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Conference Booklet INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MULTIPLE CHALLENGES FOR EUROPE 19 September 2016 / Schebek Palace, Politických vězňů 7, Prague ABOUT The Institute for Politics and Society, The Friedrich Naumann Foundation and The European Liberal Forum cordially invite you to international conference Multiple Challenges for Europe. The event is held under the auspices of Adri- THE ana Krnáčová, Lady Mayor of Prague and with the financial support of the EVENT European Parliament. Since 2009, Europe has been facing multiple crises. Some would even claim that there should be a database of crises and challenges. There is a crisis in- volving the Eurozone, which has not disappeared but has been just overshad- owed by more urgent matters. There is the topic of Greece staying or not staying in the Eurozone. There is a sovereign debt crisis in the southern belt. We have Russian aggression in Ukraine and challenges related to stabilizing Ukraine. Then there is the threat of Brexit and there is a crisis in the Europe- an energy market and energy dependency on Russia. Nowadays, everyone is concerned with the migration crisis, security crisis, and Schengen crisis. There are challenges with how to deal with Turkey, Syria, and ISIL. Furthermore, we also have a European political crisis, a rise of political extremism, the East West division, and a crisis of European leadership, values, sharing, and sol- idarity. The ‘European Multiple Crises’ Conference will aim to address these issues, and potential avenues for resolution in the European context. PROGRAM 8:30 – 9:00 Registration John Lloyd (United Kingdom) Contributing editor to the Financial 9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Speech by Jan Macháček Times (Czech Republic) Iliya Lingorski (Bulgaria) Chairman of the Institute for Politics President of the Bulgarian Section and Society of the European League of Economic Cooperation 9:05 – 10:30 PANEL A: EUROPEAN VISION, Moderator: Jan Macháček VALUES, LEADERSHIP, (Czech Republic) SOLIDARITY, AND FEDERALISM Chairman of the Institute for Politics and Society Bartłomiej E. Nowak (Poland) Head of Chair of International Rela- tions, Vistula University 10:30 – 11:15 TALK FOR EUROPE Kai-Olaf Lang (Germany) Head of the European Division at the Václav Bělohradský (Czech Republic) German Institute Stiftung Wissen- Publicist, candidate for Senator for the schaft und Politik Social Democrats and the Green Party Leszek Jazdzewski (Poland) Editor-in-Chief of the Polish socio-po- litical magazine, Liberté! 3 PROGRAM Jacques Rupnik (France) Jacques Rupnik (France) Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and honorary visiting professor at Charles honorary visiting professor at Charles University in Prague University in Prague Tereza Englová (Czech Republic) Moderator: Jan Macháček Czech journalist and documentary (Czech Republic) film maker Chairman of the Institute for Politics and Society Moderator: Jan Macháček (Czech Republic) 11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break Chairman of the Institute for Politics and Society 11:30 – 13:00 PANEL B: MIGRATION, SECURITY, 13:00 – 13:45 Lunch FUTURE OF SCHENGEN H.E. Aldo Amati (Italy) 13:45 – 15:00 RALF DAHRENDORF ROUNDTA- Ambassador of Italy to the Czech BLE: TALK FOR EUROPE * Republic Grigorij Mesežnikov (Slovakia) Welcome speech by Felicita Medved Political analyst, founder & President (Slovenia), President of the European of the Slovak Institute for Public Affairs Liberal Forum 4 * This is a roundtable discussion organised by the European Liberal Forum (ELF) with the assistance of the Institute for Politics and Society, and co-funded by the European Parliament. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of the programme, or for any use that may be made of it. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the European Parliament and/or the European Liberal Forum. Andrej Babiš (Czech Republic) Iliya Lingorski (Bulgaria) Finance Minister of the Czech Republic President of the Bulgarian Section Guy Verhofstadt (Belgium) of the European League of Economic Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Cooperation Democrats for Europe Zdeněk Kudrna (Czech Republic) Researcher at the Salzburg Centre Moderator: Pavel Telička of European Union Studies at the (Czech Republic) University of Salzburg Member of European Parliament Krisztián Szabados (Hungary) Chief Executive Officer of Political Capital Institute 15:00 – 16:30 PANEL C: EUROZONE, GREECE, AND SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISES Moderator: Aleš Chmelař (Czech Republic) H.E. Efthymios Efthymiades (Greece) Chief Economist at the European Ambassador of Greece to the Czech Section of the Czech Office of the Republic Government Helena Horská (Czech Republic) Chief economist of Raiffeisenbank 16:30 – 16:45 Coffee Break in Prague 5 16:45 – 17:30 TALK FOR EUROPE Kai-Olaf Lang (Germany) Head of the European Division at the Martin Stropnický (Czech Republic) German Institute Stiftung Wissen- Minister of Defence of the Czech schaft und Politik Republic Leszek Jazdzewski (Poland) Jan Macháček (Czech