SUMMER EUROPEAN ACADEMY 2020

ITINERARY

BERLIN – BRUSSELS – PARIS SATURDAY, JUNE 6 – MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020

Seminar led by: Prof. Dr. John D. Robertson, Texas A&M University Leonore Schäfer, Programme Manager , CIFE Contact: +49 176 31 74 25 38

Accommodation: : Golden Tulip Berlin – Hotel Hamburg**** Landgrafenstraße 4 10787 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49 30 26 47 70 Email: [email protected] Homepage: www.GoldenTulipBerlin.de

Brussels: Hotel Leopold Brussels EU**** Rue du Luxembourg 35 1050 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32 2 546 18 16 Email: [email protected] Homepage: www.hotel-leopold.be

Paris: Hôtel Aiglon**** 232 Boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris, France Phone: +33 1 43 20 82 42 Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.paris-hotel-aiglon.com/en/

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Berlin

Saturday, June 6 Passau – Berlin

8.00 am Be checked out and ready in the lobby. Make sure to pay all personal hotel bills (minibar etc.)!

8.30 am – 11.00 am Transfer hotel – Munich airport (get food at the airport)

2.10 pm – 3.15 pm Flight Munich – Berlin Tegel airport Flight number: LH 1942

4.00 pm – 4.45 pm Transfer airport – Hotel Golden Tulip Berlin

6.45 pm Departure hotel lobby – Restaurant

7.30 pm Welcome dinner | Villa Tomasa, Kreuzbergstraße 62, 10965 Berlin

Sunday, June 7

9.30 am Departure hotel lobby –

10.00 am – 1.00 pm City tour Berlin

Free time

Monday, June 8 Berlin

8.00 am Departure hotel – CIFE Berlin, Bundesallee 23, 10717 Berlin

Lectures at CIFE

8.30 am – 10.00 am The European Union as an International Actor Dr. Michael MEIMETH, former Director Overseas University Programs, CIFE

10.00 am – 12.00 pm The Economic Dimension of European Integration Dr. Ognian HISHOW, FU BEST (Program for American exchange students), FU Berlin

12.00 pm Departure CIFE – -Museum

12.45 pm – 2.45 pm Open Lunch

3.00 pm - 4.30 pm Visit to the Stasi-Museum Ruschestr. 103, Haus 1, 10365 Berlin

6.30 pm Departure hotel - Restaurant

7.00 pm Group dinner | Punto e Virgola, Motzstraße 68, 10777 Berlin

Tuesday, June 9 Berlin Note: Dress business casual. Passports are required for security clearance.

8.00 am Departure hotel - German Ministry of Defense, Stauffenbergstraße 18, 10785 Berlin

8.45 am Visit to the German Ministry of Defense Security check at the German Ministry of Defense

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9.15 am – 11.15 am Briefing at the German Ministry of Defense

11.30 am Departure Ministry of Defense –

11.45 am Open lunch

1.15 pm Departure meeting point - Federal Foreign Office, Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin

Visit to the Federal Foreign Office of Germany 1.45 pm Security Check

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Briefing on the work of the Federal Foreign Office Room III

3.30 pm – 4.30 pm EU-US external relations and the transatlantic partnership Mr. PRANGE, Deputy head of division, USA and Canada Division

7.00 pm Group dinner | Ständige Vertretung, Schiffbauerdamm 8, 10117 Berlin

Wednesday, June 10 Berlin Note: Dress business casual. Passports are required for security clearance.

8.45 am Departure hotel – German Federal Chancellery, Willy-Brandt-Str. 1, 10557 Berlin

Visit to the German Federal Chancellery (tbc) 9.30 am Security check at the German Federal Chancellery

10.00 am – 11.00 am Guided tour German Federal Chancellery (tbc)

11.00 am – 12.00 pm Federal Government Coordination of German and European Politics Edgar LENSKI, Head of Division, Division 503: Coordination of European policy (tbc)

12.00 pm Departure Chancellery – Peter Pane, Invalidenstraße 53, 10557 Berlin

12.30 pm – 2.00 pm Open lunch | Peter Pane

2.10 pm Departure - Haus der Bundespressekonferenz, Schiffbauerdamm 40, 10117 Berlin

2.30 pm – 4.30 pm Visit to the Federal Press Conference The Existence and borders of the European public sphere Ewald KÖNIG, Berliner Korrespondentenbüro (correspondent office of Berlin)

Thursday, June 11 Berlin Note: Dress business casual. Passports are required for security clearance.

