Events - Brussels European Office
Expert conference
20 Years Eastern Enlargement of the European Union
Taking stock and looking ahead
In this edition of our full-day conference in cooperation with the Andrássy Universität Budapest, we want to take stock of the achievements of 20 years of EU membership of the Central and Eastern European countries, give an outlook on the Hungarian EU Council Presidency, and discuss the various challenges for the EU and the Central and Eastern European region.
Expert talk
KAS-DWT Brüsseler Gespräch
KAS-DWT "Brüsseler Gespräch I" - Austausch zu EDIS und EDIP
Das Europabüro der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung lädt Sie in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Wehrtechnik (DWT) herzlich zum ersten Brüsseler Gespräch 2024 am Montag, den 13. Mai von 12:00 - 14:00 Uhr ein. Im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung stehen traditionell verteidigungs- und sicherheitspolitische Themen. Diesmal werfen wir einen Blick auf die neu vorgestellte EDIS (European Defence Industrial Strategy) sowie das EDIP (European Defence Industrial Programme) der EU-Kommission und die Frage, welche Auswirkungen beide auf die Verteidigungsfähigkeiten Deutschlands und Europas haben werden.
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EU-Serbia Relations between Accession and Alienation
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 developments in the respective countries or regions as well as on the status quo of relations with the European Union. This event takes a closer look at Serbia and its relations with the EU after more than eight years of accession negotiations.
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Rethinking Global Trade – Where is it heading?
Virtual Debate of the KAS-BDI Working Group Trade
In the beginning of the year, many economists were cautiously optimistic towards global trade growth. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions have put global supply chains under increased strain, just as they were beginning to recover from the effects of the global pandemic. The resulting current rise in inflation, initially considered to be temporary by many Central Banks, is now expected to be a more long-term phenomenon due to the new geopolitical reality.
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The Dutch government between ambitious domestic plans and challenging developments abroad
Online Event
Almost exactly 100 days ago, the new government of the Netherlands was sworn in and concluded the longest negotiation period in the history of the country. This is all the more astonishing, since the incumbent four party coalition reaching from conservative liberal Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) over social liberal Democraten 66 (D66) and Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) to the Calvinist ChristenUnie (CU) has already led the country during the last legislative term. Nevertheless, the old and new government set out an ambitious plan to make the Netherlands climate-neutral, to ensure affordable housing in all parts of the country and to play a constructive role on the European stage, where the country has often expressed outspoken views, which regularly weren’t shared by the Southern EU member states.
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Geopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe
Conference
On behalf of the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Andrássy University Budapest, we are honoured to invite you to participate in our international conference "Geopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe".
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Think Digital! AI Act Status Update
How to balance potential risks and benefits of industrial AI in horizontal regulation
"Think Digital!" 2022 is a project by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Electro and Digital Industry Association (ZVEI). In a series of high-level political events in Brussels throughout 2022, we will bring together representatives from the European Institutions, think tanks, research institutions, civil society, and the private sector.
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The Strategic Compass – A true milestone in European Defence and Security Policy?
Online Event
"Europe is in danger" expressed the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy a few weeks ago. The famous statement of Josep Borrell may have sounded exaggerated to some ears but against the backdrop of a war at the gates of the European Union and the uncertain geopolitical future – also with a view to China and the global balance of power – the statement seems now more accurate than ever.
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Europe's greatest achievement – The Single Market as a way towards Post-Pandemic-Recovery?
Virtual Debate of the KAS-BDI Working Group Single Market 2022
In April 2020, one month after many European countries closed their borders to stop the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, a letter, signed by 23 CEOs of leading European companies, called on EU leaders to turn the Single Market into the continents central instrument for economic recovery. Faced with the risk of rising unilateral action by EU member states, the industrial leaders argued that the response should be more, not less Europe.
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The Morning After – Slovenia has 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 Elections 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 session will focus on Slovenia, where the Parliamentary Elections 2022 are scheduled for 24 April.
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fully bookedVeranstaltungsreihe „Wie wir morgen leben wollen“
Das Europa von morgen – sicher, friedlich und wirtschaftlich erfolgreich?
Die Zukunft Europas und der Europäischen Union ist eines der am häufigsten diskutierten Themen in Brüssel und – in geringerem Ausmaß – in den EU-Mitgliedsstaaten sowie Staaten, die eine Mitgliedschaft in der Union anstreben. Der von Präsident Emmanuel Macron erstmals vorgeschlagene und von Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen später aufgegriffene Prozess der „Konferenz zur Zukunft Europas“ sollte die Bürgerinnen und Bürger der EU mit den Entscheidungsträgern in Brüssel zusammenbringen und eine breit aufgestellte Diskussion über die Zukunft unseres Kontinents in Gang setzen. Nach zahlreichen Bürgerpanels und Diskussionen in den verschiedenen Ratspräsidentschaften steht dieser Prozess kurz vor seinem Abschluss. Inwiefern sich die thematisierten Schwerpunkte in einer eventuellen Neuausrichtung oder Anpassung der EU wiederfinden, wird die Zukunft zeigen, doch auch losgelöst von diesem Hintergrund stellt sich ganz grundsätzlich die Frage, wie das Europa von morgen ausgestaltet sein soll.
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The Morning After – France has 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 Elections 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 session will focus on France, where the first round of the Presidential Elections is scheduled for 10 April 2022.