In this liberal Europe, the children of immigrants have equal opportunities, even to become a Member of Parliament just like Grigoris Aggelidis MdB, a German politician (FDP) of Greek origin. In this event, we invite him to give us a fresh view about the future of liberalism in Europe and Greece. Moreover, we shall discuss the dimensions in the potential contribution to Greece from abroad.

In our Poland Newsletter guest contributor Dr. Milosz Hodun is giving us monthly updates about current news, events and all other things you need to know about Poland.

Greece remains with a majority government: Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Nea Dimokratia secured the majority in parliament with 39.9% of the vote. Alexis Tsipra’s SYRIZA party fell down to 31.5%. Dr. Athanasios Grammenos, Greece expert of the foundation, sees in this choice a polarization between left and right, with which the voters had to decide for the ‘smaller evil’. The liberal forces in Greece could not assert themselves in this polarized environment. For them, it remains to be hoped that Mitsotakis will now seek to reactivate the economy and privatize services. In any case, there will be no ‘liberal’ change of direction under Mitsotakis.

                  On 26 May 2019, more than 400 Million EU citizens were invited to exercise their democratic right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. Politics as usual? Only partially: For the first time ever, voter turnout rose and was even the highest for 20 years.… Read More

At this event, we will be presenting the main findings and policy reforms from the publication, discuss the current situation of youth in Europe and elaborate on ways in which they can be promoted and heard as active citizens.

This debate will give the audience the opportunity to gain exclusive insight into the current human rights situation in the Philippines. Special focus will lay herein on death penalty, the role of ASEAN and the EU, and EU-Philippine relations.