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Addressing Europe's crisis – Six Policy Crossroads
City: Brussel
On 22 October 2015, Friends of Europe will for the 12th consecutive year, and on the occasion of our think tank’s 15th anniversary, hold a high-level event which form the highlight of our calendar: the ‘State of Europe’ high-level roundtable.
The ‘State of Europe’ roundtable will bring together high-level discussants one year after the start of the Juncker Commission and 2 months before the UN Paris Summit, to address the major issues facing the EU and the wider world.
The anti-establishment “wake-up call” delivered by elections to the European Parliament in 2014 demands urgent policy responses. Over the next few years, the European Union must implement a crash “emergency” programme of Europe-wide actions that addresses Europeans’ key concerns. The EU must be competitive in a rapidly-globalising world. The focus should move from austerity to sustainable growth-focused and job-creating policies. Citizens’ concerns about health or social and economic inequalities need to be tackled. Restoring Europe’s credibility and ensuring security must also be priorities.
Our annual roundtable offers a unique opportunity for a large-scale brainstorm on what EU decision makers can realistically consider for restoring Europe’s standing worldwide while addressing its many urgent internal challenges. Participants are encouraged to discuss these challenges outside their formal portfolios in order to help generate innovative solutions.
Discussants include EU Commissioners, MEPs and MPs, ministers and deputy ministers, opinion-formers, civil society and business leaders.
Participants at previous events include
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Programme
08.45 – 09.30 Registration
09.30 – 11.00 Open Plenary Session
With:
Etienne Davignon / President of Friends of Europe, Belgian Minister of State and former Vice President of the European Commission
Herman van Rompuy / President Emeritus of the European Council and former Belgian Prime Minister
Frans Timmermans */ First Vice President of the European Commission and former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
17.30 – 18.00 Coffee break
18.00 – 19.00 Closing Plenary Session
With:
Etienne Davignon / President of Friends of Europe, Belgian Minister of State and former Vice President of the European Commission
In presence of His Majesty the King of the Belgians
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Every year State of Europe welcomes a prominent list of high-level discussants. This year’s list includes:
Johannes Meier / CEO of the European Climate Foundation
Michael Diedring / Secretary General of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Marietje Schaake MEP / Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the United States
Ulrike Guérot / Director of the European School of Governance (EUSG)
Eamon Ryan / Leader of the Irish Green Party
Tanja Fajon / Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
Alberto Alemanno / Professor of Law at the HEC Paris and at the New York University School of Law
Sandra Polaski / Deputy Director General for Policy at the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Toomas Hendrik Ilves / President of Estonia
Mary Fitzgerald / Journalist, author of ‘The Libyan Revolution and its aftermath’ and European Young Leader
Andrea Gerosa / Co-Founder of ThinkYoung
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