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	2003 November 3 - EU’s Liikanen Says Enlargement Fuels Optimism in Europe
		According to Erkki Liikanen, the European Union’s Enterprise Commissioner, prospects for economic growth in the EU are bright, not just because of solid third-quarter GDP figures but because the imminent entry of ten new member states has rekindled something of the optimism that greeted the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
		Liikanen noted a Commission study released just days before that tracked candidate countries’ progress toward implementation of both the terms of enlargement and specific EU legislation. He said the tremendous economic and technological potential of the new members spurred a sense of optimism about growth prospects in the soon-to-be 25-member Union.
		Liikanen said the Commission’s newly-adopted procedures for soliciting public comment had improved the proposal, and that the process had reminded many in the EU of the importance of the chemicals industry in Europe.
	www.uscib.org /index.asp?documentID=2770 (259 words)

	Europe 25 - CV Speakers
		Liikanen was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from Finland to the European Union.
		Liikanen was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 1972 at the age of 21.
		Liikanen was Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Trustees of the Bank of Finland in 1983-1987 (also the decision-making body of the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra).
	www.unimaas.nl /forum-maastricht/2004/liikanen.htm (235 words)

	ECONOMY & POLITICS: Apostle of competitiveness in Brussels - Erkki Liikanen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Erkki Liikanen could be characterised as a talented and resolute political missile.
		During his years as Finance Minister, Erkki Liikanen could often be seen enjoying a morning cup of coffee in the tent where it is served in the market Square, only a short walk from the ministry.
		Erkki Liikanen concedes that this is a valid complaint in some sectors.
	www.publiscan.fi /ec09e-0.htm (918 words)

	CEO Observer Issue 9 - "Better Regulation": For Whom?
		Erkki Liikanen doesn't miss an opportunity to advertise the EU approach, saying that, "traditional regulation is increasingly called into question by the demands of globalisation".
		Liikanen clearly favours the last option, in which the Commission sets broad objectives which are enforced by self-regulating business groups.Self- regulation for corporations, as opposed to government regulation has long been a goal of European business lobby groups.
		Liikanen and his colleague Bolkenstein have started a 18-month pilot project to test ways of improving the EC's BIAs, in which all Directorates-General (DGs) of the Commission are provided with FRC checklists to guide them.
	www.corporateeurope.org /observer9/regulation.html (1455 words)

	SPAM: EUROPEAN COMMISSION GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE
		Commissioner Liikanen also welcomed the announcement that the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue has considered the fight against spam a major priority for 2003 and will devote part of its next annual meeting to this problem.
		Today, Commissioner Liikanen recalled that (except for the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications) the date of application of this new regulatory framework is 25 July 2003.
		Liikanen stressed that the Commission will take appropriate enforcement action against member states that do not implement the new package are in a timely fashion.
	www.eurunion.org /news/press/2003/2003044.htm (691 words)

	TheFeature :: It's All About The Mobile Internet
		From 1987-'90, Liikanen was Finland's Minister of Finance; and from 1990-'94, he served as the country's Ambassador to the European Union.
		Liikanen: A number of European initiatives were crucial to the development of Europe's leading position in mobile telecommunications.
		Liikanen: The digital divide is between those who have access to and use of communications services and those who do not.
	www.thefeaturearchives.com /topic/Regulation/An_Interview_with_Erkki_Liikanen.html (2380 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Maths \| Profile of Erkki Liikanen
		Ii is 6pm, at the end of a wet and unseasonably cold April day in Brussels, but in his large office in the heart of the city's EU quarter, Erkki Liikanen is all smiles.
		Liikanen 'understands not just telecoms and technology issues, but also the business community - that is the key thing,' says Ed Meier, a London-based analyst with Fletcher Advisory, an IT research and consulting firm.
		While Liikanen sees it as a way for debt-ridden companies to manage costs, the UK Government sees stiff 3G competition as the model for consumer choice and may disapprove of network sharing.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/maths/story/0,,480839,00.html (1245 words)

