EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE 2017

“Profiling the European Union in Times of Change”
How to safeguard and strengthen the EU’s values, principles and institutions?

7 – 9 June 2017
Lisbon, Portugal

The conference is hosted and organised by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Office for Spain and Portugal

Friday, June 9
09.00 Fourth session:

Elections in Europe 2017 and their impact on the EU
and its role in international politics

Chair
Diogo Belford
International Director, Instituto Amaro da Costa (IDL), Portugal

Keynotes

Elmar Brok
Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Germany

Jean-Dominique Giuliani
President, Robert Schuman Foundation, France

Prof. Gianfranco Pasquino
Professor of Political Science, SAIS Bologna Center, John Hopkins University, Italy

Discussants
Marek Ženíšek
Member of Parliament, Member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Defence, Czech Republic

Ioannis Kefalogiannis
Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Spokesperson of Nea Demokratia, Member of the Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Greece

Francisco de Borja Lasheras
Head of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Madrid Office

General Debate among Participants