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Summary

The 10th Brussels Wednesday Social took place on 21 November at the Concert Noble, Brussels.

 

In cooperation with the European Movement International (EMI), EuroCommerce and Forum Europe, METRO invites you twice a year to a “Wednesday Social”, join us for the next event in the Netherlands. 

 

 

 

 
Summary
The world is experiencing increasing uncertainty, volatility, and divided societies. Institutions, principles, values, which once seemed stable, are constantly questioned and can no longer be taken for granted. Protectionism, economic nationalism, populism, and identity politics are on the rise. Many people distrust global institutions, conventional governments, international cooperation, and multinational companies. Can the European Union still fulfil its promises of freedom, democracy, peace, prosperity, and open societies in these circumstances?

 

The 10th  Brussels Wednesday Social gathered leading figures for a debate on the future role of the Union. 

  

Speakers include

Alex Barker

Alex Barker

Brussels Bureau Chief

Financial Times

Karl Brauner

Karl Brauner

Deputy Director General

WTO

Marco Cilento

Marco Cilento

Senior Advisor

European Trade Union Confederation

Carl  Dolan

Carl Dolan

Director

Transparency International EU

Petros Fassoulas

Petros Fassoulas

Secretary General

European Movement International

Corinna Horst

Corinna Horst

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director

The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Cora Jungbluth

Cora Jungbluth

Senior Expert International Trade and Investment

Bertelsmann Foundation

Olaf Koch

Olaf Koch

CEO

METRO AG

Christian Verschueren

Christian Verschueren

Director General

EuroCommerce

Jeremy Wates

Jeremy Wates

Secretary General

European Environmental Bureau

The Brussels Wednesday Social...

 

One of our main hopes is to bring together people from different areas to hear their different perspectives and learn from each other. So your opinion is particularly interesting for us. Together with you, we want to participate actively in the political and social dialogue and to foster the debate for the prospects of Europe.

 

We cordially invite you to join in with our discussion: on site in Brussels, on METRO Digital Office Brussels or on Twitter with the hashtag #WSBRU. 

 

For more information on previous events please click here

 

 

Logistics

When

Wednesday 21 November, 2018
16.00 to 23.30

CET

 

Where

Concert Noble

Rue d’Arlon
84 Aarlenstraat
1040 Brussels

Tel: +32 2 738 75 96

venues@edificio.be

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