	Mobile CommerceNet / Liikanen stresses responsibilities of networks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		European Internet marketing companies and e-tailers breathed a sigh of relief, after Erkki Liikanen, the EC member responsible for enterprise and the information society, revealed several of the commission's plans in speech he gave at a conference in Dusseldorf, Germany.
		Liikanen said that users of the Internet need to feel safe:"This is not the case right now.
		Liikanen said that networks have become critical for the proper functioning of our societies and economies.
	www.mobile.commerce.net /story.php?story_id=1031 (357 words)

	BW Online \| January 31, 2001 \| The Bureaucrat Nudging Europe onto the Net
		So when Erkki Liikanen became the European Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, a position created in 1999, few positive results were expected.
		Liikanen's homeland is both one of the world's most wired countries and home to mobile-phone giant Nokia, making him ultrasensitive about keeping Europe ahead of the U.S. in the race to develop fast, mobile-phone Internet access.
		Not surprisingly, the charming Liikanen was a precocious politician, becoming Finland's youngest ever member of parliament at the tender age of 21.
	www.businessweek.com /technology/content/jan2001/tc20010131_389.htm (1837 words)

	eubfn.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Erkki Liikanen was born in Mikkeli, Finland on the 19th September 1950.
		Mr Liikanen has held a variety of positions during his tenure with Finnish politics.
		Mr Liikanen was also elected three times as member of the Electoral College to select the Finnish President (1978, '82 & '88).
	www.eubfn.com /arts/gcb-fi.htm (218 words)

	EMC Corporation
		Liikanen used the meeting to outline the blueprint for encouraging the use of the internet.
		Liikanen's agenda for pushing through changes is dominated by two aspects he considers non-negotiable to achieve success.
		Liikanen returned from a recent trip to Silicon Valley full of enthusiasm and a sense of urgency that Europe will have to move quickly to keep up with the US.
	www.emc.com /local/en/GB/ir/fastmag/july2000/nolayers/e-europe.htm (466 words)

	Erkki speaks on mobile regulations \| The Register
		Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, spoke about the European Union's plans for mobile regulation at the IFT World Mobile Communications Conference in London.
		Liikanen believes the move to data services and higher speed connections mean regulations need to be updated now.
		Liikanen said there are four main areas of the mobile market currently being examined by the Commission.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/05/11/ec_mobile (511 words)

	Bailout Of European 3G On The Way? - 4/23/2001 - Wireless Week - CA72812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Erkki Liikanen, EU telecommunications commissioner, has been in talks with politicians and industry leaders to develop a plan to help the credit-damaged operators build out their networks, which will costs billions beyond what they've already spent.
		Third-generation wireless is a linchpin in Liikanen's "e-Europe" strategy, and now more than ever, Liikanen wants EU member states and carriers alike to work together or run the risk of a full-scale cordless catastrophe.
		The comments from Liikanen and others are as close as the European Union has come to acknowledging that direct financial assistance and a clear path through red tape is needed to bail out 3G licensees.
	www.wirelessweek.com /article/CA72812.html (539 words)

	Interview with EU Commisioner for Information Society
		Erkki Liikanen plays a major role in the coordination of the eEurope program which intends to bring the benefits of the information society to all Europeans.
		Commissioner Liikanen: It is true that the private sector does not only have to play a role in providing the technical means and "know-how" (infrastructure) to create successful e-government applications.
		Commissioner Liikanen: Governments worldwide are increasingly realizing that broadband access will be central to the economic development of their countries.
	www.gartner.com /1_researchanalysis/special_reports/eu062102.html (1817 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		Liikanen, who will succeed Matti Vanhala as chair and governor of the bank, is scheduled to assume his duties 12 July.
		Liikanen, 53, is an experienced politician and government official.
		Itälä concludes that the appointment of Liikanen amounts to a clear shif in the appointment procedure.
	virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=4277&group=Business (470 words)

