Regional Liberal Conference – QVO VADIS EVROPA 2024?

NEXT STEPS IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND EU ENLARGEMENT

Programme 

Saturday, 14 December 2024
Arrival of international participants
Aleksandar Palace Hotel Congress Centre & SPA
Blvd. 8th September No. 15, Skopje 1000, North Macedonia

16:30 LIBSEEN Round-Table “Can the EU integrate the whole Balkans by 2030?”

Leaders from both EU and non-EU members of the Region provide input

Words of Welcome:
-Goran Neralić, former LIBSEEN SG, Head of Projects, European Liberal Forum
-Marijana Puljak MP, Centar Former Co-President
-Behija Kulović, NS Vice President
-Aris Movesijan, PSG Vice President
-Valentin Tonchev, former MP, MRF Vice President

Concluding remarks:
-Roman Jakič, LIBSEEN Coordinator, Former Minister of Defence

18:00 LIBSEEN Steering Council meeting
Internal discussions, renewal of structures, future action plan
Co-operation with present international partners ALDE, ELF, VVD, LibDems & others

19:40 Departure to dinner venue
20:00 Dinner for the international participants

Words of welcome
-Monika Zajkova, LDP President

Kafana Shapjz
Boemska ulica, Skopje

Sunday, 15 December 2024
08:00 -LIBSEEN Leaders Forum
08:30 -Registration of participants and media
Moderator: Emil Kirjas, LI Vice President, Founder of Kirjas Global

09:00 Opening of the Conference
-Monika Zajkova MP, LDP President
-Roman Jakič, LIBSEEN Coordinator
-Dan Barna MEP, ALDE Party Vice President, Former Deputy Prime Minister

09:30 Panel: “A Region that Rapidly Arms: A European Defence Perspective”

-Leaders from the region and EU on the wars on the continent, European security and defence
-Roman Jakič, LIBSEEN Coordinator, Former Minister of Defence
-Yevheniia Kravchuk MP, ALDE VP, Deputy Chair Com. Humanitarian and Information Policy
-Vatroslav Belan, LPCG President, Former State Secretary of State of Media
-David Chalmers, Chair of LibDem International Relations Committee
Comments: Representatives from the region

10:45 Coffee break

11:00 Panel: “Addressing Global Competitive Narratives: Is the EU Still Attractive?”

-Leaders from the region and EU on global geopolitics, enlargement momentum, EU reform
-Dan Barna MEP, ALDE Vice President, AFET member, Former Deputy Prime Minister
-Abir Al Sahlani MEP, Vice Chair Committee on Development, European Parliament
-Fabio Massimo Castaldo, former Vice President of European Parliament
-Bernard Nikaj, Professor, former Ambassador to the European Union
-Monika Zajkova MP, LDP President, Chief of Delegation to the OSCE PA

12:15 Concluding remarks
-Timčo Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs
-Monika Zajkova MP, LDP President

12:30 Press statement
13:00 Lunch

followed by departure of participants