Thread by @tepsaeu

We're starting the day's proceedings with the @dice_h2020 plenary session: "The Future of European Integration: After the Crises and the CoFoE"

We'll enjoy contributions from @NicolePirozzi, Jaap de Zwaan, Frank Schimmelfennig & @IlkeToygur, moderated by Jakub Eberle

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Our partners over at the @dice_h2020 project is also highlighting some key moments, so go check out their thread and follow their account while you're there!

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https://twitter.com/dice_h2020/status/1529021721428254720

"Our experiences in many different countries (the Western Balkans, Eastern Neighbourhood, and more) tell us we should integrate countries according to their capabilities"

- @NicolePirozzi (@IAIonline)

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"This has been the strength of the European Union in past generations, and can give us strength to confront challenges in future generations"

- @NicolePirozzi (@IAIonline)

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"The citizens deserve to be listened to, and the #CoFoE is the venue for this. I remain convinced that there will not be a Treaty change, but the @EU_Commission should absolutely be listening"

- Jaap de Zwaan

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"I personally feel ashamed at the way North Macedonia has been treated since 2005: negotiations have yet to start! Now we have three new applications, and we should take a positive attitude to all of them and speed up the work"

- Jaap de Zwaan on #enlargement

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"I think the EU has missed an opportunity to prepare for the future: the European Council has a mandate to do this, but I'm sorry to say they failed"

- Jaap de Zwaan

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"Qualified Majority Voting should be more widely used in the EU, but what would this mean for the outvoted countries? Well, they have constructive abstention as an option"

- Jaap de Zwaan

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"If we look at the #CoFoE, it has evolved from an intentional, vision-driven process including a broad range of policies, into a much more inclusive process which is paradoxically removed from the decision-makers"

- Frank Schimmelfennig (@ETH_en)

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"The 'crisis model' has been quite consequential for the development of the EU over the last years, but it is always easier to find agreement to preserve the status quo, but not to find the next step of integration"

- Frank Schimmelfennig (@ETH_en)

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"EU decision-making tends to be very expert-driven, technocratic. Organising exercises like the #CoFoE reminds us that we are creating a Union for the people of the European continent"

- @IlkeToygur (@SWPBerlin)

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"The citizens' suggestions (transnational lists, an elected @EU_Commission President, and more) are to implement existing ideas. This should be a chance to put these things into motion"

- @IlkeToygur (@SWPBerlin)

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"Democracy and rule of law are areas that require innovation and real thinking to move forward. Economic governance too needs to be rethought, especially with the implications of the #WarinUkraine"

- @IlkeToygur (@SWPBerlin)

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"How the EU handles its crises has a huge effect on its perceived legitimacy: the poor response to the financial crisis caused a lot of Euroscepticism, whereas Brexit and the #WarinUkraine have triggered a 'rally around the flag' mentality"

- Frank Schimmelfennig (@ETH_en)

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"In this moment it is crucial to give a European perspective to Ukraine - but we know there is resistance in the EU. Until the resistance is overcome, we should do everything to support Ukraine's integration into the EU"

- @NicolePirozzi (@IAIonline)

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"Ukraine is a partner in the neighbourhood that has been aggressively attacked by Russia: this gives a new dimension for the EU enlargement policy, in the wake of Ukraine's application"

- @NicolePirozzi (@IAIonline)

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We hope you enjoyed the @dice_h2020 panel of the #CzechPPC: thanks to @IIR_Prague's Jakub Eberle as well as all our expert speakers @NicolePirozzi, @IlkeToygur, Jaap de Zwaan and Frank Schimmelfennig

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We now move on to a speech by Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), Director of Czech EU Presidency Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (@CzechMFA)

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"Thank you to TEPSA for the useful Recommendations, we will certainly take them into account when working on the Czech Presidency"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"The willingness of the Member States to work together with the EU institutions actively shows that the EU is able to act efficiently and united when faced with a crisis"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"Keeping unity in the EU and the spirit of working together to achieve common objectives is a key task for the Czech Presidency"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"Unlike previous crises, the #WarinUkraine is not just one crisis of security, it is an energy crisis, and refugee crisis, an economic crisis. Supporting Ukraine is our main focus for the Presidency"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"We are prepared to work hard, to contribute to the delivery of all the commitments of the EU, and to move quickly on the proposals on the table in the areas of Ukraine, defence, and energy security"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"We are going to organise a high level event, the "Forum for Ukraine", to discuss ways forward for the EU's support to Ukraine, where we will include the views of political actors, but also civil society"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"Our aim is to ensure Russia faces the consequences of its war of aggression in Ukraine, and that those who have committed atrocities in Ukraine are taken to the international courts"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"Our package contains specific suggestions on what the EU should do internally and externally in order to put an end to the imports of fossil fuels from Russia"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA, on the priorities of the incoming Czech @EUCouncil Presidency

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"Over the past few weeks, several prominent EU leaders have publicly come out with favourable opinions with possible amendments to the Treaties: this shows the EU is a dynamic project in constant motion"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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"The #CoFoE has delivered plenty of proposals that need to be thoroughly discussed, and all options are still on the table. I think we should move swiftly on the proposals that can quickly be implemented"

- Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), @CzechMFA

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On that note, Jakub Utěšený (@jaute), Director of the Czech EU Presidency Department at the @CzechMFA, finishes his speech at the #CzechPPC

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We now move to some short concluding remarks to the #CzechPPC by TEPSA Chairperson Lucia Mokrá and @IIR_Prague's Petr Kratochvíl

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"The European Union is as strong as it is able to agree and sustain its shared values: these values should lead - decision-making. Rule of law, solidarity with Ukraine, and more"

- Lucia Mokrá, TEPSA Chairperson (@ComeniusUni)

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"We are Europeans, not individuals. We have to be here for our citizens, we have to be here for our partners, we have to be here for everyone who shares our values"

- Lucia Mokrá, TEPSA Chairperson (@ComeniusUni)

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"The European Union as a peace project should be a peace project for all of Europe, not just for the EU27"

- Lucia Mokrá, TEPSA Chairperson (@ComeniusUni)

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"The EU is a different animal today compared to when Czechia last held the Presidency. I very much hope that our conference here in Prague has contributed to the goal of moving the EU forward"

- Petr Kratochvíl (@IIR_Prague)

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"I would like to thank you all for helping to make this conference the success that it has been"

- Petr Kratochvíl (@IIR_Prague)

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On that note, Petr Kratochvíl formally closes the #CzechPPC

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Thank you to our organising partners @IIR_Prague, @dice_h2020, @EUROPEUMPrague, @CEI_Secretariat, and @CzechMFA

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Thank you to our speakers: @CloosJim, @oditrych, Petr Kratochvíl, Jan Šnaidauf, @IlkeToygur, @FundaTekin17, @KristiRaik, @MihaiSebe83, @Mariam_Stop_War, @SenemAydnDzgit, Oleksiy Melnyk, @RoderickParkes,
@SabinaKLange, Péter Balázs, Marek Cichocki, @MagdaVasaryova...

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... Luke O’Callaghan-White, @MarcoSiddi, @Al_Palkova
@Vslakaityte, Jakub Eberle, @NicolePirozzi, Jaap de Zwaan, Frank Schimmelfennig, @IlkeToygur, @jaute, and Lucia Mokrá

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And finally thank you to everyone who joined, whether here in Prague at the Czernin Palace, or from home via our live coverage: see you in Stockholm later this year for the next PPC!

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