Sessions
MONDAY
AUGUST
21
10:00 - 12:00
From 09:30 to 10:00 h. - Press conference
The European Union in the face of war and peace in Ukraine
OPENING SESSION. Si vis pacem para verbum.
- Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Dmitró Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. (Online)
FROM 11:00 TO 12:00 H. - THE VISION OF THE NEIGHBOURS
- Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
- Alexander Schallenberg, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria.
- Áurea Moltó: Executive Director for Foreign Policy.
- Moderator: Josep Borrel, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
MONDAY
AUGUST
21
15:30 - 17:00
EU support for Ukraine
FROM 15:30 TO 16:00 h.
- Admiral Hervé Blejean, Former Director General of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS).
FROM 16:00 TO 17:00 h - PANEL DISCUSSION
- Borja Lasheras, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis.
- Cristina Manzano, Director of es.global.
- Jesús Núñez Villaverde, Co-Director of the Institute for Studies on Conflict and Humanitarian Action.
- Moderator: Francisco Fonseca.
TUESDAY
AUGUST
22
10:00 - 12:00
Enlargement and Neighbourhood. The Western Balkans on their way towards the European Union
FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 h.
- Olta Xhaçka, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania (online).
- Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia.
- Áurea Moltó, Executive Director for Foreign Policy.
- Moderator: Esther Orsini-Rosenberg.
Looking East: the EU vis-á-vis Russia and its alliance with China
Daniela Schwarzer, Member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board.
TUESDAY
AUGUST
22
15:30 - 17:00
Europe as a Geopolitical Actor in Security and Defence
- Nicole Gnesotto, Vice-President of the Jacques Delors Institute.
- Admiral Hervé Blejean, Former Director General of the European Union Military Staff (EUMS).
- Moderator: Josep Borrel, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST
23
10:00 - 12:20
China: The EU in the face of China's Emergency
- Yves Tiberghien, Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and the Institut of Political Science in Paris.
- Alice Ekman, Senior Analyst at the European Institute for Security Studies.
- Eugenio Bregolat, Former Spanish Ambassador to Russia and China.
- Moderator: Francisco Fonseca.
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST
23
15:30 - 17:00
EU Energy Policy in the Geo-Political context
Cristina Narbona Ruiz, 1st Vice-President of the Senate.
THURSDAY
AUGUST
24
10:00 - 12:00
The EU from the African perspective
- Aissaita Tall Sall, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal.
- Gerald Knaus, Chairman of the European Stability Initiative.
- José Segura, General Director of Casa África.
THURSDAY
AUGUST
24
15:30 - 17:00
The EU and the economic consequences of war
Jonás Fernández Álvarez, Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament.
FRIDAY
AUGUST
25
10:00 - 12:00
The construction of a political Europe in the face of the fragmentation of the global system
- Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
- Nathalie Tocci, Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali.
- Paul Magnette, Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Mayor of Charleroi.
