EUROPEUM: Invitation

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy would like to invite you to an online conference titled: 

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

The online conference will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, from 14:00 to 15:15 and will be held in English.

For online participation, please register via this link.

The Zoom webinar will be recorded and later posted on this website

Program:

14:00 Introduction

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

14:05 Panel Discussion

  • Lívia Benko, Research Fellow, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy, Vienna 
  • Vladislava Gubalova, Senior Research Fellow at the Globsec Policy Institute, Bratislava
  • Paul Schmidt, Secretary General, Austrian Society for European Politics, Vienna
  • 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

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

The invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation last year has completely overhauled the geopolitical situation on the European continent in 2022. It has exposed critical vulnerabilities in the European Union but also demonstrated that Europeans are able to act quickly, effectively, and in a united way. 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?

This online conference is organized by the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (Vienna) and the French Institute of International Relations (Paris), in cooperation with the Europeum Institute for European Policy (Prague), the Austrian Society for European Politics (Vienna), the Globsec Policy Institute (Bratislava) and the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (Vienna).