50 Years of EU Enlargement: From the Past to the Future
EPRS online roundtable
Fifty years after the EU's first round of enlargement, this event explores the experiences of the EU’s first three accession countries - the UK, Ireland, and Denmark, who joined in 1973.
You can attend this event online by clicking the below link. No registration needed.
After an opening statement by European Parliament Vice-President Michal Šimečka, three historians and political scientists will sketch out these countries' expectations of membership, their accession narratives, and the realities of membership. Following this academic debate, MEP and former European Commissioner Danuta Hübner will connect the experience of the EU's first enlargement with subsequent rounds of enlargement, especially the 2004-2007 'Eastern enlargement', and reflect on the prospects for and issues surrounding any future EU enlargement process.
Programme:
13:30 Welcome by Michal ŠIMEČKA, MEP; Vice-President of the European Parliament Followed by a roundtable discussion
moderated by Wolfram KAISER, Head of the
European Parliament History Service, EPRS; Professor of European Studies, University of
Portsmouth
13:40 United Kingdom
Piers LUDLOW, Professor of International History, London School of Economics and
Political Science (LSE)
13:50 Ireland
Brigid LAFFAN, Emeritus Professor, European University Institute (EUI)
14:00 Denmark
Morten RASMUSSEN, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
14:10 Past experiences and future prospects
Danuta HÜBNER, MEP; Member of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs,
and International Trade; Former European Commissioner for Regional Policy
14:30 Questions and comments from the online audience
15:00 End of the event