Events

The Chairman of the Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, travelled to Berlin on 8th and 9th December to take part in the 8th Congress on European Defence and Security. He spoke at the first round table on the theme of: Developing the European Security Strategy - how to implement a modified strategic concept?"

The president of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani, is invited by the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia to participate on the 26th and 27th October in the conference, "The social market economy in Europe- a model society for globalisation?" This conference will mark the end of the 2008/2009 France North Rhine-Westphalia season.

One month before the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the Robert Schuman Foundation will attend the symposium organised in Cork by University College and Alliance française on 1st September about the European Citizenship. During this symposium, hold under the High Patronage of Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, Micheal Martin, Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs, will adress a keynote speech.

Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nadezhda Mihailova organised a conference on 15th and 16th May with the support of the Robert Schuman Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation entitled "A European approach to the new challenges to security in the modern world: combating violent extremism, organised crime and corruption." Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former President of the French Republic and former President of the European Convention was attending.

The European Institute of Romania and the Embassy of France in Romania are organising a conference in Bucharest on 13th May on the theme of "The European Institutions at a Crossroads," with the Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani in attendance. This event is the fourteenth conference since 2007 in the series 'Romania-France - Together in Europe"; the aim is to provide a Franco-Romanian perspective on Romania's integration of Europe.

On 7th May the Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Jean-Dominique Giuliani travelled to Riga to take part in a conference entitled "Belonging to Europe - History, Culture and Political Identity" notably together with former Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga. Michel Foucher, member of the Foundation's Scientific Committee took also part.

Jean-Dominique Giuliani is the guest speaker at the annual Jean Monnet Memorial Lecture of the Institute for European Studies at the European Business School in London. He gave a speech on: "Defence and Diplomacy: What Next for Europe?".

Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation and Joachim Bitterlich, Vice-President of Notre Europe, together with the Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman Foundations are organising the fourth meeting of the Club Rhénan on 18th March in Berlin. This is a meeting, by invitation only, of German and French personalities from all walks of society (political, business, research, media, cultural) to enhance cooperation between the two countries. The event will be dedicated to the economic and financial crisis and trans-Atlantic relations.

The Robert Schuman Foundation together with the GERB organised a conference entitled "Europe and Energy: new state of play and challenges for Bulgaria?" on 15th January in Sofia, Bulgaria. Tsvetan Tsvetanov, Chairman of the GERB introduced the conference followed by Pascale Joannin, Director General of the Foundation. Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Foundation spook on the theme of "For a true European Energy Policy."

On the occasion of its 60th anniversary the Franco-German institute of Ludwigsburg is organising on 27th and 28th November together with the Robert Bosch Foundation a conference entitled "Franco-German co-operation in Europe in the 21st century" in which Jean-Dominique Giuliani, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation took part.