A credible enlargement perspective for the Western Balkans– stocktaking between the Sofia and London summits

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14:30 hrs Registration and Welcome Coffee

14:45 hrs Welcome Note

Prof Dr Norbert Lammert, Chairman Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

15:00 hrs Opening Remarks

H.E. Artur Kuko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Albania

H.E. Radi Naidenov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria

15:15 hrs Keynote

“The EU-Western Balkans Strategy: a credible enlargement perspective?”

David McAllister MEP, Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), European Parliament

15:45 hrs Open Discussion

Key Input: “The London-Agenda for the Berlin-Process”

H.E. Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Representative of the Chair of the Berlin-Process

Moderator: Dr Lars Haensel, Head of Team Europe/North America, Division European and International Cooperation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

16:45 hrs Break and taking Group Picture

17:15 hrs Working Dinner with Food for Thought

Introduction

Dr Gerhard Wahlers, Deputy Secretary General, Head of Division European and International Cooperation, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e.V.

Key Input: “Values and interests: Germany’s critical commitment to the European integration process of the Western Balkans”

Gunther Krichbaum MP, Chairman of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union, German Bundestag

18:30 hrs End and departure of participants