Symposium
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Programme
11 April 2008
Arrival at Wilton Park
Steyning
West Sussex BN44 3DZ
(www.wiltonpark.org.uk)
19.00 Reception and Drinks
19.30Welcome Dinner
12 April 2008
09.30Opening remarks by Thomas Bernd Stehling, Director
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung London
09.45The European Agenda 2008
Introduction: Peter Altmaier MP, Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany
Anna Kingberg Batra MP, Chaiman Committee on EU-Affairs, Sweden
Chair: Noelle Lenoir, Former Europe Minister, France
11.00Coffee Break
11.15Session continues
12.30Lunch
14.30EU and Russia after the Presidential Elections
Introduction: Michael Gahler MEP, Vice Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee in the European Parliament
Dr.Fraser Cameron, Director, EU-Russia Center, Brussels
Chair: Dr.Pekka Sutela, Bank of Finland
16.15 Coffee Break
16.30 The Future of NATO and a Closer European Defense Cooperation
Introduction: Ambassador Prof.Dr.Reinhard Bettzuege, Brussels
Dr. Ulrich Schlie, Director Planning Staff, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany
Chair: Andreas Kaju, Ministry of Defence, Estonia
18.00End of session
19.00 Dinner
20.30After Dinner Talk with Enda Kenny MP, Leader of Fine Gael
“Ireland before the EU-Referendum”
Chair:Thomas Bernd Stehling
13 April 2008
09.00 US Foreign Policy after George W. Bush
Introduction: Eckart von Klaeden MdB, Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group
Chair: Alan Dukes, Former Leader of Fine Gael
10.45Coffee Break
11.00 The Challenges of Effective Multilateralism
Introduction:Dr.Günter Krings MP, Germany
Prof.Dr.Stephen Haseler, Metropolitan University, London
Chair: Dr.Lisbeth Aggestam, Swedish Institute of International Affairs
13.00 Lunch
Departure of participants
