THE NEW NORMAL OF EUROPEAN SECURITY | EVENT

07.09.2023 | 09:00 – 13:00 | European Parliament (Room JAN4Q1) and Livestream

This event is hosted by Greens/EFA MEPs Reinhard Bütikofer, Alviina Alametsä, Ernest Urtasun

Introduction

The European Union has been confronted with a growing number of complex, overlapping, cross-border crises even before Russia started its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Ukraine war has, of course, greatly aggravated the challenges, and has thus forced all of us to acknowledge that we need to deal with a new normal regarding European security. The half-day conference with two high-ranking panels organized by the Greens/EFA parliamentary group deals with this “New Normal of European Security”.

The panel “Rethinking European Security” will address various dimensions of security (including energy and climate security, industrial resilience, human security). The panel “Shaping a multilateral world – with whom?” will look at the question of who the EU should partner with to build more security in international relations.

Programme

08.00-09.00: Registration and Welcome coffee/tea

09.00-09.15: Introductory remarks by Reinhard Bütikofer MEP

09.15-10.30: Panel I: Rethinking European security: Looking at different dimensions of security

(Looking at military security, climate security, energy security, industrial resilience, and human security)

Experts:

Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Ghent University, Egmont Institute, Brussels
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Bertelsmann Foundation, Germany
Leonore Gewessler, Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment,
Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Prof. Dr. Guntram Wolff, German Council on Foreign Relations, Willy-Brandt School at University of Erfurt

Moderator: Dana Heide, Correspondent, Handelsblatt

10.30-11.00: Keynote speech “The new security realities in Europe and how to cope with the challenges”