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Our DiCE Townhall: "Differentiated Integration and Migration: The Perception of Reality and Policy" is starting soon! Be sure to join us online via #Zoom or follow along here for the highlights!

#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio @FDVLjubljana #H2020

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🔴AND WE'RE LIVE!

Maja Bucar from @FDVLjubljana is giving the opening welcome to our townhall

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

From the @tepsaeu side, @gbonacquisti gives her own welcome, introducing DiCE as a project, and kicking off the programme

We bring together three excellent projects on #Differentiation: #InDivEU @IdeaEu and @EU3Dh2020

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#Differentiation impacts all aspects of the EU, but maybe you haven't heard about it much? Well, everything from the #Euro to #Schengen, from #Accession to #Brexit involves #DifferentiatedIntegration

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

CO-director of @IEP_Berlin, @FundaTekin17, is giving her presentation: how do we define #Differentiation?

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

"DI is any form of integration in which one group of Member States is not taking part in the same rules as others."

@FundaTekin17 gives the legal definition of DI

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"Allowing entities to work together in non-homogenous ways"

@FundaTekin17 from @IEP_Berlin/@IdeaEu gives her more governance-focussed definition of DI

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

"What drives #DifferentiatedIntegration? The dilemma between pushes towards integration and the sovereignty reflex of Member States - DI is a compromise between these instincts"

- @FundaTekin17 from @IEP_Berlin

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D

"#Migration is a transnational challenge with a heterogeneity towards the ways it affects MSs, Migration is a driver of external DI and we have to think about how effective are external measures, and the question of public opinion is important"

- @FundaTekin17

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"How integrated is Slovenia into Europe?"

This is the first question posed to Ana Kristovič from @AdraSlovenija

#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

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Ana Kristovič from @AdraSlovenija is currently describing a number of stories of families going through the harrowing process of #Migrating as refugees to Europe

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

"There are many more refugees waiting to be reunited with their families, and although we have worked hard to achieve reunifications, the work is still extensive"

- Ana Kristovič from @AdraSlovenija

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

"Public opinion on European efforts to help refugees often is negative [...] obtaining approval for family reunifications is more and more difficult, and #COVID19 will further diminish our ability"

- Ana Kristovič from @AdraSlovenija

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D

Michael Shotter from @EUHomeAffairs will now speak from the perspective of the EU Institutions about #Migration, with a particular emphasis on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio #H2020

"The New Pact was intended to be something new: we had tabled a number of proposals in 2016 to replace the existing set of rules that were not fit for purpose"

- Michael Shotter from @EUHomeAffairs

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D @IAIonline @arena_uio #H2020 @FDVLjubljana

"We think a better system might lie in allowing some flexibility to the required solidarity, in a way that is tailored to the particular needs of the country in question. MEANINGFUL solidarity can exist in different shapes and sizes"

- Michael Shotter from @EUHomeAffairs

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"Europe a la carte here isn't an option: we need to work together"

- Michael Shotter from @EUHomeAffairs speaks about joint solutions to the #Migration policy area

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D @IAIonline @arena_uio #H2020 @FDVLjubljana

We now turn to Anita Tušar from @EP_Slovenija to give the state of play on this ongoing file in the @Europarl_EN

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D

"The reaction has been mixed: for most political groups, the policy is insufficient"

- Anita Tušar from @EP_Slovenija

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D @IAIonline @arena_uio #H2020 @FDVLjubljana

"Another crucial issue is the need to meet #HumanRights standards in the refugee process in Europe"

- Anita Tušar from @EP_Slovenija

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D @IAIonline @arena_uio #H2020 @FDVLjubljana

.@bosthi (Journalist Boštjan Videmšek) is now giving his thoughts on this issue

- Boštjan Videmšek (@bosthi)

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline @EU3Dh2020 @arena_uio @EU_H2020 @FDVLjubljana

"What is often forgotten is the role of #ClimateChange in these conflicts, and there is chaos happening in the Sahel: one of the driest and hottest part of the world"

- Boštjan Videmšek (@bosthi)

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline #EU3D @arena_uio @EU_H2020 @FDVLjubljana

"There is a crisis in the Greek islands, in the Mediterranean, and so on, but not in the European Union in general. In North Africa, there is a true #RefugeeCrisis across the region"

- Boštjan Videmšek (@bosthi)

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu #EU3D #H2020 @FDVLjubljana

We've moved on to some audience participation! A reverse Q&A: does the audience believe the EU is doing enough to tackle the issue of migration? Do Member States need the EU to provide assistance? Can the EU improve? etc.

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#InDivEU @IdeaEu @EU3Dh2020 @EU_H2020 @FDVLjubljana

Now that we've asked you what you think, it's time for you to ask our panel of experts what they think! Send your questions in now via the chat function on our online event!

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline @EU3Dh2020 @arena_uio @EU_H2020 @FDVLjubljana

On that note, and after a fantastic Q&A session, this brings an end to our DiCE Townhall on #Differentiation and #Migration

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline @EU3Dh2020 @arena_uio @EU_H2020

Thanks to our participants Ana Kristovi (@AdraSlovenija), Michael Shotter, (@EUHomeAffairs), @FundaTekin17 (@IEP_Berlin), Anita Tušar (@EP_Slovenija) and Boštjan Videmšek (@bosthi)

#InDivEU @tepsaeu @IdeaEu @IAIonline @EU3Dh2020 @arena_uio @EU_H2020

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