Marc Chavannes

Marc Chavannes    (academic, journalist)
Born	20 September 1946 The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	Leiden University, Columbia University
Former Washington correspondent and News Editor for Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad. In 2009 he published a book on changing the Dutch mode of governance - and maybe why he was invited to the 2011 Bilderberg Conference.  Professor for journalism In office 2006 - 2012 Employer Groningen University  News Editor In office 2005 - 2006 Employer NRC Handelsblad  Washington correspondent In office 2000 - 2005 Employer NRC Handelsblad Preceded by Carlo Rossella

Marc E. Chavannes is a Dutch professor for journalism at Groningen University and active journalist. He has been a correspondent in London, Paris and 5 years in Washington D.C., and commentator for, amongst others, NRC Handelsblad.

In 2009 he published a book, No one rules;the privatization of Dutch politics where he analyzed the Dutch mode of governance - maybe why he was invited to the 2011 Bilderberg Conference.

Background

Chavannes grew up in The Hague. He studied law at Leiden University and journalism at Columbia University in New York. He worked as a journalist, correspondent, blogger and political columnist for NRC Handelsblad. Chavannes started at this newspaper as an employee of the Cultural Supplement and subsequently became chief of the Saturday Supplement, political reporter in The Hague and correspondent in London, Paris and Washington, News Editor, and deputy editor-in-chief. Chavannes left the editor-in-chief of NRC-Handelsblad, because he did not get along well with the then editor-in-chief Ben Knapen.

Chavannes gives political commentary to the NOS and other broadcasters. He wrote several books on political and social subjects. He is particularly knowledgeable in the field of Dutch politics, France and the United States. Chavannes was also professor of journalism at the University of Groningen from 2006 to 2012. He was succeeded in this position by Jeroen Smit. At the end of 2015, Chavannes became a correspondent for the website De Correspondent.

2009 Book

In 2009 he published a book, No one rules;the privatization of Dutch politics where he analyzed Dutch society - and maybe why he was invited to the 2011 Bilderberg Conference.

The main thread of the book is the drama of a country that sees the world around it change at a rapid pace, but is unable to adapt its old-fashioned mode of governance accordingly. In his collection of essays, Marc Chavannes uses many examples to denounce the market capitalization of former government services, the inability of the government to implement complex changes (for example educational innovation) and the lack of feeling among politicians and administrators for what really is going on in the society.

"Life in this country is overgrown with a species of algae that combines bureaucratic behavior and free market thinking, topped with a 1970s welfare sauce."

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2011	9 June 2011	12 June 2011	Switzerland Hotel Suvretta St. Moritz	59th meeting, in Switzerland, 129 guests

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