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Tomorrow’s election could herald a political turnaround in Turkey
Tomorrow, on 24th June, early parliamentary and presidential elections will take place in Turkey. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the elections on April 18, with the aim of accelerating the…
Summary of our lecture with Nobel Prize laureate Jean Tirole in Berlin
On 14th June, 2018, we had the honour to welcome Nobel Prize laureate Jean Tirole for a lecture on “Europe at the Crossroads: Finding a Path towards the common Good”…
How to tell the EU’s Story: Summary of the 14th YPS in Nice
“How to tell the EU’s Story” was the topic of our 14th Young Professionals Seminar (YPS), which took place from June 9th – 10th in beautiful Nice, France. The seminar…
Nice is calling!
In only one week our second Young Professionals Seminar of this year starts in Nice: “How to tell the EU’s story”, a creative, intensive workshop with 20 outstanding young professionals…
PM has two weeks to put Brexit on paper. Good luck
“Parliament is in recess but ministers are trying to agree the government’s white paper on the future relationship with the EU. They might as well have gone on holiday”, writes…
Italy crisis reason to stay in EU, not a reason to quit
“Brexiters are cock-a-hoop about the full-blown political crisis in Italy” writes Hugo Dixon in his column on InFacts about the votes in Italy. “They claim it means the end of…
Our next CEO Roundtable: “Paradigm Shift: Redefining Alliances and Trade Relations”
Our next CEO Roundtable takes place on 26th June in Užutrakis Manor Palace near Vilnius, Lithuania under the topic “Paradigm Shift: Redefining Alliances and Trade Relations“. Faced with an existential…