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Mats Persson[edit]

Mats Persson is the Director of Open Europe, a think tank that promotes ideas for political and economic reform in Europe. He was appointed Director in January 2010.[1] He is also a co-founder and Advisory Board Member of Open Europe Berlin gGmbH.[2]

He has written and published on a broad range of issues relating to Europe and the European Union including the eurozone crisis[3], institutional reform[4], EU budget, financial regulation, trade policy, German politics and Britain's position in Europe. He tweets on European policy as “matsJpersson.”[5]

Mats Persson is a regular commentator in UK and international media. He writes a regular blog for the Daily Telegraph[6] and has written in the Times [7], the Sunday Times[8], the Guardian[9], the Wall Street Journal[10], Dagens Nyheter[11] and several other papers and publications. He has appeared numerous times on BBC Newsnight [12] [13], Sky News[14], ITV News, CNBC and CNN as well as other European and international TV outlets.[15] He has contributed to various BBC radio programmes including the World Tonight [16] and the Today Programme.[17]

In a 2013 feature in Swedish left-leaning magazine Arena, author and journalist Katrine Kielos labelled Mats "one of the politically most influential Swedes in Europe".[18] In 2011, Mats Persson was selected by the Diplomatic Courier one of 99 influential international leaders aged 33 or under.[19] In 2014, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne noted that "Mats and the Open Europe team are influencing the debate not just in the UK but right across Europe."[20]

Mats grew up in Bankeryd, Sweden. He received a bachelor's degree from Liberty University in Virginia, USA where he attended on an athletic scholarship. He was a member of the 2004 Liberty Flames basketball team [21] that won the Big South Conference, qualifying for the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.[22] Mats was honored with the Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence by the Big South Conference, having graduated with a 4.0 Grade Point Average.[23] He received his master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Open Europe appoints new Director". London: Open Europe. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Open Europe Berlin Kuratorium". Berlin: Open Europe Berlin. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ Persson, Mats (June 1 2012). Better Off Out? The Short-Term Options for Greece Inside and Outside of the Euro (PDF). London: Open Europe. ISBN 978-1-907668-25-8. Retrieved 12 April 2014. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Persson, Mats (August 12, 2012). "Chapter 2: The Political Efficiency of the EU". In Zimmermann, Hubert (ed.). Key Controversies in European Integration. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 30–40. ISBN 978-1-137-00614-1.
  5. ^ "Mats Persson (@matsJpersson) op Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Mats Persson – Telegraph Blogs". London: Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Cameron has no plan for EU reform. Here's one for him". The Times. UK. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Sunday Times Opinion: Stop there, Brussels: let us locals take over". The Sunday Times. UK. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 12 April November 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  9. ^ "Mats Persson: Ten Years On: What Britain can learn from the Swedish euro referendum". The Guardian. UK. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Mats Persson: After the German elections". The Wall Street Journal. New York. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  11. ^ "DN Debatt: Flera skäl för Sverige att stödja Camerons EU-vision". Dagens Nyheter. Stockholm. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  12. ^ "In the news". Open Europe. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  13. ^ "In the news". Open Europe. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  14. ^ "In the news". Open Europe. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  15. ^ "In The News". Open Europe. April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  16. ^ "In the news". Open Europe. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  17. ^ ""EU institutions could be used for eurozone-specific purposes under new 'fiscal treaty'"". Open Europe. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  18. ^ Arena (tidskrift)"Portratt: Mats Persson". Arena. London. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  19. ^ "Diplomatic Courier: Top 99 under 33". 5 September 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  20. ^ The Sunday Telegraph"Osborne's 6'7 Europe Guru". The Sunday Telegraph. London. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  21. ^ "Liberty Flames Men's Basketball Media Guide, 2003-2004". Lynchburg, Virginia: Liberty Flames.
  22. ^ "NCAA Tournament history: Liberty Flames". ESPN. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  23. ^ "George A. Christenberry Award". Charlotte, North Carolina: Big South Network. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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