About

EUBrasil is a non-profit-making association created with the aim of supporting the development of successful business relations between the European Union and Brazil,and at the same time promoting political and cultural links between the two partners.

Major  EUBrasil  Objectives

  • To promote a strong and harmonious bilateral dialogue between economic and political actors of Brazil and EU.
  • To seek out solutions to overcome the structural obstacles inherent to the relations between the EU and Brazil.
  • To promote economic, cultural and social co-operation.
  • To support governmental initiatives for the establishment of an Association Agreement, and the creation of a free exchange trade zone between the EU and Mercosur.
  • To develop political communication aimed at promoting Brazilian interests in the EU and vice versa.

Major EUBrasil Activities

  • To create the EUBrasil Business Round Table where top political and economic actors, European and Brazilian, may meet and debate issues of mutual interest.
  • To analyze the evolution of the bilateral dialogue and to propose new measures of co-operation between the two communities.
  • To create a strong network of associations of professionals and experts, European and Brazilian, concerned with or interested in, promoting bilateral co-operation.
  • To promote common plans in order to benefit from European co-operation initiatives and in particular those regarding research and development.

EUBrasil contributes to enhancing the bilateral dialogue between the two partners by, among other measures, establishing a communication forum that brings together all the interested stakeholders, and by promoting bilateral meetings and co-operation initiatives at various levels.

Membership of EUBrasil is open to :

  • Parliamentarians and elected officials
  • European and Brazilian companies
  • Experts and academics

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EUBrasil Board

Luigi Gambardella, President

Elena Bonfiglioli, Board Member on behalf of Microsoft

Fabio Colasanti, Board Member

Fernando de Almeida, Board Member on behalf of AIP

José Luis Díaz de Mera, Board Member on behalf of Telefónica

António Manuel Robalo de Almeida, Board Member on behalf of Portugal Telecom

Alfredo Valladão, Board Member

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Special Assignments

Ricardo Castanheira, General Manager Brazil, Brasília

Franco Perroni,  Relations with European Institutions, Brussels

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EUBrasil Advisory Board

Alfredo Valladão, President

Carlo Binetti, Member, Economist

Lourdes Casanova, Member, INSEAD

Pedro da Motta Veiga, Member, CINDES

Murillo de Aragão, Arko Advice

Victor do Prado, Member, WTO

Renato Flôres, Member, FGV Rio de Janeiro

Paolo Guerrieri, Member, Uni Roma

Georges Landau, Member, FAAP São Paulo

Andrés Malamud, Member, Universidade de Lisboa

Detlef Nolte, Member, GIGA Hamburg

Sandra Polónia Rios, Member, CINDES

Vera Thorstensen, Member, FGV São Paulo

Ramón Torrent Macau, Member, Uni Barcelona

André Urani, Member, IETS

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EUBrasil Parliamentary Members

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Members of the European Parliament

(Updated February 2012)

Antonello Antinoro, Italy, EPP Group

Hans van Baalen, The Netherlands, ALDE Group

Ivo Belet, Belgium, EPP Group

Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Portugal, S&D Group

Pilar del Castillo Vera, Spain, EPP Group

Sergio Cofferati, Italy, S&D Group

António F. Correia de Campos, Portugal, S&D Group

Viorica Dancila, Romania, S&D Group

Mário David, Portugal, EPP Group

Edite Estrela, Portugal, S&D Group

José Manuel Fernandes, Portugal, EPP Group

Christofer Fjellner, Sweden, EPP Group

Béla Glattfelder, Hungary, EPP Group

Robert Goebbels, Luxembourg, S&D Group                                                

Nathalie Griesbeck, France, ALDE Group

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Greece, EPP Group                                

Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Germany, S&D Group

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Spain, EPP Group

Barbara Matera, Italy, PPE Group

Nuno Melo, Portugal, EPP Group

Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Spain, S&D Group

Vital Moreira, Portugal, S&D Group, Chairman of the International Trade Committee

Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Portugal, EPP Group

Gianni Pittella, Italy, S&D Group, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Vittorio Prodi, Italy, S&D Group

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neira, Spain, EPP Group, Co-Chairman of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Amalia Sartori, Italy, EPP Group

Helmut Scholz, Germany, GUE Group

Csaba Tabajdi, Hungary, S&D Group

Nuno Teixeira, Portugal, EPP Group

Britta Thomsen, Denmark, S&D Group

Gianni Vattimo, Italy, ALDE Group                                                      

Renate Weber, Romania, ALDE Group

Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Spain, S&D Group, Chairman of the Mercosur Delegation

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Members of the Brazilian Parliament  (Congresso Nacional)

Senador António Carlos Valadares, PSB/SE, Senado Federal

Sebastião Bala Rocha, PDT/AP, Câmara dos Deputados

Carlos Alberto Leréia, PSDB/GO, Câmara dos Deputados

Domingos Neto, PSB/CE, Câmara dos Deputados

Benedita da Silva, PT/RJ, Câmara dos Deputados

Moacir Micheletto, PMDB/PR, Câmara dos Deputados

Sandro Alex, PPS/PR, Câmara dos Deputados

Anderson Ferreira, PR/PE, Câmara dos Deputados

Arnaldo Jardim, PPS/SP, Câmara dos Deputados

Manuela d’Ávila, PCdB/RS, Câmara dos Deputados

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EUBrasil Business Members

Microsoft

Portugal Telecom

Telefónica