EU Enlargements 20 years on: Lessons and Prospects

In partnership with the Jacques Delors Institute/Grande Europe
 

Introduction and Welcome (9h15-10h)

Stéphanie Balme, Director of CERI-Sciences Po
Sylvie Mately, Director of Jacques Delors Institute

Keynote Introductory remarks: Eastern Promisses 20 years on
Kersti Kaljulaid, Former President of Estonia (tbc)

1. EU ‘transformative power’ and Domestic Political Trends in Central Europe (10h – 11h30)

• Jacques Rupnik (Sciences Po-CERI)
• Daniel Hegedüs (GMF Berlin)
• Jaroslaw Kuisz (University of Warsaw)
• Ondrej Dytrich (Institute of International Relations, Prague & EUISS

Chair: Lukas Macek , Sciences Po / Institut Jacques Delors

2. Central Europe 20 years later: Foreign Policy Orientations (11h45-13h)

• David Cadier (University of Groningen and Sciences Po-CERI)
• Jana Kobzova (Office of the President of Slovakia)
• Tomas Petricek (Former Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic and Prague Institute of International Relation)
• Maria Malksoo (University of Copenhagen)

Chair: Christian Lequesne (Sciences Po-CERI)

--- Lunch break ---

3. Enlargements and Public Opinion in EU and Candidate Countries (14h30)

• Bruno Cautrès CEVIPOF - Sciences Po)
• Bojana Zoric (EUISS)

4. The “Ukrainian Moment”: Prospects for Future Enlargements (15h45-17h30)

• Volodymyr Yermolenko, ukraineworld.org, Kiev
• Olga Onuch (Manchester University)
• Nikola Dimitrov (Former Foreign Minister of Macedonia)
• Florent Parmentier (Sciences Po - CEVIPOF)
• Pierre Mirel (Former EU Director of DG Enlargement)

Chair: Anne de Tinguy (Sciences Po-CERI)

Keynote - Conclusions: What rethinking enlargement means for the EU

Jean-Louis Bourlanges (Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Assemblée Nationale)