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© February 2021 - Centre for European Studies 2020’s label will unfortunately be, above all, the year of Table of Contents the COVID-19 pandemic. It has marked the fates of many people, the way of life we used to enjoy, the way in which we communicated and worked, and in fact the entire world. On one hand, it has caused unprecedent fear for Welcome 04 human lives, but on the other hand it stimulated signifi- cant ones, such as the great effort to effectively coordi- nate the fight against the virus and the decision to create the Recovery Fund – Next Generation EU. However, we Publications 07 ended the year with the faith that the vaccines humanity European View 08 developed will save human lives and gradually get the Publications in 2020 10 situation under control, also eliminating the pandemic’s devastating impact on the economy.

Another sad moment of 2020 for the EU was, of course, the UK’s official exit. It was a very painful process, but Events 13 largely chaotic on the British side. Even though we Events in 2020 14 parted “in an orderly fashion”, the consequences will be Economic Ideas Forum 2020 16 felt on both sides for years to come. 10th Transatlantic Conference 20 Another unquestionably significant event of 2020 was the US presidential election. The pandemic, along with the events surrounding the US election, such as the Common Projects 23 attack on the Capitol, proved how fragile democracy NET@WORK 24 is, as are we. It shows the importance of taking care of Projects with Member Foundations democracy and fighting for it every day. It is good that and Partner Members 26 American democratic institutions have shown resilience and functionality and that Joe Biden became President of the United States. Undoubtedly, it acts as renewed impetus for the West as a whole to restore inclusion. For Outreach 29 the EU itself, it is a challenge to effectively contribute to a Our Formats 30 revitalisation of transatlantic relations. Martens Centre New Website 32 Another development has demonstrated the fragility and Social media and Press 34 vulnerability of democracy in several EU member states, notably in the CEE region. Democracy has continued to deteriorate in Hungary and , even though an arti- cle 7 procedure has already been initiated against them. About Us 37 Executive Board 38 While it seems that civil society has suffered some Honorary Board 39 losses in several EU countries, in some countries in our Academic Council 40 Eastern neighbourhood, we can witness its awakening, Individual Members 41 especially in , after the rigged presidential elec- Research and Senior Research Associates 42 tion, and in Russia, after the attempt to kill civil activist Staff 2020 44 Alexei Navalny. The recent development in our Eastern Visiting Fellows 45 neighbourhood is a great challenge for us Europeans. Internships 46 We are obliged to contribute with concrete steps and Member Foundations 47 activities to support human and civil rights and their Partner Members 51 protection in these countries.

For the Martens Centre, 2020 was not only about adapt- ing to a new way of working and interacting during the pandemic. It was about mapping the developments mentioned above and striving to come up with concrete solutions on how to face the key political issues and to prevent new ones. This Activity Report will prove that we Editors: This publication receives funding from the European Theo Larue Parliament. valuably contributed to these areas, especially when it Margherita Movarelli © Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies 2021

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European View

The European View is the policy journal of the Martens Centre. An intellectual platform for politicians, opinion makers and academics, it tackles contemporary themes of European politics, focusing on one specific theme in each issue. New Perspectives on Migration Policies The journal contributes to the debate on the most important fields of European APR. and international politics. What makes it unique is its hybrid nature: its capacity to Edited by Niklas Nováky involve esteemed academics and experts, on the one hand, and high-level politi- Volume 19, Issue 1 cians and decision-makers, on the other. Presidents and prime ministers regularly author articles for the journal. Published in the midst of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, this edition of the European View looked to address a challenge that existed long before the pan- demic and will remain long after, unless it is tackled – migration. It takes stock of the political realities of this important issue, considering its different societal and geo- political aspects, and offers concrete solu- tions for the Union to continue benefitting its citizens in the aftermath of COVID-19.

The Great Reset: What COVID-19 OCT. Means for Europe

Edited by Niklas Nováky Volume 19, Issue 2

As a far-ranging crisis affecting virtually all areas, COVID-19 has fundamentally reshaped the paradigm for policymak- ers. That is exactly what this edition of the European View sought to address: offering explanations and insights across the board on what this crisis entails, and what the future might look like, ranging from to foreign policy, and the all-important strategic autonomy. 11 Publications in 2020

RESEARCH PAPER Lifting the Integration Veil: JUL. JAN. SEP. NOV. Outcasts of Islam in Western MAY. MAR. Europe By Tommaso Virgili Edited by Vít Novotný

RESEARCH PAPER Making a More European Britain: The Political, Economic and Societal Impacts of Brexit POLICY BRIEF IN BRIEF IN BRIEF POLICY BRIEF Development Aid, Migration and COVID-19 and the Old-New Politics The Constitutional Basis for Sweden’s Retaking the Cities: By Tim Oliver and Garvan Walshe Conditionality – The Case of the of Irregular Migration from Libya Exceptional COVID-19 Policy A Plan for the Centre–Right Edited by Eoin Drea Marshall Plan with Africa By Vít Novotný By Lars Jonung By Konrad Niklewicz IN BRIEF IN BRIEF By Livia Benko Edited by Eoin Drea Edited by Federico Ottavio Reho The EU and the Prospect of a A Geopolitical, 5G Europe? POLICY BRIEF New Migration Wave from Turkey Brussels needs to go big, IN BRIEF Towards a Sovereign Europe – IN BRIEF IN BRIEF COVID-19 and Technology in the EU: A Centre-Right Approach For a More Robust Approach Towards The Chinese Nightmare: By Vít Novotný or go home Think Bigger than Apps China in European Trade and Debt Risks Along the Silk Road By Eoin Drea By Angelos Chryssogelos By Dimitar Lilkov Investment Policy By Matthias Diermeier, Florian IN BRIEF POLICY BRIEF By Jürgen Matthes Güldner, and Thomas Obst “Flexibility without Limits”. IN BRIEF A Europe That Protects Its Edited by Eoin Drea Edited by Eoin Drea The Political Economy Implications EU Trade Policy as an Economic By Federico Ottavio Reho of the Coronavirus Recovery Tool and Theo Larue By Eoin Drea By Aljoscha Nau

