MISSION STATEMENT

In the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe, planned for the next two years, the IIP takes a deeper look at the main challenges, domestic and international, awaiting the European Union in the next five to ten years. The main idea of this initiative is to bring the European Union closer to the citizens and to have a two-year long debate before the next elections to the European Parliament in 2024. The conference was first suggested by French President Emmanuel Macron in March 2019. Macron argued it should “propose all the necessary changes to our political project, without any taboos, not even treaty revision.”

The IIP discusses some major challenges for the European Union in interviews with various experts on issues like Environment, Digitalization, Economy, Geopolitics, European Values, the International Role of the EU, Democracy and many more. The main idea is to look at the medium and long-term future of the EU and what reforms need to be done, including in close cooperation with young people and civil society.

PROJECT AND ACTIVITIES

2021

In the context of the Conference on The Future of Europe, planned for the next two years, the IIP asked experts to take a deeper look on the main challenges, domestically and internationally, for the European Union in the next four years.

Short Statement Videos

In-depth Analysis by Experts

Experts:

Franz Baumann, Visiting Research Professor at New York University, former United Nations Special Adviser on Environment and Peace Operations

Monika Begovic, President of the Atlantic Council of Croatia, IIP Executive Board member

Djordje Bojovic, expert of the Initiative ‘Young Generations for the New Western Balkans’

Irina Bolgova, associate professor in the Department of Applied Analysis at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), IIP Advisory Board member

Adnan Cerimagic, Analyst at the European Stability Initiative, IIP Advisory Board member

Claudia Gamon, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe Group)

Gudrun Kramer, Director of the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), IIP Advisory Board member

Stefan Lehne, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels

Hanno Loewy, curator and writer, Director of the Jewish Museum Hohenems

Bruno Maçães, political scientist, former Europe Minister of Portugal

Lukas Mandl, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the European People's Party)

Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University, IIP Executive Board member

Andreas Schieder, Member of the European Parliament (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats)

Elke Schraik, Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for European Integration Research
Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, Ambassador (ret.), Secretary General of the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe

Katsiaryna Shmatsina, Researcher, Rethink.CEE Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States

Hannes Swoboda, President of the IIP, former MEP

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