Thread by @dice_h2020

The #InDivEU panel at #PPCParis is starting now! As @tepsaeu and @SciencesPo_CEE are enjoying their parallel sessions, we here at DiCE thought we would highlight some key points from our speakers!

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Our first speaker is @IvoBelet, Member of Cabinet of Vice-President @dubravkasuica, Member of the @EU_Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography, who thanks @tepsaeu & @SciencesPo_CEE for the invite on behalf of Mrs. Šuica

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.@IvoBelet describes the importance of European Citizens Panels as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe #CoFoE 👉 this panel of #PPCParis is ALL ABOUT the #FutureofEurope!

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"You have citizens, members of national Parliaments, civil society, and more engaging on a conversation on the #FutureofEurope. We hope to have an outcome under the French Presidency of the @EUCouncil"

- @IvoBelet, Cabinet Member for @dubravkasuica @EU_Commission on #CoFoE

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"4.1 MILLION EU citizens have visited the #CoFoE website. Of course, we have to do more! We need to talk about the #FutureofEurope, about all of our futures"

- @IvoBelet, Cabinet Member for @dubravkasuica @EU_Commission on #CoFoE

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"One third of the citizens participating in the #CoFoE are 16-25 years old, giving a fresh young dimension to the Conference on the Future of Europe"

- @IvoBelet, Cabinet Member for @dubravkasuica @EU_Commission on #CoFoE

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After @IvoBelet's initial intervention, our moderator @oliviercosta turns on #InDivEU Scientific Coordinator Frank Schimmelfennig (@CIS_ETH_UZH)

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"I was one of the 4.1M people who checked the #CoFoE website! What I found though, was that #DifferentiatedIntegration was a non-issue. There are not more than four searchable ideas related to DI"
- Frank Schimmelfennig from #InDivEU calls for more DI discussions in the #CoFoE
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"#DifferentiatedIntegration is a concept that academics are quite fond of, but citizens have a hard time relating to it. #InDivEU has done some public opinion polls: if you explain DI, there is broad support; but less so if you don't"

- Frank Schimmelfennig from #InDivEU

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"The EU uses #DifferentiatedIntegration as a remedy to overcome veto threats by individual Member States"

- Frank Schimmelfennig from #InDivEU

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"DI has been a facilitator whenever Member States of the European Union wanted to bring in new policy areas or new Member States. But there are two sets of issues where it is not helpful: constitutional issues, and issues of solidarity"

- Frank Schimmelfennig (#InDivEU)

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"All Member States are part of the #RecoveryFund, and that is how it has to be for it to work - #Differentiation is not always the solution. It is, for instance, not the right instrument for dealing with the issues raised in the #CoFoE"

- Frank Schimmelfennig (#InDivEU)

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On that note, @oliviercosta turns to Donald Wertlen from @ComeniusUni for his remarks on the #FutureofEurope: "There is very little attention to the #CoFoE in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in the V4 countries"

- Donald Wertlen, @ComeniusUni

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"There is a question whether we can consider the #COVIDrecovery funds as a milestone towards deeper EU integration: when the Member States are driven by short-term concerns like the pandemic, this walks them through the path of integration"

- Donald Wertlen, @ComeniusUni

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"#ClimateAction is one of the top of the list for young people's priorities for the #FutureofEurope"

- Donald Wertlen, @ComeniusUni

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"Does #COVID19 give us a unique opportunity to accelerate the 'greening' of the European economy?"

- Donald Wertlen, @ComeniusUni

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We've moved into a dynamic Q&A session on the #FutureofEurope: is #CoFoE fit for purpose? Or is it a failure before it has even concluded? The audience is posing these questions and many more challenges to the #PPCParis #InDivEU panel

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"The #CoFoE platform is open! #DifferentiatedIntegration may not be a big issue there yet, but any citizen can make their voice heard"

- @IvoBelet on DI and the #FutureofEurope 👉 if you want DI to be the future direction of the EU then you can help make it happen!

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"On energy security: with the Russian #GasCrisis, the @EU_Commission has been able to frame things as a European problem requiring a European solution"

- Donald Wertlen, @ComeniusUni

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Can we expect a Treaty change in the next five years? "Treaty change is not the starting point for #CoFoE, BUT if citizens are asking for reforms that would require Treaty change, the @EU_Commission does not shy away from it"

- @IvoBelet, Cabinet Member for @dubravkasuica

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On that note our moderator @oliviercosta brings the parallel session of #InDivEU at @tepsaeu's #PPCParis

Thank you to our panellists @IvoBelet, Frank Schimmelfennig, and Donal Wertlen

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