European Union and its neighbours

Focusing on an enlarged EU, including its security and new membership, this programme examines relationships within and beyond the Union.

Meetings are convened to discuss issues on reforming economic structures as a prerequisite to peace and prosperity.  As well as addressing the accession of Turkey and South East European countries, events have also focussed on diverse topics of EU importance such as migration and gas security.

Our partners

Sponsors and intellectual partners include the European Commission, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development (DfID), the European Councils Team and London-based think tank, ResPublica.

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Recent meetings

• The Big Society and Europe
  
  
• Prospects for the EU financial perspective in an age of austerity
  
  
• The European Union gas security of supply architecture
  
  
• Political change in the UK and evolving policies within the European Union
  
  
• How can the Lisbon Treaty help the European Union implement the responsibility to protect?
  
  
• The European Union’s neighbourhood policy towards Magreb World trade and investment: new realities and opportunities for the EU and emerging economies
  

Podcasts

Recorded during each meeting, key specialists are gathered together to take part in a discussion which acts as a general overview of the issues being examined at the meeting. Aimed as an introduction to a topic, our podcasts are published on our website and Mixcloud.

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