Wednesday, May 3, 2023, from 18:00 to 19:30 h. CEST (UTC+2).
Venue: Espacio Bertelsmann (c/ O’Donnell 10, Madrid).
The war in Ukraine has repositioned the pieces of the international chessboard and is giving way to a new world order not imagined until recently.
How are the pieces of the game changing? How should the EU act? What role should the EU play? How are powers such as the United States, Russia and China changing?
These are some of the questions that will be discussed at the presentation of the study Keeping Friends closer: why the EU should address new geoeconomic realities and get its neighbours back in the fold, jointly conducted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Vienna Institute for Economic Studies (wiiw), and at the panel discussion that will follow.
Hashtag: #EUneighbours
Programme:
Institutional welcome
- Clara Bassols,Director of the Bertelsmann Foundation.
The European Neighborhood Policy
- Maciej Berestecki, European Commission.
Presentation of the study: Keeping Friends Closer: Why the EU must address the new geo-economic realities and bring its neighbours back into the fold.
- Richard Grieveson, Deputy Director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Wiiw.
- Miriam Kosmehl, Sovereign Europe Program, Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Roundtable: The role of the EU with its Southern and Eastern neighbours
- Richard Grieveson, Deputy Director, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies.
- Miriam Kosmehl, Senior Analyst at the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
- Christian Hanelt, Senior Analyst at the Bertelsmann Stiftung.
- Mira Milosevich, Senior Analyst at the Real Instituto Elcano.
- Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute.
Moderator: Miguel Otero, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute.
Concluding remarks
- Vicent Climent-Ferrando, Project Manager, Bertelsmann Foundation.
Networking Aperitif
– The event will be held in English without simultaneous translation.
–If you are planning to attend in-person, please register on this website.
