Sébastien Maillard is a special adviser to the Jacques Delors Institute, of which he was director from 2017 to 2023. Based in London since then, he works for the Institute’s Centre Grande Europe, focusing on enlargement policy and the various candidate countries. He also works on UK-EU relations and the European Political Community.
Sébastien Maillard is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, where he works on the Europe programme. He is a regular columnist on France Culture (Les Echos d’ailleurs). He sits on the governing or steering bodies of several European non-profit organisations (Fondation Jean Monnet pour l’Europe, Maison de l’Europe de Paris, Maison Robert Schuman).
A journalist by profession, he covered European affairs for ten years for the daily newspaper La Croix, where he was correspondent in Brussels and Rome (Vatican). He has also taught European affairs at Sciences Po (Paris) and Boston College.
A graduate of Sciences Po (Paris) and with a master’s degree in territorial management (Aix-Marseille), he is the author, with Enrico Letta, of Faire l’Europe dans un monde de brutes (Fayard, 2017) and Qu’avons-nous fait l’Europe? (Salvator, 2013), with a preface by Jacques Delors. He is a Knight in the National Order of Merit (2021) and has been appointed to the Order of the Legion of Honour (2024).
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Towards an Agenda 2030 for Enlargement

Albania’s steep road for accession by 2030

Enlargement needs an Associated State status

THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY

Montenegro’s EU Push: Imminent Opportunities and Challenges

The European Political Community’s own merits and limits

MÉDIAS
MEDIAS
« Les idées follement agitées par Trump valorisent par contraste l’originalité de l’intégration européenne : unir le continent sans la force »

Elon Musk veut-il diriger le monde ?

« Elon Musk a pris l’Union européenne pour cible » : après l’Allemagne et le Royaume-Uni, à qui le tour ?

Ce qu’attendent les Britanniques de la nouvelle année

Conseil de l’UE : pourquoi la présidence de la Pologne sera particulièrement scrutée

France has a new prime minister, but the same political crisis

ÉVÉNEMENTS
EVENTS
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY IN A TIME OF CONFUSION

Webinar | African and European perspectives on the US-China rivalry [FR]

Conférence Jacques Delors 2023 – La transition écologique [FR]

Public Event | “From the Eurozone crisis to the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine: how to govern Europe in the age of polycrisis?”

Académie Notre Europe : “Europe of migration” session [FR]

Conference | How to integrate Ukraine into the European Union and according to what agenda? [FR]

Webinar “Crossed views at the demographic prospects and its implications in Africa and Europe” [FR]

Off the pace? The future of Franco-German collaboration: An exceptional conversation between the German and French Ministers of State for Europe

Webinar | Franco-German perspectives: energy economics

White card to Sébastien Maillard : Europe as a research area

Europe, from a peace project to a power project [FR]

Inaugural session of Academie Notre Europe : Political and institutional Europe

Webinar | War in Ukraine: what consequences for agri-food supplies in Africa and Europe? [FR]

Jacques Delors Conference: The Promise of Europe [FR]

Euroquestions | A European Political Community, for what? [FR]

Building Europe differently [FR]

Webinar | Africa-Europe: Crossed views on the war in Ukraine [FR]

Europe is great, building it is better ! [FR]

European Youth Forum [FR]

Saint James conversations : What will we do with Europe? [FR]

EU-African Union Summit: a renewed partnership on migration and mobility? [ENG]

The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union: what strategic priorities? [FR]

Euroquestions | French Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Context and priorities. [FR]

Conférence Jacques Delors : Rebondir avec l’Europe

Conference TEDx Lannion | Europe with 3-Ds [FR]

TEDxLannion

European Sovereignty: A New Challenge for the European Council

Académie Notre Europe – L’Europe Commerciale et de la Défense

What place for responsible capitalism in Europe? (FR)

Etats-Unis : définir une stratégie pour l’Europe

Etats-Unis : définir une stratégie pour l’Europe

Visioconférence : Pandémie – L’Europe de la relance

Colloque : « De la musique avant toute chose »

Euroquestions | Relance et puissance : mots d’ordre de la rentrée européenne

Webinar | The next European Council Meeting : potential outcomes & opportunities / A dialogue with Clément Beaune

WEBINAR | The day after the European Commission’s Post-Covid economic recovery proposal

Delphi Economic Forum

Conférence
CEPS Ideas Lab

La Pacte Vert européen, mode d’emploi

Académie Notre Europe n°1 – Political and Institutional Europe

Paris, 28 October 2019 – Mutualism, compatible with AI?

Paris, 17th October 2019 – Pew Research Center Conference: the Value of Europe

Paris, 11 September 2019 – European heritage, taking advantage of economic potential or preserve the cultural aspect?

Budapest, 10 to 14 July – Budapest European Agora

Paris, 24 June 2019 – Artificial Intelligence And Social Affairs: Instructions For Use

Sion, 27 June 2019 – How to live in a citizen and brotherly Europe

Paris, 18 June 2019 – Book Prize “Mieux comprendre l’Europe”: jury’s deliberation

Strasbourg, 6 June 2019 – Which role for Europe of tomorrow? Role of cooperatives

Paris, 6 June 2019 – Quelles relations entre la France et les pays de Visegrád ?

Cluny, 15 May 2019 – 26th of May 2019: I vote!

Paris, 14 May 2019 – Campaign’s words

Paris, 13 May 2019 – Europe of culture

Grenoble, 7 May 2019 — European integration in a rugged world

St-Lubin-des-Joncherêts, 26 April 2019 – What is Europe doing?

Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets, 26 April 2019 — What is Europe doing ?

Paris, 16 April 2019 – Think migration and development together

La Roche-sur-Yon, 4 April 2019 – Make Euroe in a world of crude

Quesitoning Europe ?

Paris, 18 March 2019 – Europe, what project for today?

Rome, 12 March 2019 – The future of the EU

Strasbourg, 7 March 2019 – Make Europe in a world of bullies

Paris, 25 February 2019 – Artificial intelligence, concrete challenges at European level

Paris, 29 January 2019 – Find the taste of European adventure

Paris, 29 January 2019 – Find the taste of European adventure

Paris, 28 January 2019 – Apprenticeship: a future for Europe

Amiens, 16 January 2019 – “Amiens plus grand” in Europe

Yerres, 19 December 2018 – Book Prize “Mieux comprendre l’Europe”

Brussels, 7 December 2018 – Pays de la Loire in Europe

26 November 2018 – Round-table on Europe

Paris, 13 novembre 2018 – Quel rôle pour l’économie sociale dans le futur de l’Europe ?

Paris, 9 November 2018 – Académie Notre Europe: inaugural session

Paris, 6 November 2018 – Trump mid-term, is the worst still certain?

Paris, 22 October 2018 – Citizen consultation with Engie employees on the future of the Europe of energy

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, 11 October 2018 – What identity for Europe? European identity and national identities

Namur, 21 September 2018 – Migration policy and EU: which policy for Common good?

Paris, 20 September 2018 – Europe: views from Asia

Paris, 7 September 2018 – Model European Union Paris

Paris, 25 July 2018 – Salient European issues for 2019-2024

Paris, 22 juin 2018 – Académie Notre Europe: The future of Europe

Geneva, 1st June 2018 – The European Union future: challenges and prospects

Paris, 22 May 2018 – eHealth: Cure for Europeans?

Paris, 18 May 2018 – One Vision: Awaken the European spirit

Paris, 9 May 2018 – Europe Day at school
