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Event Review: The Rising Challenge of Disinformation
And its impact on the upcoming 2024 European Election
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting an event on the rising challenge of disinformation and its impact on the upcoming 2024 European Election 🇪🇺, in collaboration with the Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW). Our panelists: Matthias Diermeier (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft), Sabrina Spieleder (European External Action Service - EEAS), and Rasa Juknevičienė, MEP shared valuable insights from practical and as well as academic perspective. They engaged in a thought-provoking discussion led by moderator Julian Sommer (German Economic Institute), addressing the current status quo, challenges, and opportunities. 🗣️ Additionally, Madame Ambassador Daniela Morari from the Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the EU offered unique perspectives based on Moldova's experiences with Russian disinformation campaigns.
Expert talk
Counting Down to the 2024 U.S. Elections
A Year in different Perspectives
As the 2024 U.S. Elections approach, the European Union (EU) is keenly aware of the potential ramifications these elections might have on its future and the longstanding transatlantic relation-ship. The historic bond between the U.S. and the EU, founded on mutual values and collaborative endeavors, is at a juncture. The election results could either bolster the principles of multilateral-ism and international alliances, reminiscent of the Biden era, or lead to a shift in U.S. foreign poli-cy that might challenge the unity between the two.
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Event Review: Counting down to the 2024 U.S. Elections
A Year in Different Perspectives
Today, we had the pleasure of discussing the upcoming 2024 U.S. elections 🇺🇸🗳️ with the director of our Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA office, Paul Linnarz, and transatlantic expert of the European Policy Centre, Ricardo Borges de Castro. During the event, we had the opportunity to clarify the current political landscape in the U.S. for everyone and discuss possible scenarios for the election's outcome. We put this into perspective when discussing the consequences of that outcome for the European Union 🇪🇺 and explored how the EU, if it has, prepared for any of these scenarios. We concluded that the EU needs to prepare well for what’s to come but, at the same time, accept any result and work with what’s there in a very unified manner. There is a lack of rationale for initiating an additional trade conflict, given the concurrent challenges being addressed by both the U.S. and the EU. The resilience of transatlantic relations is assured; it is imperative to approach these complexities with a strategic and collaborative perspective. 🌍🇺🇸🇪🇺 Thank you very much to our guests and moderator Katrin Pribyl for joining us live from D.C. and Brussels today. We are very happy to have welcomed 45 participants who contributed with their questions and comments! 🙌🎉
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The Morning After – The Netherlands have voted
Online-Event
The European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is very pleased to invite you to the next session of our event format "The Morning After". In this online format, we are monitoring the Parliamentary and/or Presidential Elec-tions in European states and discuss the results with our KAS colleagues in the respective country. Furthermore, we try to assess the implications the result could have for the country’s relationship with the European Union. This ses-sion will focus on the Netherlands, where Parliamentary Elections are scheduled for 22 November 2023.
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KAS Europe Talks
EU-Latin America Relations between Partnership and Geopolitical Rivalries
The European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is very pleased to invite you to the next session of our event format "KAS Europe Talks". In this format, the European Office regularly organizes a discussion with the Director of another KAS Office, focusing on recent developments in the respective countries or regions as well as on the status quo of relations with the European Union. This event focuses on Latin America and its relations with the EU between partnership and geopolitical rivalries.
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Rückblick: KAS Europe Talks
EU-Latin America Relations between Partnership and Geopolitical Rivalries
Yesterday, we had the pleasure of being joined virtually by our colleague Sebastian Grundberger of the KAS Regional Programme Party Support and Democracy in Latin America as well as Director of the KAS Office in Uruguay for our event “KAS Europe Talks: EU-Latin America Relations between Partnership and Geopolitical Rivalries”. Besides recent national developments in Argentina 🇦🇷, Brazil 🇧🇷 and Chile 🇨🇱, we focused on relations to the European Union 🇪🇺 against the backdrop of global challenges like climate change or Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Mr Grundberger underlined the close connection between both continents but also pointed out different standpoints on certain issues. He also stressed the importance of the ratification of the EU-MERCOSUR Agreement 🤝 to ensure further trade relations – among others – in future-oriented fields like renewable energies. 🌿 Thank you very much to Mr Grundberger for sharing his assessment live from Montevideo and to 25 participants, who enriched the discussion with their questions and comments! 🙂
Book presentation
Stark nach außen, sanft nach innen: Plädoyer für ein vorsichtiges Europa
Buchpräsentation von René Cuperus, Clingendael Institute (Niederlande)
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EU-Moldova Relations between EU Accession and Domestic Tensions
KAS Europe Talks
The European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is very pleased to invite you to the next session of our event format "KAS Europe Talks". In this format, the European Office regularly organizes a discussion with the Director of another KAS Office, focusing on recent devel-opments in the respective countries or regions as well as on the status quo of relations with the European Union. This event focuses on the Republic of Moldova and its relations with the EU against the backdrop of domestically turbulent times.
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The Role of National Minorities in the European Union
South Tyrol as a role model for other regions?
The Role of National minorities in the European Union is a topic that oftentimes receives less attention than matters that concern a bigger share of the population and/or are supported by more influential groups on a national or European level. At the same time, National minorities are an integral part of European societies and are the living example of the approach “United in diversity”, which applies to the European family as a whole but also to national states.
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China´s growing presence in Central and Eastern Europe. A matter of concern?
Conference about Europe's China Strategy
China's economic and political presence has expanded rapidly almost everywhere in the world over the past decade. In the United States, Japan, and even the European Union, attention to its impact has increased. In 2019, the European Commission and the EU diplomatic service published a document simply titled "EU-China - A Strategic Outlook." In it, China is described as a partner, an economic competitor, and a systemic rival.