Debate on the 2025 State of the Union Address
On September 10th, 2025 at 9:00, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her first SOTEU speech of her second mandate to the European Parliament. During a speech that...
The participants
The course is designed for officials involved in migration and asylum management working for the EU, its Member States and non-EU countries. It is also designed for professionals from NGOs, academia and legal practitioners and is especially relevant to media and journalists covering the topic.
Participants should have a university degree, a very good command of English and some relevant work experience.
Seats for this course are limited, in order to ensure an optimal environment that fosters discussions and facilitates networking.
The College of Europe reserves the right to select participants based on their academic and professional profile.
The trainers
The sessions are given by high-level speakers from the College of Europe’s experts network: a faculty of excellence consisting of practitioners with a sound working experience in and/or with the EU institutions.