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Download Pdf Version New Direction is registered in Belgium as a not-for-profit organisation and is partly funded by the European Parliament. REGISTERED OFFICE: Rue du Trône, 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Naweed Khan. newdirection.online @europeanreform The European Parliament and New Direction assume no responsibility for the opinions expressed in this publication. Sole liability rests with the author. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT I am honoured to serve as President of New I would like to also pay tribute to New Direction’s Direction, the political foundation leading the Board, with whom the Foundation’s work would debate on European reform. not be possible: Amjad Bashir (UK), Rafaele Fitto (Italy), Daniel Hannan (UK), Karol Karski (Poland), New Direction has firmly anchored itself to be Ruža Tomašic (Croatia), Valdemar Tomaševski at the heart of the European political debate. (Lithuania), Jan Zahradil (Czech Republic), Through our high-quality magazines, reports, Roberts Zile (Latvia) and Angel Dzhambazki conferences and events we have analysed and (Bulgaria), the Foundation’s excellent Executive proposed ground-breaking ideas for European Director, Naweed Khan. reform. On behalf of all the New Direction team, thank We are honoured to have had ministers, politicians, you for your support and contributions. Our policy advisers, academics, business leaders and foundation is building the intellectual case for a the media, participate and contribute to our work. popular Conservative movement, and we hope you will join us in our ambitious goal. In the coming years we will continue to offer ideas for European reform and promote Yours truly, our message of change rooted in individual freedom and liberty to all Europeans. Tomasz Poręba MEP We will continue to champion the goals of the Poland wider Conservative family and protect the values President set out in the Prague and Reykjavik Declaration. SENIOR ADVISORS & MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE BOARD Tony Abbott MP Jorge Quiroga Raffaele Fitto MEP Karol Karski MEP Roberts Zīle MEP Amjad Bashir MEP Former Prime Minister of Australia Former President of Bolivia Italy Poland Latvia United Kingdom Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Naweed Khan Jan Zahradil MEP Daniel Hannan MEP Ruža Tomašić MEP Valdemar Angel United Kingdom & Belgium Czech Republic United Kingdom Croatia Tomaševski MEP Dzhambazki MEP Lithuania Bulgaria Executive Director Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President OUR MISSION TO PROMOTE TO ADVANCE TO INFLUENCE A EUROPE OF SOVEREIGN STATES CONSERVATIVE VALUES THE DEBATE We believe is in the best interest of the New Direction draws its inspiration from the It is our aim to chart a new direction for European Union to accept that a federal 2009 Prague Declaration, upon which the Europe. We aim to change the top-down Europe is not the desired destiny of all states European Conservative and Reformists Group mindset and encourage bottom-up thinking. in membership. in the European Parliament was founded. To achieve this we publish policy reports, New Direction works to promote the We believe in small government, where opinion pieces and articles; hold conferences, sovereignty of the nation-state and to ensure the making of law is open, transparent and seminars and public events; and engage that all EU decision-making adheres to the sensitive to the freedoms of the people. with people who share our values and principle of subsidiarity. commitments. We believe in the rule of law and recognise We believe that serious reform of European the role of alliances, such as NATO, in We are affiliated with the fastest growing institutions is long overdue. As an maintaining our security. political movement – the Alliance of organisation, we will do all we can to promote Conservatives and Reformists in Europe and deliver much needed reform. We are passionate about free trade and (ACRE). believe it is the best guarantor of peace. Through our work we do all we can to empower the individual and protect the family. Research is what we do best. We produce high-quality research, RESEARCH policy analysis and recommendations on a full range of public policy issues that affect the citizens of European countries. We also conduct a peer review of our work to make sure it meets the standards our supporters demand. New Direction hosts a series of lectures, conferences and dinners across a broad spectrum of European and transatlantic issues. EVENTS POPULUSSCHOLASTICUS FORUMLIBERTATIS The scholastics kept alive the tradition of learning and critical thought. They established some of the most important institutions of our civilisation, including the School of LIBERTATIMany of the ideas of Liberty we appeal toSalamanca, as a society and guided us through the age of discovery and ANTRUM originated in the Roman Republic. To Romans, liberty meant the protection of their constitution of 509BC. The ‘res publica’, the renaissance. The marketplace was a place of enormousthe rule of social law andsignificance equality under it were born