RESEARCH PAPER IN BRIEF IN BRIEF IN BRIEF POLICY BRIEF Made in China: Tackling Whatever it takes, for as long as Putting Women at the Heart A Marathon, not a Sprint: A Six Point The Strategic Compass: Digital Authoritarianism is needed: Mapping a new of Europe’s Recovery Plan to Build Confidence, Create Jobs Charting a New Course for the By Dimitar Lilkov European Recovery Programme By Frances Fitzgerald MEP and Repair Public Finances EU’s Security and Defence Policy By Eoin Drea By Eoin Drea By Niklas Nováky RESEARCH PAPER POLICY BRIEF Fine-Tuning Europe: How to POLICY BRIEF Rethinking EU Crisis Management IN BRIEF IN FOCUS Win the Global FinTech Race? EU Human Rights Promotion – From Battlegroups to a European Implications of the 2020 US The Potential Outcome of the By Tsvetelina Kuzmanova in Central Asia – Between the Legion? Presidential Election for the EU Conference on the Future of Europe Edited by Dimitar Lilkov Dragon and the Bear By Niklas Nováky By Niklas Nováky and Roland in a COVID-19 World: Strengthening By Igor Savchenko, Andrii Freudenstein European Democracy Osavoliuk, and Kateryna Savchenko IN BRIEF By Olivier Le Saëc State of play in the Libyan IN FOCUS IN FOCUS Civil War The New Pact on Migration: The EU’s Security and Defence By Magnus Norell A Set of Innovative Proposals Policy: The Impact of the with an Uncertain Outcome Coronavirus By Vít Novotný By Niklas Nováky

IN BRIEF Does the EU have sufficient healthcare competences to cope with COVID-19? By Federico Ottavio Reho

IN FOCUS Looking Beyond Coronabonds: What COVID-19 Means for the AUG. OCT. DEC. FEB. APR. Future of the JUN. By Charles Wyplosz Edited by Eoin Drea 12 13

Unaware of what lay ahead, our External Cooperation and Events team hit the ground running with several high-level events at the start of the year, featuring MEPs, important politicians and political scientists. Eventu- ally, the COVID-19 pandemic required us to transfer all our activites online, which did not stop us from delivering quality content mul- tiple times a month. The one or more weekly online events we hosted also trained us to or- ganise a successful hybrid digital Economic Ideas Forum.

All of our events are available on: ONLINE EVENTS — EVENTS ONLINE www.martenscentre.eu/events IN-HOUSE & 15 Events in 2020

17 SEP. — EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR. 04 MAR. — IN-HOUSE EVENT. The Effects of the Pandemic The Light that Failed: on EU-US Trade Relations and A conversation with Ivan Krastev Tourism and Radosław Sikorski (co-organised with the JUL. JAN. SEP. Congressional Institute, USA) NOV. MAY. MAR. 24 MAR. — ONLINE EVENT.

Lifting the Integration Veil: Outcasts 22 SEP. — ONLINE EVENT. from Islam in Western Europe The Perils of Revisionism: ­07 MAY. — ONLINE EVENT. Security Threats in the Eastern Balkans in a New Era – An overview Mediterranean of the Croatian Presidency (co-organised with KKID, ) 05 NOV. — ONLINE EVENT. Implications of the 2020 U.S. 14 MAY. — ONLINE EVENT. Presidential Election for the EU How Covid-19 Shapes 23 SEP. — ONLINE EVENT. the Future of Education EU Ambitions for a Competitive (co-organised with The Fletcher Digital Marketplace: a Toolkit School, Tufts University, USA) (co-organised with KKID, Greece)

29 SEP. — ONLINE EVENT. 12 NOV. — ONLINE EVENT. 20 MAY. — ONLINE EVENT. The Return of the King: Bridging the East-West Divide on Crisis & Opportunity: 23 JUL. — ONLINE EVENT. What does Brexit mean for Britain? Climate Change Can the pandemic push Berlin Calling: 6 Months technology forward? to Lead the Union ­22 JAN. — IN-HOUSE EVENT. 17 NOV. — ONLINE EVENT. (co-organised with HSS NGO lobbying on Trade and Is the Digital Markets Act and KAS, ) Investment: How to ensure ­28 MAY. — ONLINE EVENT. giving the European Economy accountability and transparency Privacy and Public Health: and Consumers what they need at the EU Level Thinking Bigger Than Apps right now?

04 FEB. — IN-HOUSE EVENT. 03 JUN. — ONLINE EVENT. 14 OCT. — ONLINE EVENT. How to Get Moldova Back What is Next? The Future of The New Pact on Migration: on the European Track Transatlantic Relations after Will the Member States Sign Up? the Pandemic (co-organised with The 19 FEB. — EUROPEAN VIEW LAUNCH EVENT Fletcher School, Tufts 16 OCT. — ONLINE EVENT. (IN-HOUSE). Perspectives on the EU’s University, USA) Cool Politics: A Centre-right Defence Clause: How Should Strategy on Climate it be Developed? ­02 APR. — ONLINE EVENT. 04 JUN. — EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR. Is it the Politics, not the Pandemic, EU-US Discussion on threatening the ? 19 OCT. — ONLINE EVENT. Protecting Pharmaceutical Belarus: What’s Next? Supply Chains 03 DEC. — ONLINE EVENT.

