The event is closed for a public and the participation is possible only after prior invitation.

A joint policy paper of analysts from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia will be presented at the event. Moreover, other experts from Germany, Sweden and other non-Eurozone countries will discuss implications of possible Eurozone integration (as outlined in the Five Presidents’ Report) for convergence of the EU.

PROGRAM

13:00 – 13:15              Registration

13:15 – 14:45              The view from the V4 (presentation of the policy paper)

(perspective of the Euro adoption; EU debate after the UK referendum; special role of Slovakia; V4+Germany relations)

• Vladimír Bilčík, Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA), Bratislava
• Vít Dostál, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Prague
• Kryštof Kruliš, Association for International Affairs (AMO), Prague
• Tamás Szemlér, National University of Public Service, Budapest
• Paweł Zerka, WiseEuropa, Warsaw

14:45 – 15:00             Coffee break

15:00 – 16:30             The bigger picture: Eurozone and the rest?

(compliance of the deeper Eurozone integration and the search for new EU–wide narrative; guarantees of the inviolability of the Internal Market; institutional aspects; geopolitical implications for non-Eurozone countries, progress of the Five Presidents’ Report)

• Mats Braun, Metropolitan University Prague, Prague
• Jan-Martin Frie, European Policy Strategy Centre of the European Comission, Brussels
• Jörg Haas, Jacques Delors Institut, Berlin
• Paweł Tokarski, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
• Aleš Chmelař, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Prague

Date and time

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

13:00-17:00

Location

European House

Jungmannova 24

Prague

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Organizer

AMO

In cooperation with

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Representation of the European Commission in the Czech Republic

WORKING LANGUAGES

English