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Welcome to
the fifth annual international conference on European integration
EUROPE
AFTER THE LISBON TREATY
Thursday
20
May 2010
We are pleased for being able to host this international
conference about post-Lisbon Europe at a time when the European Union is
undertaking a series of important policy reforms. Building upon the experience
from our academic conferences in the past four years, we hope that this
gathering will present an excellent opportunity for intensified dialogue on the
common European future. We expect prominent domestic and international
researchers to make use of this forum, offering an insightful and valuable
exchange of ideas on one of the most important issues on the international
agenda.
Participants will address, among others, the following topics:
·
What should be
the real benefits from the Lisbon Treaty in streamlining common European efforts
in key areas – economy, energy stability, human rights, and the well-being of
the people?
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Will
Europe assume a bigger role in the world
or
the world affairs are to be decided largely within an emerging axe of power –
G2, Washington and Beijing occupying the central spots?
·
What are the
potentials of post-Lisbon EU in forging more efficient common response to
financial and economic recession of similar proportions as the last one?
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Does the Lisbon
Treaty have potentials to consolidate the political will in supporting the
enlargement process and to avoid enlargement fatigue?
·
Business
environment in Europe after the Lisbon Treaty and economic nationalisms as an
entrenched long-standing doctrine.
Join us for this conference in Skopje on 20 May 2010. The
academic debates had always made an important contribution in shaping our
responses to the common challenges. While sharing the responsibility for the
contemporary affairs we all should have a stake in our future, as well!
Sincerely Yours,
Dr Biro Gaspar
UACS Rector
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