The Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe in cooperation with the the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, the French Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs, the European Commion, the Austrian Society for European Politics and the Austrian National Bank

invite you to the conference

„The Future of the European Union “

Thursday, 21 June 2018, starting at 9.00 am

Austrian National Bank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna

A few days before the Austrian Presidency of the European Council, policy makers and experts from Austria and France, the EU Commission and international think tanks will discuss about the future of the European Union. Aim of the conference is the direct interaction between panelist and the public in the framework of public consultations.

The conference takes place on the occasion of the 40 anniversary of the foundation of the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe.

Welcoming

Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the Austrian Central Bank

Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic of Austria (video message)
Sebastian Kurz, Feder Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (video message)

Speeches

Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria
Gernot Blümel, Federal Minister for EU, arts, culture and media of the Republic of Austria
Nathalie Loiseau, Minister for European Affairs of the Republic of France

The event takes place in German and French and will be translated simultanously.
The Programme can be found here.

Registration is compulsory (jotformeu.com) until June 14.

As the number of places available is limited, the registrations will be considered in the order or arrival.

You can follow this conference online.
Join the discussion by using the Hashtag #ZukunftDerEU .

We are looking forward to your participation!