Francesco Maria Graziani

Counsellor, Energy and Climate, Delegation of the European Union to the USA

Francesco Maria joined the EU Delegation in Washington DC in November 2023 as the Counsellor for Energy and Climate. Prior to his current posting in the U.S., he was Policy Assistant to the Director General at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy in Brussels. He also held the position of Legal Officer for Renewables and Energy System Integration Policy at the European Commission. Francesco Maria holds an LL.M. in International Trade Law from the Georgetown University Law Center and a Master’s Degree in Public Law from Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali in Rome. He also studied in Helsinki, Finland through the ERASMUS programme. He carried out legal private practice in international law firms as a qualified attorney in New York and Italy before joining the European Commission.

Speaker Schedule

Saturday, February 1, 2025

at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
2:15pm - 3:30pm
Panel
The Union under Strain: Democratic Backsliding Alberto Alemanno | Věra Jourová | Adrian Vazquez Lazara | Yascha Mounk

Moderated by Amaryllis Verhoeven

JFK Jr. Forum
Panel
Europe's Energy Trifecta Audra Plepytė | Manfred Schuckert

Moderated by Ewa Krukowska

Starr Auditorium
Workshop
A Career in the European Parliament and European External Action Service Francesco Maria Graziani | Ryan Meilak
Wexner 434