10 years of EU25: Is the bigger Europe a better place for life?

Ten years ago the enlargement of the EU has brought many hopes and new challenges. Soon after the EU had accommodated in the new situation, the politicians had to solve even more challenging moments, such as the global economic crisis in 2008 or the latest crisis in the Ukraine. The European project seems to be on the crossroad. One direction embodies further integration or even federalization of the continent, while the other can bring a strengthening of the nationalistic politics. Concerning such a decision, what should we learn from the last ten years? The first in a series of debates by Czech Centre Berlin and Czech political weekly RESPEKT should focus on such questions. In addition, the timing offers a great possibility to comment on the upcoming European Parliamentary elections.

Invited speakers: Ondřej Liška, Chair of the Czech Green Party, party's leader in the European Parliament election; Christoph Schwennicke, Editor-in-chief of Cicero; János Can Togay, Director of Collegium Hungaricum Berlin. Moderation: Tomáš Sacher, Czech political weekly RESPEKT.

The debate will be held in English.