About E!Sharp

Paul Adamson Founder & Publisher

Simon O'Connor Editor

E!Sharp provides lively analysis of European Union affairs that is in-depth but accessible, as well as provocative opinion pieces by leading academics, businessmen, policy-makers and correspondents in Europe and as far afield as Washington DC, Moscow and Hong Kong. Launched in December 2001 at events in London and Brussels where the UK’s Europe Minister Peter Hain and European Commission Vice-President Neil Kinnock were the guest speakers, E!Sharp is now in its fifth year of publication and is published on a bimonthly basis.

Read by top decision-makers
E!Sharp is widely read by decision-makers in both policy-making and business circles, in Brussels and in national capitals around the EU. In addition to our individual subscribers in both the public and private sectors, the magazine is distributed to hundreds of senior officials in the European Commission, to all Members of the European Parliament and in numerous diplomatic missions in Brussels. E!Sharp is also available to business travellers on Eurostar, on selected flights with British Airways, SN Brussels, BMI and United Airlines, and in some of Brussels’ and London’s top hotels. It is also widely distributed at high-level conferences.

Written by top commentators
Regular contributors include Philip Stephens, political commentator for the Financial Times; George Parker, Brussels bureau chief, Financial Times; Nick Watt, EU political editor, The Guardian; and Stephen Castle, Europe editor, The Independent. E!Sharp has published major interviews with UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke, European Commission Vice President Margot Wallström, EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana and the head of the ETUC John Monks. Leading businessmen who have written op-eds include Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone, Peter Sutherland, Chairman of BP, Meg Whitman, CEO of e-Bay and Lord Stevenson, chairman of Pearson and HBOS.

People, power, process in Europe
Understanding how the EU works – who wields the real power and influence in Brussels and what factors shape their decisions – is vital in today’s world. Whatever your views on the EU, you can’t afford to ignore it – and our readers know that.

PEOPLE: E!Sharp brings the EU to life with profiles of the key figures who shape policy from behind the scenes as well as those who regularly capture the headlines.

POWER: E!Sharp keeps you abreast of policy developments in the EU, examining the issues dominating the Union’s agenda and assessing where the real power and influence lie when decisions are made.

PROCESS: Decision-making in the EU is undoubtedly complex. E!Sharp explains how the process works in theory – and in practice. It sets the work of the Union’s institutions in context, examining how the different players on the EU stage – from politicians and policy-makers to lobbyists and non-governmental organisations – interact and how decisions are made.

It is available on subscription, price €40 a year plus postage and packaging*, and is now also on sale in selected Brussels newsagents. New subscribers will receive a complimentary copy of E!Sharp's Jargon Alert guide.

*Postage and packaging rates: Belgium €11 per year; rest of the EU and non-EU countries: €22 per year