Has the European Union risen up to the challenges of geopolitics? Europe after the Czech Presidency of the Council Online conference on Zoom

The EU’s response has been far-reaching, with measures focusing both on the short-term, e.g. on refugees, sanctions, energy, defense, etc., and the long-run, e.g. on Ukraine’s post-war recovery, European political community, etc.. After Paris in the first semester 2022, the Czech Presidency of the Council has played a key-role in advancing this strategic agenda. What assessment can be done of this Presidency of the Council and Prague’s diplomatic efforts in turbulent times? What course has the EU set for itself in the new geopolitical context? What common horizon do France and the Czech Republic draw, together with Austria and Slovakia, for EU’s global role in the age of uncertainty?

14h00 Introduction
 

Dietmar Schweisgut, Secretary General of the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe, Vienna

14h05 Panel discussion

Martin Vokálek, Executive Director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy, Prague

Georgina Wright, Senior Fellow and Director of Institut Montaigne´s Europe Programme, Paris

Vladislava Gubalova, Senior Research Fellow at the Globsec Policy Institute, Bratislava

Paul Schmidt, Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna

Lívia Benko, Research Fellow, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, Vienna

Moderation

Dietmar Schweisgut, Secretary General of the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe, Vienna

15h15 End of the discussion

The videoconference will be held in english

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