The EU after elections: What you see is what you get? - Main contents
The financial crisis has created a fragmented, unequal and less popular Europe, and as shown by the last elections, a significant number of people have turned their back on the EU. However, with a rise in eurosceptic populism and the lack of growth and jobs, the EU requires active engagement more than ever from its citizens, and political will and courage from its policymakers. The question now is not whether Europe should move ahead, but how.
Han ten Broeke, Member of the Dutch House of Representatives
Bernard Kouchner, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Member of the European Parliament
George Papandreou, Former Prime Minister of Greece
José-Ignacio Torreblanca, Head of Reinvention programme, ECFR
Moderator:
Wolfgang Münchau, President, Eurointelligence LTD
Every year, the ECFR Council - an unrivalled European strategic community of over 200 members - meets as a full body in a key European capital at the ECFR Annual Council Meeting. This year's meeting will look at the results of the European Parliamentary elections and what they mean for Europe; what lies ahead for the EU-Russia relationship after the events in Ukraine; the possibility of a war in Asia; and the Iran / Saudi fault line. The meeting will take place on 12-13 June 2014.