Jean eric paquet biography of christopher columbus

          Following Columbus's discovery that the gold supply from the West Indies was exhaustible, his attention turned to the commercial cultivation of sugar cane which.

        1. Following Columbus's discovery that the gold supply from the West Indies was exhaustible, his attention turned to the commercial cultivation of sugar cane which.
        2. As this meeting precedes the EREA Annual Event and celebration of 25 years anniversary, where Mr. Jean-.
        3. Iain Mattaj, then chair of EIROforum, and Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General of the European Commission.
        4. Year issues have been observing and commemorating the essence of humanity: our innate hunger to understand and document the world around us.
        5. The Four Voyages of Columbus: A History in Eight Documents, Including Five by Christopher Columbus, in the Original Spanish, with English Translations ().

          6. Iain Mattaj, then chair of EIROforum, and Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General of the European Commission.!

          Luck has played a big role in the career of Jean-Eric Paquet, the European Union’s ambassador to Japan.

          He was well prepared for the yearlong competition that resulted in him being selected to join the European Commission in 1996. However, Paquet said he was very lucky to have been one of only 80 chosen out of 25,000 applicants.

          “Lucky also because I then had indeed the opportunity for 30 years to work across many policy areas and in many different places as well.

          So my career spans across EU policies and diplomacy,” Paquet said.

          But even to those not au fait with the workings of the union of 27 countries, which have a combined population of 400 million, it is clear that it takes more than luck to sustain a career in international administration.

          It could be, as Paquet explained, that his path was set out in his lineage — that his background so reflects the EU’s founding ideals, there was no other way.

          The EU’s foundations were laid in 1957 with the primary goals of maintaining