09 APR. — ONLINE EVENT. (co-organised with the The Future of Europe and the Migration and Geopolitical Congressional Institute, USA) Strategic Compass: Implications for Challenges for Europe in the Eastern the EU’s Security and Defence Policy Mediterranean 15 JUN. — ONLINE EVENT. (co-organised with KKID, Greece) EU Defence Cooperation after 17 DEC. — ONLINE EVENT. COVID-19: Quo Vadis? The Budget, Recovery Fund and

16 APR. — ONLINE EVENT. Implications for the Future of EU Decision Making COVID-19 and the Future 26 JUN. —­ ONLINE EVENT. of Liberal Democracy Hong Kong Under the Dragon’s (co-organised with GLOBSEC, ) Breath: How Should Europe Respond?

23 APR. — ONLINE EVENT. Can the EU gear up against COVID-19 disinformation? AUG. OCT. DEC. FEB. JUN. APR.

29 APR. — ONLINE EVENT. The Geopolitical Impact of COVID-19 on the Middle East 16 17

Welcome

Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of the Martens Centre

27 OCT. and former Prime Minister of Slovakia

Europe’s Green Deal in Times of COVID-19: A Road Map for Global Sustainability PANEL 1 PANEL , MEP, EPP Group Jyrki Katainen, Former Prime Minister of Finland and VP of EU Commission, Member of the Martens Centre Honorary Board Telmo Baltazar, Principal Adviser, DG COMM, Mark Lange, Senior Director, EU Institutional Relations, Microsoft

Moderator Dimitar Lilkov, Research Officer, Martens Centre

The Transition of Global Trade: Finding a New Balance between Openness and Protection PANEL 2 PANEL Michael Hager, Head of Cabinet of for Trade Dombrovskis , MEP, EPP Group, Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA) Jake Jennings, Vice President for Global Trade, AT&T Anu Bradford, Henry L. Moses of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School

Moderator Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director, Martens Centre

FLAGSHIP EVENTS Economic Ideas Forum Brussels 2020

As one of the Martens Centre’s flagship events, we had to do something special for the Economic Ideas Forum’s eleventh edition, despite the pandemic. We delivered by organising a hybrid event bringing together moderators and the Martens Centre team in the studio, and our speakers online. This novel format included live polls to involve the audience in the conversation, even though they were at home. 18 19

Can Digital make Europe Great The Age of Artificial Intelligence Again? Turning the Single Market and Disruptive Technologies: Into a Global Technology Hub Reimagining Regulation and Society PANEL 4 PANEL Pablo Arias Echeverría, MEP, EPP Rapporteur of the , MEP, EPP Group Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Report Alexander Stubb, former Prime Minister of Finland, on the Digital Services Act (DSA) Director of the School of Transnational Governance at the Michael Pantelides, Policy Assistant, DG Connect, EUI in Florence

— PANEL 3 — PANEL 28 OCT. European Commission Joanna Bryson, Professor of Ethics and Technology, Hertie

Konstantinos Kyranakis, MP , Greece School of Governance David Wheeldon, Group Director of Policy and Public Žiga Turk, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Academic Affairs, Sky Council Member, Martens Centre Michał Boni, former MEP, EPP Group; Senior Research Daniel Schönberger, Head of Legal Switzerland & , Associate, Martens Centre Google

Moderator Moderator Anna van Oeveren, Communications and Press Officer, Roland Freudenstein, Policy Director, Martens Centre Martens Centre

Concluding Remarks

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Martens Centre Secretary Treasurer and Secretary General of the European People’s Party

The Economic Ideas Forum 2020 was presented by Anna Nalyvayko, Project Officer at the Martens Centre. 20 20 21

State of the Unions The international balance of power

Antonio López-Istúriz White, Secretary General, EPP , Member of European Parliament, Mikuláš Dzurinda, President, Martens Centre Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Joel Scanlon, Vice President of Studies, Hudson Assembly, Martens Centre Honorary Board Member SESSION 1 SESSION Institute 3 SESSION Roland Freudenstein, Policy Director, Martens Centre Michael Doran, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute Moderator Jan Surotchak, Senior Director for Transatlantic Moderator Strategy, International Republican Institute Peter Rough, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

The future of the global economy

Danuta Maria Hübner, Member of European Parliament, European Parliamentary Committee on International Trade SESSION 2 SESSION Kevin Hassett, former Senior Advisor and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Trump Administration Tom Duesterberg, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Moderator Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director, Martens Centre

FLAGSHIP EVENTS 10th Transatlantic Think Tank Conference 15 JUL. - 17 JUL.

