International Conference
TOWARDS A STRONGER AND SAFER EUROPE:
PANEUROPEAN VIEW OVER EU & SCHENGEN ENLARGEMENT
9 March 2024, Bucharest
The Palace of Parliament
10:00 – 11:00: Welcoming speeches:
• NICOLAE-IONEL CIUCĂ, President of the Senate
• MARIAN-CĂTĂLIN PREDOIU, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs
• ALAIN TERRENOIRE, President of the International Pan-European Union
• ADINA-IOANA VĂLEAN, European Commissioner for Transport
• GUNTHER KRICHBAUM, Member of the German Bundestag
11:00 – 12:30: PANEL I: Schengen Enlargement versus EU treaties
This panel will examine the provisions of the Treaties and the significance thereof for the European Union as a whole. Brief history of the accession process for Romania and Bulgaria (based on the Act of Accession, going through the process in 2011 and fulfilling the conditions for accession). Recent documents drafted by the European Commission in support of Schengen objective, but also resolutions of the European Parliament (most recent in July 2023).
• DAN CĂRBUNARU, Director of ”Calea Europeana”/European Path – Moderator
• CĂTĂLIN NECULA, Deputy Minister of Interior
• PAVO BARIŠIĆ, Secretary of the International Pan-European Union and President of the Croatian Pan-European Union
• SIEGFRIED MUREŞAN, Member of The European Parliament
• ROBERTA ANASTASE, Secretary of the Senate, Member of Foreign Affairs Committee
• IULIAN CHIFU, President of Early Conflict Warning and Conflict Prevention Centre
• COSMIN VASILE, Managing partner of Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners
12:30 – 13:00: Coffee Break, Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 PANEL II: Achieving the Full Potential of the Internal Market by Eliminating Fragmentation and Artificial Barriers
An internal market without bottlenecks as fundamental objective for achieving resilience for European Union (fluidity of supply chains; interdependence of European economies and the need to activate all levers for a resilient and competitive EU economy); boost investment potential/attractiveness of the EU for external economic actors; Regional connectivity – contributes to achieving the EU’s objective of regional development and reducing economic disparities; Transport and environment view.
• VLADIMIR IONAS, Director Center of International Research and Analysis (CIRA) – Moderator
• COSMIN MARINESCU, Advisor Romanian Presidency, Professor at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
• CRISTI BUȘOI, Member of the European Parliament, President of ITRE Committee
• RADU DINESCU, General Secretary of UNTRR
• MARIAN TEODOR ALECU, Shareholder City Grill Group
• MADIS SASSIAD, Board Member at Goswift – Electronic Border Management
• STELIAN BUDJUVEANU, General Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Bucharest
• PIERGIORGIO SCIACQUA, President of the General Council of ”Movimento Cristiano Lavoratori”
• CĂLIN ILE, Board Member and Honorary President, FIHR – Romanian Hotel Industry Federation
14:30 PANEL III: EU Enlargement and Future Architecture of Europe
Ongoing debates related to end results and concrete decisions derived from the Conference on the Future of Europe; Final report and proposals; Switching from unanimity voting to qualified majority voting through the ‘”passerelle clauses”’ (bridging clauses); Upcoming EU elections.
• VANJA GAVRAN, Deputy Secretary-General of the International Pan-European Union – Moderator
• ERIC CAMPION, President of Paneurope France
• RAINHARD KLOUCEK, Secretary General of Pan-Europa Austria
• ALESSANDRO BERTOLDI, Founder of Milton Friedman Institute
• ANDREA VILLOTTI, Director Emeritus of the Milton Friedman Institute
• ANDREJ LEPAVCOV, President of Macedonian Paneuropean Union
• URIARTE SANCHEZ CARLOS, Professor of Law at Rey Juan Carlos University Secretary-General of Paneuropa Spain
• TOPIC FRANJO, President of Paneuropean Union Bosnia And Herzegovina
• ANATOL ȘALARU, Former Minister of Defense of Moldova
• GERTI BOGDANI, Former Member of the Albanian Parliament
20:00: Dinner
