Times as one of 30 most influential "Eurostars". Merritt is also Editor-in-Chief of the policy journal Europe's World, a pan-European publication that offers policymakers and opinion-formers a platform for presenting ideas and forging consensus. Read More Read Less