Although we didn’t know what to expect from the first online Transatlantic Think Tank Conference, it proved an invaluable opportunity to take stock of the impressions and expectations on either side of the Atlantic in the build-up to the US presidential election in November. The discussion also covered aspects of trade, economics, and geopolitics, providing a com- plete TTTC experience. 22 23

In 2020 the Martens Centre continued to strengthen its network of like-minded or- ganisations, which now includes 34 member foundations and 17 official partners from all over Europe and beyond. In cooperation with many of its member foundations and partners, the Martens Centre adapted to this year’s unique circumstances and organised over 50 successful events, both digitally and across the continent and beyond. 2020 also saw the publication of a large number of PROJECTS — PROJECTS common publications. COMMON 24 25

Opening Remarks A Europe that Protects Its Heritage NET@WORK Dr. Hardy Ostry, Head, KAS European Office De Gasperi Foundation ()

26 NOV. François-Xavier Bellamy, MEP, EPP, Substitute Member PANEL 2 PANEL The 5th edition of NET@WORK took place on 25 and 26 November in an of CULT Committee online format. The event has become the largest public platform of European Federico Ottavio Reho, Research Officer and Strategic centre-right think-tanks gathering to debate and advocate EU policies. We Coordinator, Martens Centre joined forces with our partners of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS Europe- The Geopolitical Challenges of the Moderator an Office) Germany, Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party (PolAk) Eastern Mediterranean and the EU – Austria, and Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (HSS Brussels Liaison Office) Germany. Luigi Crema, Professor of International Law, University Turkey Relations of Milan, Member of the Scientific 1 PANEL Glafkos Clerides Institute (Cyprus)

EVENT AIMS Paolo Alli, former President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly The Art of the Green Deal Dora Bakoyannis, Member of the Greek Parliament, former CDA Research Institute (The ) —­ To promote and — To bring national — To harmonise and find — To advocate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece increase the coop- priority subjects to common ground for centre-right political Eva Palacková, Senior Political Adviser, EPP

Ioannis Kasoulides, President, GCI, Former Minister of 3 PANEL eration inside our or- Brussels and discuss discussion. content. Foreign Affairs, Cyprus Hans von Storch, Researcher, Institute of Coastal ganisation’s network them at EU level. Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht of political foundations Moderator and like-minded think Michalis Sophocleous, Member of the Cypriot Parliament, Moderator tanks. Executive Director, GCI Arjen Siegmann, Associate Professor of Finance, Vrije Universitet of Amsterdam and Economist, CDA Research Institute

Opening Remarks Digital Transformation as a Mikuláš Dzurinda, President, Martens Centre Geopolitical Challenge for Europe The Future of EU Enlargement: a Institute for Democracy

25 NOV. New Momentum for the Western PANEL 3 PANEL (Greece) Balkans Leonidas Christopoulos, Secretary General of Digital 4 PANEL Freedom and Democracy Foundation (Albania) Governance and Simplification of Procedures, Ministry of Current Challenges to Religious Digital Governance of Greece Vladimír Bilčík, MEP, EPP, Chair, D-ME Delegation Freedom Ray Pinto, Director for Digital Transformation, Jovana Marović, Executive Director, Politikon Network Genc Pollo, Former MP and Head of Parliamentary Anton Tunega Foundation (Slovakia) DIGITALEUROPE Commission for EU Affairs of Albania

PANEL 1 PANEL , MEP, EPP , Member of AIDA Special Committee Heiner Bielefeldt, Prof. Dr. Dr. H.c., University of Moderator Erlangen-Nürnberg Moderator Patrick Voller, Secretary of External Relations, EPP Ján Figel’, Ing. PhD. Dr.h.c. mult., Anton Tunega Foundation Panagiotis Kakolyris, Head of International Affairs, KKI Rebecca Shah, Prof. Dr., Baylor University

Moderator , MEP, EPP, Member of DEPA New European Pact on Migration: Closing Remarks Overcoming the Stall? Bettina Rausch, President, POLAK Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung (Germany), Luigi Sturzo Staying Subsidiary, Getting Stronger 4 PANEL Institute (Italy) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Germany), Political Luigi Estero, General Directorate for the EU, Italian Ministry Academy of the Austrian People’s Party of Foreign Affairs

PANEL 2 PANEL (Austria) Stephan Mayer, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of the Interior, Building and Elmar Brok, former MEP, EPP, Member of the National Community Board of CDU , MEP, EPP, Vice-President, EP Franz Schausberger, former Governor of Salzburg, Member, CoR Moderator Ingrid Steiner-Gashi, Brussels Correspondent, Kurier Loredana Teodorescu, Head of EU and International Affairs, ILS Moderator Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director, Martens Centre

Closing Remarks , MEP, EPP, Chair, HSS, EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, EP and Partner Members Members and Partner FoundationsProjects withMember JAN. FEB. the region for thedevelopment of asakeyStability factor Western Balkans: Croatia before the WMCES/HSS 21 JAN.,CONFERENCE— Perspective 2030 -Serbia’s European inSerbiaby Challenges Economic andSocial SEMINAR —WMCES/BFPE 21-23 FEB.,ONLINESEMINAR,

MAR. APR. Congress ofEstonia Anniversary ofthe WMCES/PRO PATRIA 07 MAR.,CONFERENCE— Mediterranean for Europe intheEastern Challenges Geopolitical Migration and — WMCES/KKID 09 APR.,ONLINECONFERENCE

MAY. JUN. KAS/MC Club Discussion WMCES/KAS BELARUS JUN.-OCT., ONLINESEMINAR— Politics 3.0 — WMCES/KKA 15 JUN.-06JUL.,ONLINEEVENTS

JUL. Educate Yourself onEU WMCES/KAS BELARUS JUL.-SEP., ONLINETRAINING— AUG. andEurope in Demographic Changes ANKARAN —WMCES/INAK 30 AUG.,PUBLICCONFERENCE, European Green Way 27 AUG.,PRAGUE—WMCES/IKDP 2020-Digital Stage GLOBSEC Forum Security WMCES/KAS PRAGUE 27-28 AUG.,ONLINECONFERENCE—