together in the in Roman life, and the ultimate destinationousting of for the political kings and and died together with the return of the PLATONICUMphilosophical exchanges. It became the centre for the free exchange, both of goods, and of ideas.emperors five hundred years later. FEMINISM11.00 VS – LIBERALISM 11.45 ANGLIA The Allegory of the Cave, or ‘Plato’s Cave’, was introduced in11.00 – 11.45 11.00 – 11.45 Plato’s Republic. It describes a group of people living trapped FORMATION OF YOUNG MINDS: in a cave, seeing only the shadows cast by those WRATHpassing OF TITANSA LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE behind. The philosopher, or perhaps an economist, is able to enlighten those left behind. free himself, and to discover the world as it truly is, and to The Angles, a Germanic tribe which settled in the British across the world. Isles after the collapse of the Roman Empire, gave their name to a land and language which would become the cradle of liberty and industrialisation, and spread their tradition 9.30 – 9.45 13.15 – 14.00 PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURESALAMANCA OF THE13.00 –AS 14.00 A PILLAR 11.00 – 11.45 RIGHT-LEANING MEDIA 13.15 – 14.00 OF FREE THINKING THE FUTUREWHYby IT OFTom MATTERS LIBERTYPalmer AND DEFENDING FREEDOM IN UNIVERSITIES LOCALISM: THE SOLUTION? 9.45 – 10.45 14.15 – 15.15 FROM RUSSIA WITHOUT LOVE: UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION WARFARE by The Convention 13.15 – 14.00 THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISMSAND THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACIES INEQUALITY:15.30 THE – BIG16.15 THREAT OF MIND THE GAP: 15.30 – 16.15 12.00 – 13.00 THE XXI CENTURY? TECHNOLOGICAL LIBERALISM THE FUTUREby TheAS Convention OF A EUROPEKEY DRIVER TO SOCIAL15.30 – 16.15 HOWIDEAS TO CONNECT TO VOTERS’ FREE VALUES MARKET PROSPERITYTHE ELECTORAL FREEDOM 16.30 – 17.30 15.30 – 16.15 TALKINGby WITH The Convention THE FUTURE www.newdirection.online www.newdirection.online 10 BIGGEST MYTHS IN POLITICS & THE ECONOMYwww.newdirection.online www.newdirection.online www.newdirection.online www.newdirection.online 1 ANTRUM PLATONICUM THE FUTURE OF LIBERTY AND 9.30 – 9.45 WHY IT MATTERS by Tom Palmer ANTRUM PLATONICUM THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM 9.45 – 10.45 by The Convention ATRIUM CATALONIA: WHAT NEXT! 10.40 – 11.00 by The Conservative.online SCHOLASTICUS FEMINISM VS LIBERALISM 11.00 – 11.45 by Floridablanca ANGLIA LOCALISM; THE SOLUTION? 11.00 – 11.45 by ECR group Committee of Regions POPULUS LIBERTATIS FORMATION OF YOUNG MINDS: A LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE 11.00 – 11.45 by DEMYC FORUM LIBERTATI WRATH OF TITANS 11.00 – 11.45 by Xoan de Lugo ATRIUM TRADE: ULTIMATE INSTRUMENT OF POVERTY 11.40 – 12.00 ALLEVIATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE by IFT 0 ANTRUM PLATONICUM THE FUTURE OF EUROPE by The Convention | MADRID 12.00 – 13.00 ATRIUM A LIFE DEFENDING LIBERTY 12.55 – 13.15 by The Conservative.online POPULUS LIBERTATIS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 13.15 – 14.00 OF THE RIGHT-LEANING MEDIA by Libertad Digital SCHOLASTICUS SALAMANCA AS A PILLAR OF 1-2 JUNE 2018 13.00 – 14.00 FREE THINKING by Centro Diego de Covarrubias ANGLIA MIND THE GAP: HOW TO 13.15 – 14.00 CONNECT FREE MARKET IDEAS TO VOTERS’ VALUES by Leadership Institute FORUM LIBERTATI DEFENDING FREEDOM IN 13.15 – 14.00 UNIVERSITIES by SFL FREE MARKETS POPULUS LIBERTATIS FROM RUSSIA WITHOUT 14.15 – 15.15 LOVE: UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION WARFARE AND THE ATTACK ON DEMOCRACIES by Leadership Institute -1 ATRIUM THE END OF FREEDOM ARE THE FUTURE 14.30 – 14.50 by The Conservative.online ATRIUM THE GREEK DEBT SAGA 15.00 – 15.20 by The Conservative.online ANGLIA 10 BIGGEST MYTHS IN 15.30 – 16.15 POLITICS & THE ECONOMY by Epicenter SCHOLASTICUS INEQUALITY: THE BIG THREAT 15.30 – 16.15 OF THE XXI CENTURY? by Instituto Juan de Mariana POPULUS LIBERTATIS THE ELECTORAL FREEDOM 15.30 – 16.15 by Fundación para el Avance de la Libertad FORUM LIBERTATI TECHNOLOGICAL LIBERALISM 15.30 – 16.15 AS A KEY DRIVER TO SOCIAL PROSPERITY by El Club de los Viernes ANTRUM PLATONICUM TALKING WITH THE FUTURE 16.30 – 17.30 by The Convention INITIATIVES New Direction promotes its ideas with a number of unique initiatives. We have done this by launching the following: LA CONVENCIÓN EL FESTIVAL DE LA LIBERTAD La Convención is a global gathering of free market and libertarian think tanks, organised by New Direction. Our aim is to establish a world-wide agenda for strengthening and developing free markets, and to inspire a new generation of free THINK TANK CENTRAL market supporters. New Direction gathers bi-annually leading conservative and libertarian think-tanks. LA CONVENCIÓN AZUL New Direction’s pre-eminent free market forum CAPX brings together the foremost free market advocates and thought-leaders from business, government, New Direction partners with CapX - a digital academia and the not-for-profit sector in order to service that commissions and aggregates the best shape the debate on global growth.
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