Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

12 January 2010 4:30-6:00pm

Residence Palace, Polak Room - Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 BRUSSELS

With ratification of the new Treaty behind it, the European Union is under pressure to "return to the serious business of governing". At this critical juncture in the EU's development, nine leading Brussels-based think tanks (the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory (Bruegel), the Centre For European Studies (CEPS), the Egmont Institute, The European Policy Centre (EPC), Friends of Europe - Les Amis de l'Europe, the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), in cooperation with Agence Europe initiated an annual forum to deal with the Union's emerging politico-strategic agenda.

How can the EU best apply its new institutional apparatus to incipient societal and global challenges including climate policy, migration, the economic crisis and global governance? The results of a brainstorming exercise by policymakers and other experts on the Copenhagen Agreement, the current financial crisis, the Stockholm Programme, as well as the EU's role in a changing global environment were presented for discussion. Below are the key documents from the event:

   Read Pierre Defraigne's Speech

   Read Agence Europe's Summary of the Forum

   Read the Forum's Press Release