The Future of the EU and the European Project
Co-sponsored with NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
Thursday, November 14, 6.30 - 7.45 pm
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15 years ago, ten countries joined the European Union, making the bloc of 28 the second largest economy in the world and a co-pillar of the liberal international order and its collective security architecture. Today, the EU is contending with a multitude of political and economic challenges. Brexit, the rise of Eurosceptic, populist parties on the right and left, the lingering effects of the 2015 refugee crisis, rapid social and demographic changes, relations with Russia and China, the climate crisis, and a weakening transatlantic alliance have frayed political solidarities and demand a creative rethinking by the new EU leadership of the future shape and character of the bloc, including the possibility of a “multi-speed EU.” Headed for the first time by a woman, President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, what will the EU look like 15 years hence?
Moderator: Sylvia Maier, Clinical Associate Professor, NYUSPS Center for Global Affairs
Panelists:
Stephen Gross, Director, NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (CEMS); Associate Professor of History and European Studies, NYU Department of History and CEMS
Christiane Lemke, Professor of Political Science, University of Hannover, Germany
Christian Martin, Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies, NYU Center for European and Mediterranean Studies
Ambassador Gustavo Martin Prada, Senior Adviser on Agenda 2030, European Union Delegation to the United Nations