8.45 am Departure hotel - Deutscher Bundestag, Dorotheenstr. 101, 10117 Berlin

Visit to the German Federal Parliament / Deutscher Bundestag (tbc) 9.30 am Security check at the German Parliament

10.00 am – 11.30 am EU-Affairs in the German Parliament Clemens ZICK, Senior Officer German Parliament, Department for EU-Affairs Jakob-Kaiser-Haus (tbc)

11.30 am – 1.00 pm Tour of the Bundestag (German Parliament) (tbc)

1.00 pm Open lunch

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3.00 pm Departure meeting point – CIFE, Bundesallee 23, 10717 Berlin

Lectures at CIFE

4.00 pm – 5.30 pm The EU institutions and the institutional Development of the European Union (Historical Perspective) Prof. Dr. Mathias JOPP, Senior Advisor International Programmes, Institute of European Politics, Berlin

Friday, June 12 Potsdam

9.00 am Departure hotel – Wannsee Conference House, Am Großen Wannsee 56-58, 14109 Berlin

10.00 am – 12.00 pm Visit to Wannsee Conference House

12.15 pm – 1.30 pm Group lunch | Restaurant Seehase at Wannsee Beach area

1.30 pm Restaurant - Cecilienhof Castle, Potsdam

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Visit to Cecilienhof Castle (the sight of the Potsdam Conference in 1945) Meeting point: CEK Potsdam, Neuer Garten, Schloss Cecilienhof, Schlosskasse

4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Visit and guided tour of Palace & Park Meeting point: BZ Potsdam, Besucherzentrum an der Historischen Mühle

5.30 pm Return to hotel in Berlin

7.00 pm Departure hotel - Restaurant

7.30 pm Farewell dinner Berlin | Restaurant Nolle, Georgenstraße, S-Bahnbogen 203, 10117 Berlin

Saturday, June 13 Berlin - Brussels

8.00 am Be checked out and ready in the lobby. Make sure to pay all personal hotel bills (minibar etc.)!

8.15 am – 9.15 am Transfer hotel – Berlin Tegel airport (get food at the airport)

11.45 am – 1.10 pm Flight Berlin - Brussels Flight number: SN 2582

1.45 pm – 2.30 pm Transfer airport – Hotel Leopold Brussels EU

6.15 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant

6.30 pm Group dinner| Le Clan des Belges, Rue de la Paix 20, 1050 Brussels

Brussels

Sunday, June 14 Brussels

Free time

6.30 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant

7.00 pm Group dinner | Le Bistro, Boulevard de Waterloo 138, 1000 Brussels

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Monday, June 15 Brussels Note: Dress business casual, Passports are required for security clearance.

9.30 am Morning Briefing, Hotel Lobby

9.45 am Departure hotel – European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels

Visit to the European Parliament (tbc) Visitors' entrance, Paul Henri-Spaak building (PHS)

10.15 am Security check

10.30 am – 12.00 pm Guided tour of the plenary and briefing at the European Parliament (tbc)

12.00 pm Departure European Parliament – restaurant

12.30 pm – 1.25 pm Open lunch | EXKi, Rue de la Loi 232/234, 1040 Brussels

1.25 pm Departure hotel – European Council, Justus Lipsius building, Rue de la Loi 175, 1000 Brussels

Visit to the European Council Please stay close together in the European Council. Due to security reasons we will be accompanied by a member of the visits service at all times and are not allowed to walk around the building without the visits service.

1.30 pm Security check

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm The Role of the European Council and the Council of the European Union within the European Institutions (time and speaker tbc) Ms. Simonetta Cook, Political Adviser, GSC.GIP.A: European Council and Strategic Planning Unit, General and Institutional Policy Directorate, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

7.00 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant

7.30 pm Group dinner | Chez Leon, Rue des Bouchers 18, 1000 Brussels

Tuesday, June 16 Brussels Note: Dress business casual, Passports are required for security clearance.