Republic) Editor-in-Chief of the Polish socio- Chairman of the Institute for Politics political magazine, Liberté! and Society John Lloyd (United Kingdom) Contributing editor to the Financial Moderator: Anna Matušková Times (Czech Republic) Grigorij Mesežnikov (Slovakia) Political Scientist at the Faculty of Founder & President of the Slovak Social Science, Charles University Institute for Public Affairs Moderator: Petr Kolář 17:30 – 19:00 PANEL D: UKRAINE (Czech Republic) AND ASSERTIVE RUSSIA Former Ambassador of the Czech Republic to USA and Russia Bartłomiej E. Nowak (Poland) Director at the Center for International Relations, Warsaw 19:00 – 20:00 NETWORKING 6 PANEL A The European identity has rare- Questions: ly been anything more than a Is there such a thing as a Euro- vision, try as politicians might. pean vision? How can Europe EUROPEAN Lacking a coherent vision, under- proceed when its members have mined by national self-interest, such divergent concepts of what VISION, and plagued by “part time Eu- the future should entail? Has the ropeans”, the next logical step, European Union ever NOT been VALUES, federalism, is for now impossible. in a state of crisis? How should European nations want to enjoy European governments approach LEADERSHIP, the common market and Europe- Europe when the future is so un- an family, whilst preserving their clear? SOLIDARITY, own national identities. It is clear that one of the most important A N D EU member states is conflicted with the idea of even being in the FEDERALISM Union. Have we reached the limit of European integration? 7 PANEL B The ongoing migrant crisis has between humanitarianism and come to define the European con- security is one that many western tinents experience of the Iraqi & European countries are currently MIGRATION, Syrian civil wars and the insurgen- grappling. cy of the so called “Islamic State”. SECURITY, Pressure on public services such Questions: as social housing, healthcare and Do any countries bear a responsi- FUTURE OF education might in the past have bility to accommodate refugees? dominated concerns surrounding What distinguishes a refugee SCHENGEN the arrival of, the most extreme from an economic migrant? Do case (that of Germany) over a mil- countries militarily involved in lion new inhabitants. Since the IS the Middle East such as the Unit- directed terrorist attacks in Par- ed Kingdom and France bear a is, November 2015 and the wide- greater responsibility than those spread, seemingly coordinated uninvolved in the Iraqi/Syrian civ- sexual assaults across Germany il war? For how long, if at all, can however, concerns have, rightly Schengen survive under the cur- or wrongly, tended increasingly rent circumstances? Do migrants towards potential security issues pose a threat to security? related to the crisis. The balance 8 PANEL C With very few exceptions, every Questions: developed economy in the world To what extent are these coun- was affected to some extent by tries still suffering the effects EUROZONE, the economic crash of 2007/8- of debt? Is there still a threat of many faced economic ruin, and the breakup of the Eurozone? GREECE, some are still suffering the con- Should EU members be obligat- sequences today. This is no more ed to bail out indebted countries A N D the case than in the Eurozone- in the future? Even those not in Portugal, Spain, the Republic of the Eurozone such as the United SOVEREIGN Ireland, Cyprus, and most infa- Kingdom? What might a poten- mously Greece were unable to tial solution to the European debt DEBT CRISES repay their government debts crisis entail? How has the crisis and consequently public services changed the EU since it started? such as healthcare and education, as well as employment in these countries were crippled. 9 PANEL D Europe has always faced crises. Questions: Never however, has the issue of To what extent is the Russian ad- European cooperation and iden- ministration correct in suggesting UKRAINE tity inflamed such bloody and the EU’s expansion towards the violent unrest as has been the east is “aggressive”? Is Ukrainian AND ASSER- case since 2014 in Ukraine. Europe integration into the EU worth the finds itself in a standoff with one risk of potential bloodshed? How TIVE RUSSIA of the greater nuclear powers of can amicable relations between the world, over a country in which Europe and Russia be maintained? much of the population has no Is Ukraine Europe’s problem? Was interest or desire to be integrat- the Dutch referendum the final ed into Europe. The crisis threat- nail in the Ukrainian-European ens to tear Ukraine in half, and coffin? Europe, as the Union finds itself within touching distance of an in- creasingly assertive Russia. 10 Václav Bělohradský Jacques Rupnik Andrej Babiš CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE CZECH REPUBLIC TALK FOR EUROPE TALK FOR EUROPE TALK FOR EUROPE Václav Bělohradský is a contemporary Jacques Rupnik is an author and academ- Andrej Babiš has been a Czech Deputy Czech philosopher whose paramount ic, educated at the University of Paris and Prime Minister and Minister of Finance theme is postmodern political philosophy.
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