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Here, we will be collecting some key quotes from this afternoon's parallel roundtables ⤵️

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For our panel on "European Social Cohesion and Social Security", we welcomed four expert panellists from across Europe to give their insights

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.@IainBeggLSE from @LSEnews started proceedings, contributing that "we expect and require cross-border solidarity, but social Europe is something the Member States have been reluctant to cede"

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Hrvoje Butković from @irmo_hr praised the 2017 European Pillar of Social Rights as having "carried a lot of weight, and can be seen as an answer to the current European context in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis: the so-called 'social debt' is an increasing priority"

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Miriam Hartlapp from @FU_Berlin described how the importance of free movement has been brought into sharp relief by #COVID19:

"Given new spikes in cases are happening where industries rely on free movement, the need to more stringent workplace protections is clear"

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Rol Schmachtenberg from @BMAS_Bund was unequivocal:

"What was already necessary is now all the more pressing: we need more #SocialJustice in the EU"

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.@HeinikoskiSaila's contribution to the Video Recommendations we've submitted to #EU2020DE is particularly important in this case: how do we ensure the Resilience of the European Project? ⤵️

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If you enjoyed Hrvoje Butković's contribution to this panel, you can also see him featured in our TEPSA Explainer on Euroscepticism in Croatia

Watch the full video👉tepsa.eu/tepsa-explaine…

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In the roundtable "Institutional Reform in Times of Crisis Management", chaired by @MichaelKaeding (a co-editor of the upcoming TEPSA Book💪), we heard fascinating contributions from four key experts

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.@katrinauel from @IHS_Vienna made an incisive contribution:

"It is nice that the EU tries to listen to its citizens. But it should make sure that it actually hears them. I hope #EU2020DE makes good on this promise"

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.@gabischoff from @spdberlin in the @Europarl_EN contributed:

"the lack of the EU's capacity to act was also a driving factor for #CoFoE in terms of the inability to provide sufficient solutions to issues such as #migration & #asylum or financial regulation"

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For more on institutional solutions for recovery from #COVID19, check out @michelemchang from @collegeofeurope 's contribution to our Video Recommendations to #EU2020DE: "Economic and Social Recovery"

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Finally, our last parallel roundtable of the day (and of the conference!) closes proceedings the same way we opened them yesterday: by focussing on Youth Ideas

We want to shape the #FutureofEurope, so let's SPEAK to the #FutureofEurope!

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Our conclusion from #PPCBerlin? Young people want the Ever Closer Union, and they believe in the EU project! 💪

Take this quote from today's roundtable as an example: "we call on #EU2020DE to introduce QMV in CFSP matters"

Well then: #EU2020DE, what do you say?

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