In Zagreb on the EU facing geopolitical challenges : is it still the answer?

IRMO and the French Institute in Zagreb organized on Thursday, 10 September 2015 in the premises of the Mediatheque a discussion on current issues facing the European Union under the title „Faced with the intensity of global and geopolitical challenges, is Europe still the answer? A meeting of French and Croatian views“.

Following the main line of the State of the Union address which the President of the European Commission delivered on Wednesday, 9 September 2015 to the European Parliament, the speakers focused on main issues raised by Mr Juncker in his speech – the migration crisis, the Greek crisis and the future of the Eurozone, British proposals for reforming the EU, conflict in Ukraine and relations with Russia, concluding with a brief comment on climate change which is to be more broadly discussed at a conference planned for October. The two commentators were :

• Yves Bertoncini, director of the Institute Jacques Delors from Paris,
• Daniel Mondekar, Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the Croatian Parliament,

The moderator Senada Šelo Šabić from IRMO provided for a lively debate with contributions from the engaged public.