Europe and the Prospects of Enlargement
Rome, Thursday 15 - Friday 16 February 2007
Hotel Cicerone, via Cicerone 55/c
Agenda
Thursday, February 15th, 2007 — Closed door workshop
15h30 Welcome
16h00-17h00 What kind of Europe?
EU enlargement and institutional reforms.
Chair:
Pier Carlo Padoan, Director, Fondazione Italianieuropei, Italy
Speakers:
Mehmet Dülger President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Turkish Parliament, Turkey
Caspar Einem, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Austrian Parliament, Austria
Ivan Krastev, Executive Director of the International Commission on the Balkans and Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
17h00-17h15 Coffee break
17h15-18h30 Discussion
18h30-19h00 Press briefing:
Massimo D’Alema, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of Fondazione Italianieuropei, Italy
20h30 Dinner
Keynote speech:
Massimo D’Alema, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of Fondazione Italianieuropei, Italy
Friday, February 16th, 2007 — Open seminar (by invitation)
9h00-9h15 Opening address: Giuliano Amato, Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Scientific Board of Fondazione Italianieuropei, Italy
9h15-10h45 How to make a success of the EU’s future enlargements.
The role of governments and institutions.
Introductory remarks:
Michael Leigh, Director-General for Enlargement, European Commission
Chair:
Lucio Caracciolo, Director, Limes, Italy
Speakers:
Vladimir Drobnjak, Chief Negotiator for Accession Negotiations with the European Union and Deputy Head of State delegation, Croatia
Tanja Mišcevic, Director, European Integration Office, Government of the Republic of Serbia
Radmila Sekerinska, President, Social Democratic Union, fyr Macedonia
Ernst Stetter, Director, eu Office, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Germany
10h45-11h00 Coffee break
11h00-13h00 How to make a success of the EU’s future enlargements.
Enlargement and European citizens.
Introductory remarks:
Famiano Crucianelli, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Italy
Chair:
Marilena Koppa, Vice President, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (istame), Greece
Speakers:
Adrian Severin, Member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies and member of the European Parliament, Romania
Gerald Knaus, President, European Stability Initiative (esi),
Germany
Mensur Akgün, Director, Foreign Policy Program, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (tesev), Turkey
Conclusion:
Umberto Ranieri, Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies, Italy
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