SEP. The MiddleClassinFocus The (Post)Covid Era: SEP. —WMCES/HSS/TOPAZ PUBLICATION The MiddleClassinFocus Era:The (post-)Covid TOPAZ 29 SEP.,HYBRIDEVENT—WMCES/ Cathedra Adenauer WMCES/KAS SKOPJE SEP.-OCT., ONLINESEMINARS—

OCT.

for Inclusion Promoting DigitalSolutions PANEL DISCUSSIONS —WMCES/POLAK OCT.-NOV., SERIESOFONLINE Belgrade Forum 2020 Security WMCES/BFPE OCT., ONLINECONFERENCE— The Euro andCzech Republic WMCES/IKDP 29 OCT.,05NOV. AND12NOV., ONLINEEVENT— Towards theEuropean Union Future: TheWestern Balkans onthePath Building Towards Bridges aCommon IN SKOPJE—WMCES/KAS 29 OCT.,HYBRIDCONFERENCE (AustriaSubsidiarity Talks) intheNameof Empowering CivilSociety 14-19 OCT.,ONLINECONFERENCE—WMCES/POLAK andNationalismIdentity andReligion: EthnicSociety Groups, 13-15 OCT.,ONLINESEMINAR—WMCES/KASSKOPJE

NOV.

Promoting Responsibility Removing Barriers, WMCES/TOPAZ 23 NOV., ONLINEEVENT, in Europe Demographic Trends BRUSSELS —WMCES/AJKC 18 NOV., PUBLICEVENTIN Warsaw Forum Security — WMCES/CASIMIRPULASKI 17-18 NOV., ONLINECONFERENCE Stratcom Summit — WMCES/EUROPEANVALUES 11-13 NOV., ONLINECONFERENCE 24th European Forum EVENT —WMCES/POLAK 06 NOV., ONLINE&PHYSICAL Youth Dialogue WMCES/EAD 06-08 NOV., HYBRIDEVENT— Digital Community We Act Together: WMCES/KAS SKOPJE 03-06 NOV.., ONLINESEMINAR— DEC.

How Europe Works 2020 DEC., ONLINESEMINARS—WMCES/POLAK Debate Club 19 DEC.,HYBRIDEVENT—WMCES/KKA Recreation Sector for and Slovakia –Hospitality Transformation Challenges Next Generation EU: NAT/KASE 15 DEC.,ONLINECONFERENCE—WMCES/ of theEU PresidencyThe Portuguese 08 DEC.,PUBLICEVENT—WMCES/HSS Climate Policy andtheGreen Deal BULGARIA 01 DEC.,HYBRIDEVENT—WMCES/KAS

Western Balkans of External Actors inthe The Strategic Role NOV.-DEC. —WMCES/POLAK PUBLICATION Promoting Responsibility Removing Barriers, NOV. —WMCES/TOPAZ PUBLICATION Our CommonFuture Africa andEurope – WMCES/KOMPASSI THINKTANK 30 NOV., ONLINESEMINAR— ofPoliticsSchool CONFERENCE —WMCES/FDG 27-28 NOV., ONLINE Region andEurope forand Challenges the Policy –Future Prospects andMigrationEU Security SEMINAR —WMCES/KASSKOPJE 26 NOV.-02 DEC.,ONLINE

Balkans andtheEU Youth Policies intheWestern DEC. —WMCES/KASSKOPJE PUBLICATION Climate oftheMiddle DEC. —WMCES/CDA-WI PUBLICATION Circular Economy DEC. —WMCES/TOIVO THINKTANK PUBLICATION Beyond Resentment DEC. —WMCES/FDG PUBLICATION 2020 on CivilSociety Compilation ofInsights DEC. —WMCES/POLAK PUBLICATION in Slovenia andEurope Demographic Changes DEC. —WMCES/INAK PUBLICATION border waterbodies Water Management ofcross- DEC. —‘WMCES/KASSKOPJE PUBLICATION and Foreseeable Prospects Current Realities The Political Turmoil in Belarus: DEC. —WMCES/KASBELARUS PUBLICATION

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 Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies  @MartensCentre  Martens Centre  Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies  Martens Centre  MartensCentre OUTREACH — OUTREACH 30 31 ­— I say Europe, you say…? ­— Thinking Europe,

This is a series of entertaining and informative Our Common House interviews with centre-right politicians aiming to When lockdowns were first imposed across the present their perspectives and ideas on the European continent, the Martens Centre recognised the gravity of common project and its future. This interview series has the situation and temporarily shifted its research towards been published since January 2017. Ultimately, it aims the topic, and developed a year-long Communications to reveal the everyday and down-to-earth side of the EU strategy to go with it. Using the #StayHomeStayInformed and national policymakers. and later the #StaySafeStayInformed, we aimed to help guide our readers through the unprecedented crisis that This year, we featured , EPP President and was the COVID pandemic, and shed some light on its former President of the . implications for Europe as a whole.

­— Brexitometer ­— Vital Questions

Starring Angelos Chryssogelos, the Brexitometer It is a new and innovative short interview format, where focused this year on providing frequent updates on the we bring together key actors of certain spheres, such important and often uncertain negotiations surrounding as MEPs in Brussels or freedom fighters in Belarus, to Brexit, and explaining their implications. answer specific questions and offer their unique insights on the matters at hand.

­— The Week in 7 Questions ­— Video teasers

This is our new video format in which Roland They were created this year to better promote our Freudenstein, our Policy Director, interviews a variety of research; our researchers would deliver concise guests. We spoke with MEPs, activists, academics, and explanations as to the content of their recent politicians from around the world, aiming to inform our publications, and the reasons why they make an viewers about the important developments of the week. important read.

