Where Now for European Social Democracy? - Policy Network

Notes on the ContributorsTony Blair is the British Prime Minister.David Blunkett is the UK Home Secretary. Previously, Mr Blunkett(1994) was appointed as Shadow Secretary of State for Education,and in 1995 this position was expanded to include employment aswell as education. In May 1997 Mr Blunkett was appointed to theCabinet in the post of Secretary of State for Education andEmployment.Patrick Diamond is a Special Adviser in the UK Prime Minister's PolicyDirectorate. He was formally a Special Adviser at the NorthernIreland Office. He writes here in a personal capacity.Sigmar Gabriel has been a Member of the Land Parliament of LowerSaxony since 1990. He leads the SPD group in the Land Parliamentand was Prime Minister of Lower-Saxony (1999-2003). He is amember of the National Executive Committee of the SPD and alsoDeputy Chairman of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.Roger Liddle is Special Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair onEuropean Affairs and writes here in a personal capacity.Peter Mandelson is Chair of Policy Network and has been theMember of Parliament for Hartlepool since 1992. He was formerlySecretary of State both for Northern Ireland, and for Trade andIndustry.Jean Pisani-Ferry is Professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine. Heis a member of the Conseil d’analyse économique. He was co-authorof the Sapir report from the High-Level Study Group appointed byRomano Prodi in 2003.1