Pierre Defraigne[1] was executive director for the Brussels-based think tank the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation.[2]
From 1970 to 2005 he served as a European civil servant: he was head of cabinet for Étienne Davignon (EU Commission vice-president 1977–1983); director for North–South relations; head of cabinet for Pascal Lamy (EU Commissioner for Trade 1999–2002); and deputy director-general at DG Trade, European Commission.[3] From 2005 to 2008 Defraigne also established and managed the Brussels branch of the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).[4]
Pierre Defraigne was also professor of economics at the Institutes for European Studies (Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis and Université Catholique de Louvain) and at the College of Europe, Bruges, and was a visiting professor at Zhejiang University, China.
Pierre Defraigne died on August 2, 2022.[5]
Only Europe, (Brussels: La Libre Belgique, 2009)[6]
‘Bretton-Woods III needs a G3-Plus’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 2, No. 7, (Dec., 2009)[7]
‘La Chine forcera-t-elle l'UE à l'unité politique?’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 2, No. 5, (Jul., 2009)[8]
‘Seulement 176 millions d'Européens’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 2, No. 4, (Jun., 2009)[9]
‘La fausse piste de la Stratégie de Lisbonne’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 2, No. 2, (May, 2009)[10]
‘Barroso intergouvernementalisé!’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 2, No. 3, (Mar., 2009)[11]
‘Les à-coups de l'intergouvernemental’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 1, No. 8, (Nov., 2008)[12]
‘Le Parlement Européen sous le vent vivifiant de la crise’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 1, No. 7, (Nov., 2008)[13]
‘La Crise défera ou refera l'Europe’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 1, No. 6, (Oct., 2008)[14]
‘Leaping Beyond the Lisbon Treaty’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 1, No. 5, (Oct., 2008)[15]
‘Taking No for a Question’, Madariaga Paper, Vol. 1, No. 1, (Jun., 2008)[16]