The Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament Ms. Zoe Konstantopoulou met with the Belgian political scientist and historian, skilled in dubious and illegal debt issues, Eric Toussaint.
Mr. Eric Toussaint is a Dr of Political Science, at University of Liège (Belgium) and Paris VIII (France) and a representative of the Commission for the Cancellation of Third World Debt (CADTM), a member of the International Council of the World Social Forum. He was a leading member of the Ecuadorian Debt Audit Commission (CAIC), established by the country's President Rafael Correa in 2007. Moreover, in 2007 he was advisor to the President and the Minister of Finance of Ecuador during the foundation of the South Bank and in 2008 he provided advice regarding the same issue at the UN Secretariat. The same year, the Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo required his experience for establishing the Audit Committee of the country's debt.
Since 2010, he supports and participates in public initiatives to audit the debt in Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium). For the same issues, he has been invited by the Parliaments and Committees in Brazil and Argentina during the years 2011-2014.