­— Podcast Series ­— Back2EU The Martens Centre produces three podcast series: It was a short video format during the summer, created Europe Out Loud by Federico Ottavio Reho, discussing to highlight the work that our Member Foundations the key issues facing Europe; Defence Dialogues were doing around Europe. It was a way to bring the by Niklas Novaky, discussing European defence and conversation back to the rest of Europe, after much security policy; and Brussels Bytes by Dimitar Lilkov, attention had been paid to Brussels and the EU’s discussing all things digital in Europe. response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In September 2018, Europe Out Loud won a Digital Communication Award as the Best Digital Channel of the year. OUTREACH Our Formats

We function as a pan-European platform both for our member foundations and for think tanks and experts from all over Europe that share our values and those of our political family. Working closely with our national partners allows us to bring the European debate closer to those to whom it matters most: the European public. Some of the formats we used to achieve this in 2020 were: 32 33

OUTREACH Martens Centre New Website

In late 2020, the Martens Centre launched a brand-new website! Fully mobile and tablet responsive, it features a sleek interface, offering access to all of our important content right form the homepage. We also stream events directly on the website, so you no longer need a Facebook account to follow our high- level events. However, the most interesting new feature by far was the spider network, which directly connects events with the publication relevant to them, and displays all of an author’s content directly on their profile. You can also browse our work on a specific topic by using the tag feature!

Website visitor trends

In 2020, the Martens Centre website had a total of 165,295 visits.

This represents a 7.75% increase in visits from last year.

Top 10 website visiting countries

1. 26,126 2. United States 24,502 3. 23,790 4. 8,414 5. Germany 6,749 6. India 5,582 7. Italy 4,780 8. Netherlands 3,681 9. Poland 2,555 10. Canada 2,454

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Publicity

In 2020, several Martens Centre experts were invited to be interviewed and comment on current events.

Press mentions:

OUTREACH Social media and Press

Social media FACEBOOK 53,999

TWITTER 31,471

LINKED IN 4,078 INSTAGRAM 1,079

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The Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (formerly the Centre for European Studies) was established in 2007 as the political foundation and official think tank of the EPP. lt embodies a pan-European mindset based on centre–right, Christian Democrat, con- servative and like-minded political values and research. It serves as a framework for na- tional political foundations linked to member parties of the EPP. The Martens Centre helps prepare EPP pro- grammes and policy documents. It organises seminars and training on EU policies and on the process of European integration. The Centre also contributes to formulating EU and national public policies. It produces research papers and books, policy briefs and the twice-yearly European View journal. Its research activities are divided into six clus- ters: party structures and EU institutions, eco- nomic and social policies, EU foreign policy, environment and energy, values and religion, and new societal challenges. Through its pa- pers, publication launches, conferences and online activities, the Martens Centre offers a platform for discussion among experts, politi- cians, policymakers and the European public. At the beginning of 2014, the Centre was renamed in honour of its late president and founder, Wilfried Martens, the EPP’s long- standing president and a former prime minis- ter of Belgium. ABOUT US — 38 39

ABOUT US ABOUT US Executive Board Honorary Board

This board is composed of a maximum of eight members, including the President and the The Honorary Board aims to reinforce the expertise of the Centre, not Secretary Treasurer, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly of the Centre. Its roles only for enhancing the think-tank’s expert profile, but also in order to range from drafting the annual programme based on agreed research priorities and ensuring boost its intellectual capacity, enabling our experts to address the the legal representation and financial supervision of the activities of the Centre, to steering EU’s current and future challenges. The members of the board are the expansion of the Centre’s network of member organisations. all former prime ministers or former heads of EU institutions belong- ing to the EPP family, with a successful track record of country and institutional reforms.

Jacques Santer

Mikuláš Dzurinda

José María Aznar Jan Krzysztof Bielecki PRESIDENT Mikuláš Dzurinda

SECRETARY TREASURER Antonio López-Istúriz White

Carl Bildt

John Bruton Jyrki Katainen

Joseph Daul Roberta Metsola Hans-Gert Pöttering

Andrius Kubilius Antonis Samaras

Peter Egardt Arjen Siegmann Angelino Alfano Wolfgang Schüssel 40 41

ABOUT US ABOUT US Academic Council Individual Members

To increase the academic scope of the Martens Centre and to ensure its re- Individual members are politically like-minded, senior-level profes- search, studies and activities meet the highest scholarly standards, the Executive sionals active in European politics, European institutions and related Board nominates esteemed academics and researchers as members of the Aca- organisations. They participate in meetings of the General Assembly demic Council. The role of the Council includes enhancing the Centre’s standing and offer their perspective on the overall strategy and goals of the and visibility in the academic sphere and contributing expertise, advice and ideas Martens Centre and on how to attain them. to ensure that the Centre always pursues cutting-edge research. The Academic Council also proposes new and innovative projects and implements the highest standard of peer review. In 2020 our individual members were: Timothy Beyer Helm

Jacob Lund Nielsen

Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb

Nicolas Pascual De La Parte

Kostas Sasmatzoglou

Filippo Terruso

Antti Timonen

Marianne Thyssen

CHAIRMAN Bruno Aguilera-Barchet Olof Ehrenkrona Werner Fasslabend

Jos J. A. M. van Gennip Martti Häikiö Mart Laar Giovanni Maddalena

Miet Smet Žiga Turk Antonis Klapsis Lucie Tungul 42 43

ABOUT US Research and Senior Research Associates

Research associates and senior research associates are politically like-minded academics who contribute re- search papers, short analyses and blogs, and give advice SENIOR on current affairs. Bruno Maçães Luigi Crema Hans Geeroms Florian Hartleb Katarina Králiková

