Sébastien Maillard

Sébastien Maillard is special advisor to the Jacques Delors Institute, working in its Centre Grande Europe dedicated to EU enlargement. He previously served as director of the think-tank, which he joined in 2016 after a career in journalism at La Croix, a French daily newspaper. He was a correspondent in Brussels (2007–10) and Rome (2013–16), covering Pope Francis’ pontificate. He also co-headed the newspaper’s world desk and covered President Macron’s first presidential campaign.

Sébastien Maillard has taught EU affairs at Sciences Po, from which he is a graduate, and at Boston College. He is Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics’ European Institute and sits on the Executive Board of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe (Switzerland). He has written in-depth articles in several reviews and is a frequent media commentator. He is the author of Qu’avons-nous fait de l’Europe? and published an interview-book with former Italian PM, Enrico Letta, Faire l’Europe dans un monde de brutes. He was appointed Chevalier to the Ordre du Mérite in 2021 and to the Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur in 2024.