The Promise to the Balkans
Public event about the further Enlargement of the EU
Thursday 20 September, 20:00– 22:00
ProDemos- Huis voor democratie en rechtsstaat, Hofweg 1H, The Hague
Entrance free
Working language English
Thursday 20 September, 20:00– 22:00
ProDemos- Huis voor democratie en rechtsstaat, Hofweg 1H, The Hague
Entrance free
Working language English
20:00 Welcome
By: Moderator Kirsten Meijer (International Secretary of the PvdA)
20:05 The EU enlargement: most successful foreign policy instrument of the EU?
Speaker: Frans Timmermans (Dutch MP for the PvdA)
20:30 Croatia's accession to the EU: what have been the main challenges and what will the accession bring to Croatia?
Speaker: Tonino Picula (MP of the Croatian Parliament and observer member within the
European Parliament)
21:00 Debate about the current status of the EU enlargement of the Western Balkan countries
What is the current status of these countries in the EU enlargement process? What
influence did the Eurocrisis have on these countries and on their future in the EU?
Speakers: Danny de Paepe (European Parliament Information bureau in The Hague)
and Jan Marinus Wiersma (former Dutch MEP for the PvdA).
21:30 Q&A with the audience
21:55 Closure
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