The IEP organises “Public Debates” on key topics of the current agenda of European politics. It invites distinguished speakers and other experts from academia, government and administration of member states and EU institutions to talk about challenges and perspectives of European integration. These issues are discussed in a forum where people interested in the development of European integration from academia, politics, media, pressure groups, embassies and non-governmental organisations meet. Through its Public Debates the IEP fulfils one of its major aims as think tank to promote the discourse on EU topics and encourage exchange between policy-makers, academics, journalists and citizens.
Public Debates – Archive
IEP Lunch Debate with Christian Schmidt: “State and Perspectives of European Security and Defense Policy”
State Secretary Schmidt presented an extensive overview of the development of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) and the placed new security challenges of the changed strategic environment following the end of the East-West Conflict in connection with the …
IEP Lunch Debate with Axel SCHÄFER: “From Rome to Berlin: 50 Years of the Treaties of Rome. Quo vadis Europa?”
The look back at 50 years of successful European integration must be used as an occasion to examine four central areas of European integration. Schäfer thus identified the trajectory, the structure, enlargement and the further politicisation of the European Union. …
Lunch Debate with Andrew DUFF: “How to Rescue the European Constitution”
Andrew DUFF, MEP, Spokesperson for Constitutional Affairs of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament, presented an action plan describing how the core elements of the European Constitutional Treaty can be rescued despite the …
IEP Lunch Debate with Dr. Joachim WUERMELING: “From Internal Market to Economic Patriotism?”
The European internal market has become the “centrepiece” of European integration but is in some ways still an incomplete project of the Union, explainedDr. Joachim WUERMELING, State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology. Because the success …
IEP Lunch Debate with Peter TEMPEL: “Results and Evaluation of the European Council”
Ministerial Director Peter TEMPEL, Head of the Europe Bureau of the German Federal Foreign Office, emphasised that the most important result of the European summit was that the goal of bringing the European constitutional process to a successful conclusion will continue …
IEP Lunch Debate with Günther VERHEUGEN: “European Policy for Growth and Employment”
In his talk Günther VERHEUGEN, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, emphasised three main points: the deepening of the EU, its economic future, and the international responsibility of the EU. Verheugen let there be no …
IEP Lunch Debate with Peter ALTMAIER: “The Internal Security of the EU: Current Developments and Perspectives”
The European Union today can only reduce the “dissatisfaction of citizens toward Europe” through a demonstration of its capacity to act. State Secretary Altmaier, from 2002 to 2003 a deputy member at the EU constitutional convention and previously at the …
IEP Lunch Debate with Dr. Angelica SCHWALL-DÜREN: “How to Proceed with the EU Constitutional Process?”
The constitution is not dead. This was the assessment with which Dr. Schwall-Düren, MP, Deputy Chair of the SPD Bundestag Faction, opened this IEP Lunch Debate on “How to Proceed with the EU Constitutional Process”. There still exists in Europe …