"Our seminar started off on a self-critcal, yet proud European note. Looking back on the process of European integraton, which started in the 1950s, enormous progress has been achieved. This said, it is also clear that today, more than ever, the European Union is facing internal challenges and external threats as the world has become a more dangerous and unpredictable place in 2023. We attempted to address – at least briefly – some of those fundamental challenges and changes. We have done so by inviting representatves from four leading European member states and by bringing together agents from a broad variety of politcal, economic and cultural backgrounds to discuss the key concepts of European solidarity, sovereignty and the future of democracy."
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Article by Amélie Laura Baasner
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