Reclaiming our European Future | program

The European cooperation was initially formed in the wake of the Cold
War to help preserve the unique European heritage. The Christian
democratic idea, which was at the forefront of these efforts,
elevated Western Europe once again, while the liberation of Europe
represented a true historical moment. As a result of the change of
regimes, the legitimacy of the institutional European cooperation
was strengthened.
However, Europe has been facing a multiple crises period for the
past long decade, and for the first time in its history, the European
integration lost one of its strategically important Member States.
Furthermore, in the eyes of many citizens, the European institutions
have failed to give effective responses to the series of crises nor
were they able to provide the European nations with the resilience
necessary to cope with the novel challenges.
The question has been raised: what is the best way forward for
European integration in the 21st century? What benefits can the
European integration bring to the everyday life of the people as well
as to the autonomy, resilience, and competitiveness of the Member
States? The European integration is no longer an end in itself: it has
arrived at a historical crossroad and a profound reflection on its
future is urgently needed. In this vein, the international conference
will explore the foundational legacy of the European cooperation
and the challenges it needs to address from institutional reforms to
strategic autonomy to competitiveness.
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-09:40 Opening Remarks
András Lánczi (Member of the Board of Trustees, MCC)
Introductory Remarks
Attila Horváth (Justice of the Constitutional Court, Professor of Legal- and
Constitutional History)
Lénárd Sándor (Head of Center for International Law, MCC)
09:40-10:00 Keynote Address I
The Linchpins of the European Cooperation
Professor Rocco Buttiglione (Saint Pius V University)
Keynote Address II
Comment reprendre notre avenir européen ?
How To Reclaim Our European Future?
Professor Anne-Marie Le Pourhiet (Université de Rennes 1)
10:00-11:10 Panel Discussion I
Setting the Stage: Our European Foundations
Moderator: Veronika Korom (Professor of Law, ESSEC Business School, France)
Panelists: Rev. Stefan Mückl (Vice Dean of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)
Lorenza Violini (Professor of Law, University of Milan, Italy)
Vladan Petrov (Justice at the Constitutional Court of Serbia)
Gergely Deli (Rector of the University of Public Service)
11:10-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Panel Discussion II
The Institutional Balance Between Scylla and Charybdis
Moderator: Lénárd Sándor (Head of Center for International Law, MCC)
Panelists: Nicoló Zanon (Professor of Law, University of Milan, Italy)
Rajkó Knez (Justice at the Slovenian Constitutional Court)
Peter Huber (Professor of Law, Ludwig – Maximilians University of Munich)
Christopher S. Vajda (King’s Counsel, UK)
12:30-13:20 Lunch Break
13:20-14:30 Panel Discussion III
Strategic Questions for a European Future
Moderator: Bálint Somkúti (Research Fellow of MCC Center for Geopolitics)
Panelists: David Engels (Senior Analyst, Instytut Zachodni, Poland)
Nathan Levine (Visiting Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, USA)
Matthieu Grandpierron (ICES-Vendée Catholic University, France)
Balázs Mártonffy (Research Director of the John Lukacs Institute of the UPS)
Werner Patzelt (Research Director of MCC Brussels)
14:30-14:40 Coffee Break
14:40-15:40 Panel Discussion IV
Questions of the European Competitiveness
Moderator: Gabriella Érdi (Student of MCC Center for International Law)
Panelists: Krisztián Kecsmár (Justice at the Court of Justice of the EU)
Viktoria Obolevich (Professor of Law, Aarhus University, Denmark)
Adam Candeub (Professor of Law, Michigan State University, USA)
Nikos Lavranos (Professor of Law & owner of NL-investmentconsulting)
15:40-15:45 Closing Remarks
Lénárd Sándor (Head of Center for International Law, MCC)
15:45-16:30 Networking Coffee