Events - Brussels European Office
Discussion
Investment Screening
Clever or counterproductive?
In general, incoming foreign direct investments are much needed and welcomed in the EU. However, China has boosted its investments across Europe by 1,500 per cent since 2010.
Event
How does Europe work? - Decision-making processes and functions of the European institutions
The Young Group (Junge Gruppe) of the state parliament faction of North Rhine-Westphalia in Brussels
The Young Group (Junge Gruppe) of the state parliament faction of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is coming to Brussels on the 18th December 2017.
Expert talk
PESCO, EDA, CARD – Michael Gahler cleares the fog of EU Defence Policy initiatives
KAS Media Corner
Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), European Defence Union (EDU), European Defence Industry Program (EDIDP), Defence Directorate-General (DG Defence) and Military-Schengen are newly added vocabulary to the EU jargon.
Symposium
Brussels DWT Talks 2 / 2017
AFSC – Alliance Future Surveillance and Control
After an introduction by the Brigadier General Wolfgang Wien, three keynote speeches will follow, evaluating AFSC from an industrial, national/international and humanitarian perspective.
Expert conference
European Policy Summit
Western Balkans at a Crossroad – New Challenges, Changing Dynamics
The annual summit brings together political, economic and societal representatives from the Western Balkan and offers a platform for exchange on current challenges and achievements for the region.
Workshop
Shaping the EU-Japan trade relations
The Economic Partnership Agreement
Japan is the EU’s second biggest trading partner in Asia. In 2013, the EU and Japan entered negotiations towards a free trade agreement often referred to as the “Economic Partnership Agreement” (EPA).
Expert talk
EUROPE IS OUR COMMON FUTURE
A Vision of the Hungarian V4 Presidency, the European Commission, and the European Parliament
"The European Union is facing unprecedented challenges, both global and domestic: regional conflicts, terrorism, growing migratory pressures, protectionism, and social and economic inequalities.”
Symposium
fully bookedDifferent, but not wrong
The political culture in Saxony in the Central European context
The shared intense experience of oppression and self-liberation links the Central European countries as well as similar social disruptions that date back to the period of socio-economic transformation after 1990.
Seminar
New impulses for the Christian-Social thinking
Revision of the Reinland Modell
Principles such as human dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity are fundamental starting points.
Workshop
One year anniversary of the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield
New challenges for transatlantic data flows
The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which aims to protect citizens’ information and increase transparency in the transatlantic exchange of data, recently celebrated its first anniversary.