SENIOR SENIOR Jolyon Howorth Lars Jonung Jürgen Matthes Magnus Norell Nikolaos Tzifakis Angelos Chryssogelos

SENIOR Constantine Arvanitopoulos

SENIOR SENIOR Michael O’Neill Dalibor Roháč Salome Samadashvili Rumiana Stoilova Jamie Shea Rainer Münz

SENIOR Michał Boni

Michael Benhamou Edward Hunter Christie Loredana Teodorescu Steven Van Hecke Tommaso Virgili Michael Wohlgemuth

Giselle Bosse 44 45

ABOUT US Staff 2020

Tomi Huhtanen Executive Director Roland Freudenstein Policy Director

Panos Tasiopoulos Head of External Margherita Cooperation and Events Movarelli Head of Communications and Marketing

Viktoria Federico Jancosekova Ottavio Reho Manager of the Strategic Coordinator President’s Office and Research Officer Irina Roventa Financial & EU Grants Manager

Niklas Vít Novotný Nováky Senior Research Officer ABOUT US Research Officer Visiting Fellows Anna Anna van Eoin Drea Nalyvayko Oeveren Senior Research Officer The Martens Centre takes an active interest in a wide range of politi- Project Officer Communications and cal issues with a particular emphasis on studies related to European Press Officer policy. Therefore, each year it offers visiting-fellow positions of 6 to 12 months to dynamic, motivated and innovative individuals with the DimitarLilkov Gavin appropriate academic credentials. Research Officer Synnott Projects Officer

Katerina Álvaro de Jakimovska la Cruz Event Officer Communications and New Media Officer

Theo Larue Gëzim Lezha Editorial and Visual Communications Publications Assistant Assistant

Sandra Pasarić Olivier Le Saëc (France) Anna Peychev (Bulgaria) Djamel Kitouni Stéphanie Project Assistant IT Administrator Honorez Receptionist 46 47

ABOUT US Internships

The Martens Centre offers internships of three to six months to university graduates and young researchers from Europe and the rest of the world. The internship programme is intended to provide the ABOUT US trainees with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of European affairs and to gain close insight into the daily work of the European institutions in Brussels. Member Foundations

In 2020 our interns were: Sara Leming (United States) The Martens Centre works closely with 34 member foundations from all over Europe. Ștefan Josan ()

Ines Calvo ()

Jan Czarnocki (Poland)

Akusti Leino (Finland)

Alessia Setti (Italy)

Olympia Kalogianni (Greece)

Ross Nugent (Ireland)

Hendrik Caluwé (Belgium)

Cheyenne van der Zanden (The Netherlands)

Bartlomiej Kot (Poland) Academy for the Development of a Democratic Environment Amaro da Costa Institute Akkademja ghall-Izvilupp ta’ Ambjent Demokratiku (AZAD) lnstituto Amaro da Costa (IDL) Conor McArdle (Northern Ireland) A. Casa Pereira 224, Republic Street, Valletta, A. Rua do Patrocinio, 128 — A, 1350-232 Lisbon, T. +356 21 220 660 T. +351 21 3461449 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.idl.pt

Anton Tunega Foundation Association Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria Nadacia Antona Tunegu (NAT) Сдружение ‘Граждани за европейско развитие на България’ (GERB) A. Šulekova 2, SK-811 03821 01 Bratislava, Slovakia A. 4 Adam Mitskevich Street, Vrabnitsa, 1360 Sofia, Bulgaria T. +421 908 334 344 T. +359 88 480 0293 E. [email protected] E. office@-bg.org Are you interested in an W. www.tunega.sk internship with the Martens Centre?

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Please visit www.martenscentre.eu/join-team for more information. Barankovics lstvan Foundation CDA Research Institute Barankovics lstvan Alapitvény Wetenschappelijk lnstituut voor het CDA (WICDA)

A. Kálvin tér 8, 1091 Budapest, Hungary A. Postbus 30453, 2500 GL The Hague, The Netherlands T. +36 1 323 0607 T. +31 70 342 4874 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.barankovics.hu W. www.cda.nl/wi 48 49

CEDER Study Centre of CD&V Concord and Freedom Foundation Anton Korošec Institute Institute Dr. Janez Evangelist Krek CEDER Studiecentrum CD&V (CEDER) Fundación Concordia y Libertad (FCL) Inštitut dr. Antona Korošca (INAK) Inštitut Dr. Janeza Evangelista Kreka (IJEK) A. Wetstraat 89, 1040 Brussels, Belgium A. C/Bravo Murillo 120, 1o izqda, Madrid, M, 28020, Spain A. Gospodinjska 8, 1000 Ljubljana A. Dvorakova ulica 11a, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia T. +32 2 238 38 87 T. +34 91 435 0629 T. +386 41 764 896 T. +386 1 241 66 68 F. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.ceder.cdenv.be W. www.fconcordiaylibertad.org W. www.inak.si W. www.ijek.si

Croatian Statehood Foundation De Gasperi Foundation Institute for Christian Democratic Politics Institute for Popular Studies Zaklada Hrvatskog Državnog Zavjeta (ZHDZ) Fondazione De Gasperi (FDG) Institut pro Křesťansko-Demokratickou Politiku (IKDP) Institutul de Studii Populare (ISP)