8.00 am Departure hotel – EEAS, Rond-point Schuman 9A, 1040 Brussels

Visit to the European External Action Service (tbc)

8.30 am Arrival at the main entrance of the EEAS and security check

8.45 am – 9.45 am The role and priorities of the European External Action Service

9.45 am Coffee break

10.00 am – 11.00 am EU - US relations

11.00 am – 12.00 am The current crisis in Syria / EU-Syria relations

12.00 am – 1.30 pm Open lunch

1.30 pm Departure meeting point – Bavarian Representation in Brussels, Rue Wiertz 77, 1000 Brussels

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2.00 pm – 3.30 pm Visit to the Bavarian Representation in Brussels

6.45 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant

7.00 pm Group dinner | Restaurant Enoteca da Valentino, Rue du Champ de Mars 13, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels

Wednesday, June 17 Brussels – Mons – Paris Note: Dress business casual for our visit to the military headquarters of NATO (SHAPE). Passports are required for security clearance!

9.45 am Be checked out and ready in the lobby. Make sure to pay all personal hotel bills (minibar etc.)!

10.00 am Coach Transfer Brussels – Restaurant

11.30 am – 1.00 pm Group lunch | Chez l’Oncle Sam, Rue Grande 197, 7020 Maisieres

1.00 pm – 1.30 pm Coach transfer restaurant – SHAPE, Rue Grande, 7010 Mons

Visit to SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) 1.30 pm Arrival at SHAPE Visitor’s Parking

2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Briefings on NATO and Allied Command Operations Break Q&A Session

5.00 pm – 9.30 pm Coach transfer SHAPE – Paris

9.30 pm Group dinner | Le Bistrot des Campagnes, 6 Rue Léopold Robert, 75014 Paris Paris

Thursday, June 18 Paris

FRANCO-GERMAN PERSPECTIVES on Europe and the EU | organised in cooperation with the Robert Schuman Foundation

Note: Dress business casual. Passports are required for security clearance.

9.00 am Departure hotel - Robert Schuman Foundation

Lectures at the Robert Schuman Foundation 203 bis Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris

9.30 am – 11.30 am Franco-German Relations Prof. Dr. Hans STARK, Secretary general of the Study Committee for Franco-German Relations (Cerfa); Institut francais des relations internationales (IFRI)

11.30 am – 12.00 pm Mission and activities of the Robert Schuman Froundation Ramona Bloj, Robert Schuman Foundation (tbc)

12.00 pm – 2.30 pm Group lunch at Robert Schuman Foundation

2.30 pm Departure – French Senate

3.00 pm – 5.00 pm Visit to the French Senate Palais du Luxembourg, 15ter, rue de Vaugirard, 75291 Paris

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Friday, June 19 Paris Note: Dress business casual. Passports are required for security clearance.

9.15 am Departure hotel - Robert Schuman Foundation

Lectures at the Robert Schuman Foundation 203 bis Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75007 Paris

9.30 am – 11.30 am Transatlantic relations in turbulent times – Strategy, economy, culture Dr. Mario del Pero, Institut d'études politiques (SciencesPo), Paris (tbc)

11.30 am – 1.00 pm Open lunch

1.00 pm Departure meeting point – French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Visit to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tbc) 130 rue de l'Université, 75007 Paris

1.30 pm – 3.30 pm Briefing about the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tbc) Mr Laurent ALBERTI, Deputy Director of Germany and Alpine and Adriatic Europe

3.45 pm Departure Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Assemblée Nationale

4.20 pm – 6.00 pm Visit to the Assemblée nationale (tbc) 126 Rue de l'Université, 75355 Paris

6.00 pm Meeting in the hotel lobby Evaluation of the SEA 2020

7.00 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant

7.30 pm Farewell dinner Paris| Bouillon Racine, 3 Rue Racine

Saturday, June 20 Paris Note: Passports are required for security check. Formal attire is required for dinner. Sneakers and leisure wear are not permitted. Photographers will be present during the cruise.

Free morning/afternoon

4.45 pm Departure hotel – Restaurant, Bateaux Parisiens, Port de la Bourdonnais Reception & registration at the feet of the Tour Eiffel, Pier 5 or Pier 7

6.00 pm – 9.00 pm Dinner cruise on the Seine

Sunday, June 21 Paris

Free Day

Monday, June 22 Paris – Texas Check out of Hotel Aiglon. Make sure to pay all personal hotel bills (minibar etc.). If necessary - take-away breakfasts will be provided by the hotel.

6.15 am Airport transfer | Hotel – Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport

Departure of flight from Paris (CDG) to Houston (IAH)

Please note: Parts of this schedule may be subject to change. Rest assured that we will endeavor to keep the program as close as possible to what appears on this schedule. 7