	Messages from the European Commission
		On 12 February, EU Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, presented a new Commission report on the implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises, endorsed at the Feira European Council of June 2000.
		Mr Liikanen said "it has never been so easy to start up a company", emphasising the repeal of outdated legislation in Italy and efforts by Denmark, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden and the UK to consider alternatives to regulation, such as voluntary agreements.
		Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen launched the Go Digital awareness campaign 2002 on 21 January at a conference organised by the German confederation of skilled crafts (ZDH) in Berlin.
	www.ehto.org /2004/ec_press.htm (1350 words)

	International Government Navigator
		Erkki Liikanen, member of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society, spoke in Brussels Jan 15 on the subject of the next generation Internet, and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6).
		Liikanen said that by 2050, the world will be home to about 9 billion people, and regardless of economic constraints, we must plan Internet access for all.
		Liikanen cited the 2001 European IPv6 Task Force and the European Commission has budgeted about 90 million euro for promotion and deployment of IPv6 through projects like 6NET and Euro6IX.
	www.centerdigitalgov.com /international/story.php?docid=86875 (375 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank council members Axel Weber and Erkki Liikanen said the bank is ready to raise interest rates from a six-decade low should near-record oil prices and a pickup in economic growth threaten to drive up inflation.
		Liikanen noted Europe's export markets are ``robust'' and many European companies have improved their competitiveness.
		Weber and Liikanen said there are no signs yet that oil prices are fueling demands for higher wages or pushing up expectations of future inflation.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000006&sid=aLSW3kKvQeBo (992 words)

	Evans, Liikanen Reaffirm Commitment to Transatlantic Partnership, New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		U.S. and European commerce leaders said that the transatlantic partnership is critical for future security and prosperity in their countries and around the world.
		Evans and Liikanen met on the eve of the June 25 summit to discuss major issues in transatlantic commerce, including World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations, security issues, regulatory cooperation and capital market convergence.
		Liikanen said that the new TABD will be a "lean and focused business-driven process developing policy recommendations to administration," according to the release.
	www.useu.be /TransAtlantic/June2503EvansLiikanenTABD.html (617 words)

	Erkki Liikanen - European Commissioner for the Enterprise and the Information Society
		Erkki Liikanen's name might not be familiar, but his efforts are gaining international attention.
		Liikanen is the key figure behind the European Union's efforts to modernize its economy and reposition Europe as a leader in the information technology sector.
		As one EU official says, "E-Europe is his baby." Liikanen was a central figure in the development of the action plan aimed at implementing many of its goals.
	www.eweek.com /article2/0,1759,184153,00.asp (921 words)

	BBC News \| BUSINESS \| EU warns on 'wealth gap'
		Erkki Liikanen, European Commissioner for Enterprise, said that average wealth per head in the EU was just two-thirds of that in the US.
		According to a report from Mr Liikanen's department, European industry has insufficiently invested in new technologies, despite the fact that they have become vastly cheaper in recent years.
		Mr Liikanen's competitiveness report follows a period of soul-searching in Brussels, where officials are troubled about Europe's somewhat old-fashioned image.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1670599.stm (452 words)

	Outlook Journal: A wake-up call
		A former minister of finance in Finland and head of his country's mission to the EU, Liikanen has been working flat out since last September, when he assumed his current job, to convince European politicians that there is no time to lose.
		Liikanen also wants to see all European schools connected to the Internet by the end of 2001 and an EU commitment to take action on a whole raft of pending eCommerce legislation by the end of 2000.
		At their Lisbon summit in March, the heads of the EU governments identified telecommunications reform as a major part of their drive to modernize the European economy and enable it to compete effectively with the United States.
	www.accenture.com /Global/Research_and_Insights/Outlook/By_Alphabet/InterviewSociety.htm (1860 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank council members Axel Weber and Erkki Liikanen said the bank is ready to raise interest rates should surging oil prices and a pickup in economic growth threaten to drive up inflation.
		While rates are ``appropriate'' for now and are spurring growth, excess liquidity and higher energy costs are inflation risks that the ECB will eventually need to address, Weber and Liikanen said in separate interviews yesterday at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meeting in Washington.
		Weber's and Liikanen's comments indicate the ECB sees no scope to lower interest rates, contrasting with the IMF's view that a further cut may be necessary should growth slow again.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=afQV_qqeJTxQ (1010 words)

