Jacques Reland
Head of European Research
Senior Lecturer in French and European Studies
Expertise: French politics: France's European and foreign policy, Socialist Party, Elections, French economic and monetary policy; European Integration: EMU, European Foreign and Security policy, C.A.P., Institutional reform (Constitution);
French and European welfare and immigration policies
Jacques Reland specialises mainly on French and European economic and social policies, ranging from welfare and immigration to macro-economic and fiscal policy. He has also a keen interest in French party politics, French and European foreign and defence policy and in Franco-British relations.
From 1988 to 2005, he was the senior French Economic Analyst for Oxford Analytica and produced over 200 reports on French activity, employment trends and social, economic and labour legislation. Has also written on the French welfare system and on French and European monetary policy and he has published chapters and articles on French corporate governance, the French welfare system, French European and monetary policy and on EMU. He co-edited the book “Britain and Euroland” with Professor Haseler in 2000.
Since 1995, he has regularly appeared on various BBC Radio and Television and other media programmes to discuss French and European affairs. He also often contributes to academic and political debates and conferences.
Contact: j.reland(at)global-policy.com
Academia:
Senior Lecturer in French and European Studies
Module leader and sole or main tutor for: Introduction to French Society;
French Social Policies; Economic Change in Contemporary Europe; French Politics and Government
Baccalauréat Philosophie, Lycée Chateaubriand Rennes
Licence de Droit, Université de Rennes
Maîtrise de Droit et Vie des Affaires, Université de Rennes
Selected Publications:
‘French Corporate Governance’ in Board Directors and Corporate Governance in the G7 countries Oxford Analytica, October 1992, pp. 96-115.
‘The Social Security headache - the necessary but elusive reform’ in Population and Social Policy in France (M. Cross & S. Perry eds) Cassell September 1997 pp.170-186.
‘France’ in The European Union and National Macroenomic Policy (J. Forder & A. Menon eds) published in March 1998 by Routledge.
“Britain and Euroland” edited by S. Haseler and J. Reland and published by the Federal Trust, June 2000.
“The Euro Contest: A Franco-German affair” in “Britain and Euroland”.
“French consensus on Europe’s crisis, but not on remedies” in Social Europe, Vol. 2, Issue 3, winter 2007.
“Could Sarkozy’s style be what Europe needs?” in Social Europe, Vol. 3, Issue 4, summer 2008.
“The case for tax harmonisation- a French view” in Social Europe and the Single Market – Where next? (Robert Taylor), The Smith Institute, London 2009.
“The drawbacks of the cult of shareholder value” in Reforming the City (S. Whimster), Forum Press London 2009 (pending).
Selected Conference Papers
‘The impact and implications of EC action on French monetary policy', Nuffield College, Oxford, 18-19 March 1994 (for ESRC Research Seminar on State autonomy in the EC, organised by Oxford University Centre for European Policy Studies).
“Health Policy in France” at conference on Social Policy in France held at London Guildhall University by the Social Policy Association (6 May 1995)
“The Social Security headache”at the September 1995 Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France conference held at the University of Northumbria.
‘Le Franc fort’ Conference and debate organised by the French Socialist Party at Conway Hall, London, 11 November 1996.
“The Euro Stakes” Paper presented at the inaugural seminar of the Euro Research Forum, London Guildhall University, 19 May 1998.
“Du franc lourd au franc fort et à l’euro”: French monetary policy in the Vth Republic. September 1998, ASMCF annual conference, University of Bradford.
“Governing the Euro”, paper presented at the Euro Research forum, London Guildhall University. 19 November 1998.
“The French and the British Economies in perspective” at Cranfield University, 3 May 1999.
“France, Germany and the Euro: From divergence to convergence”. At the “Germany, France and Britain, partners in a changing world” conference organised at Bradford University by the Anglo-German foundation. 21 May 1999.
“Reinvention de la politique européenne de l’axe Franco-Allemand” at the September 1999 “Towards the new millenium: Reinventing France” ASMCF annual conference held at the University of Cardiff.
“Pourquoi la France a-t-elle fait le choix de l’Euro?” at the University of Glamorgan, 10 December 1999.
“Priorities of the French EU presidency” for training seminar organised by the BBC for their news producers and journalists. June 2000.
“France and Enlargement” at “The enlargement of the European Union” BBC World Service Training Seminar, 29 June 2000.
"Prospects for the French Referendum" Royal Institute for Foreign Affairs" Chatham House London, 27 April 2005
"France and Europe after the No vote" Foreign Press Association, London, 15 June 2005
“Europe in the French Election campaign” Global Policy Institute, 29 March 2007
“European policies of leading French Presidential candidates” Houses of Parliament seminar for Labour Movement for Europe, 16 April 2007
“Sarkozy and the European social model” Policy Exchange, 28 June 2007
“Economic Nationalism” John Smith Institute, 7 November 2007
“Can France be reformed?” Discussion with French Minister E. Besson, LSE, 19 November 2007
“ESDP: what next?” Global Policy Institute, 5 February 2008
“The drawbacks of the cult of shareholder value” GPI conference on the City after the G20, Bloomberg Centre London, 30th April 2009.
“What next for Europe?” Fringe meeting organised by GPI and the Smith Institute, Labour party conference, 30th September 2009
Radio and Television
Regular guest on French and European Affairs for the following stations and programmes:
BBC World Television: Newsdesk, The World Today and The Business Programme.
BBC News 24: Europe Direct, Simpson’s World, Eurobrief, and news programmes.
BBC1: On the Record, The breakfast programme.
BBC 2: The Midnight Hour, This Week, Newsnight, Around Westminster, The Politics programme
BBC4: Filmed interviews on the 8pm news. One hour long French election special with Martha Kearney (May 2002)
BBC Radio 5 Live: The Nicky Campbell Show, The Fi Glover Show, the Matthew Bannister Show, The Magazine, The Breakfast programme, Euronews and After Hours,
BBC Radio 4: The Westminster Hour, The World at One , The World Tonight, The World This Week-end and Broadcasting House.
<h1>BBC Radio 2: The Jeremy Vine Show</h1>
<h1>BBC World service Radio: The World Today, Europe Today, Europe Network, Newshour, Analysis, Business World and People and Politics..</h1>
SKY television: Adam Boulton show and news programmes
CNN: news programmes
CNBC: Europe tonight
Al-Jazeera: News programmes and Inside Story
NBC: News programmes
TV Globo: News programmes and magazines
Press TV: News and political programmes
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: interviews in French on UK political issues
Europe 1: interviews on British political and social issues.
Radio France Info and France Inter: interviews on British political and social issues
