With the growing dominance of Social Media Platforms as means of everyday communication, questions and concerns connected with the spread of hate speech seem to have exploded.
Tackling online hate: Do we need a European Social Media Law?
Upcoming Event: United in Military Diversity
Every national military has its unique culture. This is being expressed in terms of citizen’s and employee’s rights of the individual soldier, the steepness of hierarchy, focus of training, exercise of leadership and the experience of combat, just to name a few.
Upcoming Event: Building fearless democracies with Gerald Hensel
Social media has been a blessing for the speed and accessibility of information… but also a major curse when it comes to fake news or online hate.
Upcoming Event: Liberal Lunch with Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas
Estonia is about to complete the first half of its EU council presidency. With the multi-facetted challenges the European Union is currently facing, Estonia has ascribed itself to the Motto of ‘Unity through balance’ in order to reconcile the EU Member States.
Upcoming Event: Animate Europe International Comics Competition 2017 – Award Ceremony
Animate Europe International Comics Competition 2017
Award ceremony, exhibition and reception
Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 18.30-21.30
Venue: Belgian Comic Strip Center, Rue des Sables, 1000 Brussels
The EU has surely experienced easier times – outside forces and
internal struggles are shaking the once strong and confident body to its very core. The European heartbeat has lost its rhythm. What can we do to “Re-Animate Europe”? That is the question the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom asked comic artists and graphic novelists in the third round of their international comic competition “Re-Animate Europe”. Find out what vision our seven finalists, selected out of more than 70 entries, have for a newly revived Europe”!
Have a look at the entries and meet the artists!
Programme
18.30 Registration
19.00 Award ceremony
20.00 Reception/ atmospheric music by Sofie la Digue & the Blue Skies
Kindly register for this event before 7 July 2017: https://tinyurl.com/reanimate2017 *
Welcome
Willem De Graeve
Director, Belgian Comic Strip Center
Remarks
Dr. Wolf-Dieter Zumpfort
Member of the Board of Directors, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Gesine Meissner MEP,
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Maura McHugh & Gert Jan Pos
Comic Book Writer Teacher, editor, photographer
Re-Animate Europe Jury Members
Awards
Hans H. Stein
Director European and Transatlantic Dialogue, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
*Please note that you will be forwarded to a Google sheet. Should you wish to register with us directly, please send an email to register.brussels@fnst.org. Photographs will be taken at the event for use on the FNF website, social media, in the press, FNF marketing materials, and other publications. By entering this event, you consent to FNF photographing and using your image and likeness.
Upcoming event: Reforming the EU: A view from Poland by Ryszard Petru
Recent elections in the Netherlands and France have shown that the citizens’ desire of a strong European Union has not dissolved. Nevertheless, the EU stands at crossroads and has to re-define itself, especially when looking at the Member States to the East.
Poland’s relationship with the EU has deteriorated since the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party came into power. The first ever “rule-of-law procedure” undertaken by the European Commission against Poland, points to a bigger problem: the rise of illiberal democracy in some countries of the EU. In which direction is Poland heading and what are the chances to stop the democratic slide?
Upcoming Event: What Future for NATO?
The heads of government of NATO member states will inaugurate the alliance’s brand new headquarters in Brussels on May 25th.
American president Donald Trump will make his very first appearance in the North Atlantic Council and in Europe in general.
