"Why is Salvini losing votes while other eurosceptic parties are growing? Many ex-Salvini voters don't regard him as a strongman: #Conte has taken on his role in government, the migration issue has lost relevance during #COVID19, Lega is in internal crisis"
"In a shocking recent poll, #China and #Russia are considered among the friendlist countries towards Italy, while people see Germany, France, and the UK as enemies"
- @NicolePirozzi elaborating on a shocking change in public opinion in Italy
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"This crisis can be an opportunity to grow towards a better future"
"We need to enlarge the European public space, and the #CoFoE is an opportunity to do this [...] we need to ensure that #CoFoE is open to ALL European citizens, allowing for a transnational, truly European debate"
Ciaran in the chat is "delighted to see this is an all-women panel giving such great insights into such an important and pressing issue" - we couldn't agree more! @IAIonline
"The main difference is that in the last years, in Italy there has been a sharper decline in support for EU membership: the difference is the refugee crisis"
- @carolinaplescia, comparing and contrasting in Spain and Italy the impact context on euroscepticism during #COVID19
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"One of the reasons for decreasing trust in the EU is that the EU has consistently been used as a scapegoat for anything and everything that the public didn't like - this is something that we see in a lot of Member States"
"We are seeing a change of attitude: digitalisation teleworking, and the regularisation of irregular work (eg. seasonal migrant workers) are seen as a necessity dur to #COVID19"
- We're expanding the conversation with @NicolePirozzi
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"If we are to re-open the country to irregular workers, we need to make sure they are treated fairly, and paid fairly. We can't have migrant workers in the fields working with no rights"
- @Poli_Eleonora laying down the necessary conditions for a compassionate re-opening
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"#Eurobonds would have been good for Italy, but now we have to think about recovery: we need to give something concrete to European citizens"
- @Poli_Eleonora reinforcing her point about a compassionate re-opening
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"I'm not sure we can move forwards without consensus among the national leaders. When the EU higher-ups are making decisions, they need that base of consensus to work well"
- @ilketoygur unites all the relevant points as we move towards our panellists' final thoughts
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"I think the question of the role of the EU in the coming months is crucial: Europe has faced crises before, but it's response is still crucial"
The #HungarianPPC starts now! Join us live on YouTube for the full discussion, and stick right here for some live photography and key moments from our Pre-Presidency Conference here in #Budapest youtube.com/live/XYRdM8v5P…
We start with opening remarks from TEPSA Secretary-General @CloosJim: “However imperfect the EU may be, it is the best way of tackling shared major issues […] we will discuss all of these in this conference […] TEPSA is ideally placed to generate solutions to those challenges”
"Forging the Future of Europe", our birthday party to ourselves, is starting‼️ Join us as we mark the 50th anniversaries of TEPSA and the #EuropeanCouncil
As always, we're collecting all the best bits here from our conference packed full of high-level speakers🧵
We're streaming live on our website so tune in if you are unable to join us for our #Brussels conference marking the 50th anniversaries of TEPSA and the #EuropeanCouncil
In our first session we look back on 50 years of trans-European knowledge exchanges in a series of speeches by those who lives TEPSA's history first-hand
From the @RECLAIM_HEU conference in #Prague we zoom over to 🇷🇴 for our public debate with @EuroInstRomania entitled “Enlargement and the Future of Europe: Perspectives from Romania”
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Be sure to follow on our livestream if you haven’t already joined us‼️
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This event takes place in the context of TEPSA’s latest book “Enlargement and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, co-edited by Michael Kaeding, @JohannesPollak & @_PaulSchmidt
In a few minutes we'll be starting the online public debate which we co-organised with @UISweden and @FIIA_fi: "Climate politics Unveiled - European, Finnish and Swedish Perspective"
As always the main highlights will be in a thread right here ⤵️ so stick around!
This event takes place in the context of our latest book "Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals", edited by Michael Kaeding, @JohannesPollak & @_PaulSchmidt, in which we've gathered experts from 3⃣9⃣ European countries to reflect on #ClimatePolicy
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@JohannesPollak @_PaulSchmidt If you want to learn more about it and TEPSA's other books, then be sure to check out the dedicated webpage on our new website! 👉
.@ComeniusUni's online public debate "Climate Change: a Second-Class Agenda in Slovakia" is starting at 1⃣1⃣:0⃣0⃣ CET today! We'll be following along throughout the discussion and posting our highlights in this thread, so stay tuned 👇
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This online public debate takes place in the context of TEPSA's latest book "Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals" and discusses in particular the 🇸🇰 perspective on #ClimateChange policies
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This event is moderated by @ComeniusUni's Lucia Mokrá, who also serves at Chairperson of the TEPSA Board
She opens the debate by passing to Donald Wertlen to present his chapter of the book in question: "I am a bit pessimistic, but I want to end with a beacon of hope"
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We are proud to be co-hosting this conference with the @EgmontInstitute, and welcome those who are joining whether in person in the #EgmontPalace in #Brussels or following along at home
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@EgmontInstitute TEPSA's biannual Pre-Presidency Conference are THE forum to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by incoming Presidencies of the @EUCouncil 👉 at the #BelgianPPC we've teamed up with @EgmontInstitute to preview the Belgian Presidency, January-June 2024 #EU2024BE
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