A. Gundulićeva ul. 21 a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia A. Via del Governo Vecchio, 3, 00186 Rome, Italy A. Karlovo náměstí 317/5, 120 00 Prague, Czechia A. Aleea Modrogan nr. 1, Sector 1, 011825, Bucharest, Romania T. +3851 4354 555 T. +39 06 68 33 592 T. +420 731 603 844 T. +40 722 566 223 F. +385 1 4854 439 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] [email protected] F. www.fondazionedegasperi.org W. www.ikdp.cz W. www.ispromania.ro W. www.zhdz.hr

Jarl Hjalmarson Foundation Foundation Dr. Jože Pučnik Institute Foundation for a Civic Hungary Jarl Hjalmarson Stiftelsen (JHS) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Inštitut Dr. Jožeta Pučnika (IJP) Polgári Magyarországért Alapítvány (PMA) A. Stora Nygatan 30, Box 2080, 10312 Stockholm, Sweden A. Klingelhöferstrasse 23,107S5 Berlin, Germany A. Trstenjakova 8, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia A. Pauler u. 11, 1013 Budapest, Hungary T. +46 8 676 8000 T. +49 30 269 960 T. +386 1 425 3087 T. +361 391 4830 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] F. +361 391 4889 W. www.hjalmarsonfoundation.se W. www.kas.de W. www.institutpucnik.si E. [email protected] W. www.szpma.hu

Francisco Sá Carneiro Institute Freedom and Democracy Foundation Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Kós Károly Academy Foundation Instituto Francisco Sá Carneiro (IFSC) Fondacioni për Liri dhe Demokraci (FLD) Ινστιτούτο Δημοκρατίας Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής (KKID) Kós Károly Akadémia (KKA) A. Rua Ricardo Espirito Santo, N.º 1 R/C Esquerdo, 1200-790 A. Bulevardi Zhan Dark 11, Tirana, Albania A. Pireos 62, Moschato 18346, Greece. A. Str. Ulciorului nr. 4, 540099 Targu Mures, Romania Lisboa, Portugal T. +355 6730 32879 T. +30 210 94 44 303 T. +40 265 210 020 T. +351 213 952 064 E. [email protected] F. +30 210 94 44 860 E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.pd.al E. [email protected] W. www.koskarolyakademia.ro W. https://institutosacarneiro.pt W. www.idkaramanIis.gr

Matthias Bel Institute Glafkos Clerides Institute Luigi Sturzo Institute Inštitút Mateja Bela – Bél Mátyás Intézet (IMB–BMI) Ινστιτούτο Ευρωδημοκρατίας Γλαύκος Κληρίδης (EGC) Hanns Seidel Stiftung (HSS) Istituto Luigi Sturzo (ILS) A. Trnavská cesta 37, 831 04 Bratislava, Slovakia A. 25 Pindarou Street, PO Box 25305, 1308 Nicosia, Cyprus A. Lazarettstrasse 33, 80636 Munich, Germany A. Via delle Coppelle 35, 00186 Rome, Italy E. [email protected] [email protected] T. +357 22 883 115 | F. +357 22 752 751 T. +49 89125 80 T. +39 06 684 04 21 W. www.imb-bmi.org E. [email protected] E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.clerides.org W. www.hss.de W. www.sturzo.it 50 51

ABOUT US Partner Members New Initiatives Centre Centar za nove inicijative / Центар за нове иницијативе (CNI) Państwo Prawa Foundation A. Olimpijska 35, 71000 Sarajevo, BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina Fundacja ‘Państwo Prawa’ (FPP) E. [email protected] A. ul.Flory 9 lok. 5B00-586 Warsaw, Poland T. +48 22 280 92 91 E. [email protected] W. www.panstwoprawa.eu

Antall József Knowledge Belgrade Fund for Politi- European Academy for European Values, Centre, Hungary cal Excellence, Serbia Democracy, Czechia Czechia

Pro Patria Institute Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party Pro Patria Instituut Politische Akademie der ÖVP (PolAk) A. Kivisilla 4-9,10145 Tallinn, Estonia A. Tivoligasse 73, 11 20 Vienna, Austria T. +372 773 42 01 T. +43 1 814 200 F. +372 773 42 07 E. [email protected] E. kaja.vill||em@ir|l.ee Foundation for Social GLOBSEC, Slovakia International Republican European W. www.politische-akademie.at W. www.propatria-instituut.ee Research and Analysis, Institute, United States Center of Excellence, Spain Greece

Toivo Think Tank Ajatuspaja Toivo TOPAZ Kompassi, Finland Liberal Society, Romania Maison du Futur, Platform for Sustainable TOPAZ Lebanon Growth, Portugal A. Kansakoulukuja 3 A, 3krs, 00100 Helsinki, Finland T. +358 500 442 761 A. Újezd 450/40, 11800 Praha 1, Czechia E. [email protected] T. +420 725 001 312 W. www.toivoajatuspaja.fi E. [email protected] W. www.top-az.eu

Robert Schuman Sofia Security Forum, Foundation, France Institute, Hungary Bulgaria

Centre for Economic and Social Policy Studies Collins Institute Centre d’Etudes Politiques Economiques et Sociales (CEPESS) The Middle East Think Young, Belgium Institute for Research A. Rue des Deux Églises 41, Brussels 1000, Belgium A. c/o Upper Mount Street, 2, Ireland and Strategic Studies, T. +3222380143 T. +35316198450 Lebanon E. [email protected] E. [email protected] W. www.cepess.be W. www.collinsinstitute.ie