Clingendael
Organisation
The Clingendael Institute
Date & Time
24 January 2012
Location
Huys Clingendael, Clingendael 7, The Hague
Participation
If you wish to attend, you are kindly requested to register in advance by sending an email to Birgit Leiteritz.
Information & Registration
Lunch Seminar Expectations of the upcoming European Council meeting, 24 January 2012
Europe is examining ways out of the financial and economic crisis. The next European Council meeting of January 30 will address the treaty change as well as the possibilities of economic growth. Will European leaders be able to create the necessary stability for the Eurozone and will the Council meeting show the unity that is needed?
The Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’ organises a lunch seminar on the expectations of the upcoming European Council on Tuesday January 24.
Programme:
- 12h00 - Registration and Lunch
- 12h30 - Opening and introduction Adriaan Schout of the Clingendael Institute
- 12h40 - Expectations on the upcoming European Council meeting Piotr Maciej Kaczynski, research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. He is an expert on political integration of the EU and the inter-institutional developments.
- 13h00 - Comments Jan Marinus Wiersma, senior visiting fellow of the Clingendael Institute. He served for fifteen years as member of the European Parliament.
- 13h10 - Questions and answers
- 14h00 - Ending
This meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule. When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.