International Conference of the CROATIAN PAN-EUROPEAN UNION in co-operation with the INTERNATIONAL PAN-EUROPEAN UNION The Experiences of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Considerations Concerning the Future of the European Union Zagreb, 24th October 2020 SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION: CROATIAN - ENGLISH - GERMAN Support Hanns Seidel Foundation Konrad Adenauer Foundation Accomodation Amadria Park Hotel Capital, Zagreb CROATIAN HR - 10000 Zagreb, Jurišićeva 1a PANEUROPEAN Tel.: +385 1 4813 435, 4813 451 CPEU UNION E-mail: [email protected] www.hpeu.hr SATURDAY, 24th OCTOBER 2020 Amadria Park Hotel Capital Jurišićeva 22, HR-10000 Zagreb 10.00 a.m. Opening Ceremony: welcoming addresses and speeches Aleksandra Markić Boban, Head of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Office, Zagreb Holger-Heinrich Haibach, Director of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Croatia Damir Boras, President of Zagreb University, Vice-President of the CPEU Mislav Ježić, President of the Croatian PEU, Vice-President of the International PEU 10.30 a.m. First panel: The Experiences of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Gordan Grlić Radman, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tomislav Sokol, member of the European Parliament Bernd Posselt, President of the PEU Germany, member of the Presidency of the International PEU: on the German Presidency of the Council of the EU 11.30 a.m. Second panel: Considerations Concerning the Future of the European Union Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission Alain Terrenoire, President of the International Pan-European Union Karlo Ressler, member of the European Parliament Željana Zovko, member of the European Parliament 1.00 p.m. Third panel: Presidents or Representatives of the national organizations of the Pan-European Union on the Future of the European Union Austria: Rainhard Kloucek, Secretary General Bosnia and Hercegovina: Osman Topčagić, President Crna Gora / Montenegro: Gordana Đurović, President France: Eric Campion, member of Presidency Macedonia: Marjan Gjorčev, President Spain: Carlos Uriarte-Sánchez, Secretary General Assistance in chairing the conference: Pavo Barišić, Vanja Gavran, Ljudevit Fran Ježić Administrative support (CPEU): Božena Jurčić.