	TIME Europe \| E.U.: Playing Internet Catch-up \| 4/3/2000
		European Commissioner Erkki Liikanen, the E.U.'s point man on information technology, takes little solace in another recent study that found 80% of European managers expect to use e-commerce intensively by 2004.
		Liikanen hopes the bad news will spur member states to act on his ambitious "eEurope" initiative, which aims to have Internet access in all schools by the end of 2001 and in every classroom a year later.
		As well as endorsing Liikanen's goal of getting schools online, they agreed to allow the Commission to set benchmarks to gauge the member states' progress on information technology against one another and the world.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/2000/0403/eeurope.html (700 words)

	YLE - Finnish Broadcasting Company
		Commissioner Erkki Liikanen (left) and Arne Wessberg, the President of the EBU, support MHP as an open standard of digital television.
		Commissioner Erkki Liikanen voiced his support for the digital television industry to migrate towards Multimedia Home Platform based on open standards.
		Wessberg and Pleitgen support Commissioner Liikanen's initiative to promote the migration of all market participants to this standard on the national and European level.
	www.yle.fi /fbc/press_liikanen.shtml (390 words)

	Philippe Laferrière: Entrepreneurship: an integral and vital part of the EU policy mix
		European commissioner Erkki Liikanen, responsible for Europe Enterprise, made a speech on the subject of "Entrepreneurship: an integral and vital part of the EU policy mix" at an extraordinary meeting with the Employer’s Group of the European Economic and Social Committee.
		Mr Liikanen said that in order to ensure real progress for the EU as a whole in promoting entrepreneurial activity, the Entrepreneurship Action Plan would deliberately target key practical considerations.
		I heard a speech of Erkki Liikanen on European Entrepreneurship in Davos two years ago and I [Lire la suite]
	plaferriere.blogs.com /weblog/2004/05/entrepreneurshi.html (792 words)

	Planet Ark : INTERVIEW - EU needs venture capital market for biotechs
		European governments also must play a role in educating the public about the safety of genetically modified foods if biotech companies are to exploit this market culture, EU enterprise and information society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen told Reuters in an interview late last week.
		Liikanen, of Finland, is the leading public figure at the EU's first informal seminar of ministers of industry and research in this Mediterranean resort near Barcelona.
		Among their tasks is elevating the cutting-edge field of biotechnology, listed as a priority in the EU's plan to make Europe the world's most competitive economy by 2010.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/14351/story.htm (745 words)

	EU for greater cooperation in IT sector
		Seeking stronger trade and economic cooperation, the European Commission on Friday said there was a need to formulate an information technology policy to promote the competitiveness of the economy.
		Liikanen said that though there was a shift towards knowledge-based economy, the key question was role of public policies in creating growth-inducing environment.
		EU was already India's major partner in terms of trade and investment inflows, Liikanen added.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/mar/26eu.htm (189 words)

	EGA Press Release 2004/11/18
		The 2004 edition of the EGA Award has been granted jointly to Commissioners Erkki Liikanen and David Byrne for their role in establishing and supporting the G10 High Level Group on Medicines initiative.
		The European Generic medicines Association (EGA) established the award in 1997 to honour precisely such exemplary efforts in research, publications and public awareness in the field of classic medicines.
		The award was presented to Commissioner Byrne during a private ceremony in Strasbourg on 16 November, and will be handed over to Mr Liikanen at a time to be arranged in the immediate future.
	www.egagenerics.com /pr-2004-11-18.htm (398 words)

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