Workshop
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The distance, the scepticism and the lack of trust in the European project currently felt by citizens is posing a big challenge for the European Union. Required is a discussion about what keeps the Union together. In this regard the strengthening of the collective European identity is considered to be a key issue.
In the following workshop distinguished international experts (politicians, academics, diplomats, journalists) will discuss the challenges of the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy, the definition of the EU’s Foreign Policy Profile and best ways and means how to assert the European Identity on the international scene.
PROGRAM
10.00 hrsWelcome
Dr. Peter R. Weilemann, Director of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, European Office
Introduction
Javier Lasquetty, Secretary General of the FAES
Dr. Wolfgang Maier, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Politics and Consulting
10.30 hrs
Keynote Speech: European Foreign and Security Policy: Experiences from a National and International Perspective
Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament
11.00 hrs
Panel I: The Evolution and Challenges of European Union Foreign and Security Policy
- Elmar Brok MEP
- Eneko Landaburu, European Commission – DG Relex, Director General
- Andreas Schockenhoff, Member of the German Bundestag
Moderation: Dr. Peter R. Weilemann, European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Director
12.30 hrs Lunch break
13.45 hrs
Panel II: “Soft power” as the core of European Identity? Defining the EU’s Foreign Policy Profile
- Pilar del Castillo, MEP, Former Minister for Education and Culture
- Elvire Fabry, Fondation pour l'innovation politique, Directeur Europe
- Elles, James MEP
Moderation: Barbara Einhäuser, European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Assistant to the Director
15.15 hrsCoffee Break
15.30 hrs
Panel III: Identity Formation through Policy Practice: How to assert European Identity on the international scene?
- Prof. Dr. Günter Burghardt, Former Ambassador for the European Union to the USA and Former Director General Foreign Policy (t.b.c.)
- Claude-France Arnould, Council of the European Union
Defence Issues, Director
- Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski MEP, Vice President of the European Parliament
Moderation: Alberto Carnero, FAES, International Relations, Head of Unit
17.00 hrs
Closing remarks