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SUMMARY:2019 FMA Visit to Finland
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row el_class=”download-box-list”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”4481″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Ressources” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal” custom_letter_spacing=”-1.8px”][vc_column_text] \n\nFinal programme\nList of Participants\nDossier\nFull report\nPictures\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The FMA Study Visit to Finland took place from 3 to 5 November 2019. A delegation of 23 former MEPs from eight EU countries and different European political families headed to Helsinki. The FMA Board Member\, Lord Richard Balfe\, was the leader of the Delegation. The FMA in co-operation with the Finish Parliament and the European Parliament Liaison Office set up a very stimulating programme. Former MEPs were able to participate in high-level informative meetings with experts\, parliament’s representatives and with the Minister of European Affairs as well as to visit the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats.\nThe whole FMA delegation had a vibrant discussion about the Future of Europe with university students. Finnish newspapers gave great visibility to the FMA Visit.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4491″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] \n“It was the first time I participated in the activities of our Association. The dynamism of the leader of the Delegation\, the friendship of the members associated with Elisabetta’s talent made this trip a beautiful memory!\nThe visit to the centre about hybrid threats\, to which I added the visit of the beautiful and new multimedia library of the capital\, brought a real added value to our trip as well as the visit of the Museum Amos Rex with its original content and interior architecture!\nIt is through the links between people that Europe will consolidate its fundamentals and in these times of doubt and scepticism our journey will undoubtedly have in its own way contributed to cementing these relations”. \nNathalie Griesbeck – FMA Member \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4493″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] \n“I took part in the FMA visit for the first time. I just retired from the EP.\nIt was nice to meet former colleagues\, to discuss EU issues and get up-to-date information.\nEverything was well organised. I am sure I will be an active member of the FMA.” \nAnneli Jäätteenmäki – FMA member \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4495″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] \n” Among the really important medium term or long term issues\, that are not only domestics\, are issues such as climate change\, immigration\, European Defence and the deteriorating European Economic outlook.”  \nJaakko Iloniemi – Former Finish Ambassador \n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”4497″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]More pictures of the visit here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/2019-fma-visit-to-finland/
CATEGORIES:Visit to National Parliaments
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SUMMARY:2019 Annual Dinner
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe 2019 Annual Dinner was held on Tuesday 10th November 2019 at the Member’s Restaurant of the European Parliament in Brussels. Mr. Klaus- Hener LEHNE\, President of European Couurt od Auditors\, was the Guest Speaker at the dinner. You can find more pictures on the FMA Flickr account. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”5003\,5005\,5007\,5009\,5011″ img_size=”large” onclick=”custom_link” custom_links=”#E-8_aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuZmxpY2tyLmNvbSUyRnBob3RvcyUyRjE1MTg2MjA1MCU0ME4wNyUyRmFsYnVtcyUyRjcyMTU3NzEyMTcwMDE3MjMx”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/2019-annual-dinner/
CATEGORIES:Dinner Debate
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SUMMARY:GERMANY- UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN - Sean O NEACHTAIN
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Georg-August Universität Göttingen invited a former Member to participate in the talks and discussions on: “The challenges to and of the European Union” & “The EU as an international actor and the changing role of the EU post-Brexit” \nThe talks were attended by our member Sean O Neachtain. You can find here below his article published in the March 2020 FMA Bulletin[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Visit to Georg-August University\nMission report” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23000da0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Raleway%3A100%2C200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800%2C900|font_style:800%20bold%20regular%3A800%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]I was delighted to represent the FMA at the Georg- August University in Gottingen recently to speak to the students who were participating in the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme “Euroculture-Society\, politics and culture in a global context“. The theme of the conference was “The role of the European Parliament & Challenges to and of the European Union: The EU as an international actor”\, “National Identity/Europeanness/Citizenship & BREXIT” and “EU Careers”. The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 it offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties. With over 30\,000 students and offering up to 212 degree courses\, the University is one of the largest in Germany. Amongst its alumni are Gerhard Schroder former Chancellor of Germany and the new President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Lynn.\nThe Erasmus Mundus Master’s Programme “Euroculture – Society\, politics and culture in a global context” partly financed by the European Commission is a transdisciplinary\, international and inter-university project. Ever since the establishment of the Programme in 1999\, Euroculture was used as a concept to reflect in an interdisciplinary way on the many different expressions and manifestations of self-understandings of societies\, social groups and individuals of\, about\, within and beyond Europe. \n \nMy attendance at the lectures was over two days and the students being international led to an interesting debate on the various topics that were discussed. The first session concerned the challenges facing the European Union. I covered the usual challenges like Migration\,\nAgeing Europe\, Climate Change and particularly the challenge for the European Institutions to connect with its citizens. As a former member of the Committee of the Regions I stressed the importance of the often quoted saying that all politics is local. The European Union\nneeds to get its message across to the ordinary citizens in a clear unambiguous manner.\nWe also discussed the challenge that Brexit has presented and the implications that the United Kingdom’s leaving the Union would have. As a former member of the European Parliament representing Ireland I reiterated that I regretted very much that the people of\nthe UK voted to leave the EU in the referendum of 2016. Again\, I expressed that like the other\nchallenges the member states working together would be stronger as a unit than any one country on its own.\nThe second day concentrated on my own experience as a member of the European Parliament. I was delighted that the students had researched my political background and one student from Wales referred to my involvement in making the Irish language a working language of the EU. I spoke of my belief that Europe is united by its diversity and\nmy native Irish language was of great importance and a source of pride to me during my time as an MEP.\nDuring this session a talk was given by Andreas Kumar\, EU Careers Ambassador at the University on careers in the European Institutions. This was a comprehensive account\nand the students took great interest in the information given. I would like to thank all the students who participated and the staff who organised the conference especially\nMarc Arwed Ruthe\, the coordinator of the Euroculture programme. My thanks also to Dr. Lars Klein\, senior lecturer and Professor Simon Fink\, Director of Studies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“The visit of former MEP Seán Ó Neachtain to the Erasmus Mundus courses in the Georg-August Universität Göttingen was an edifying opportunity for the students to be presented with a realistic and empirical approach to the work and negotiations that happen in a variety of political levels in Europe\, emphasizing the EU Institutions’ level and namely the European Parliament. Throughout three extensive and comprehensive sessions\, the former MEP detailed his political actions and the political processes in the Committee of Regions and the European Parliament\, and his personal experience and path in the political career in the EU. Mr Neachtain also provided us with information and insights regarding political groups and their emergence\, changes over time in the EU political sphere\, and his work in the adoption of Irish as an official working language in the EU.”Anaiz Dessartre Mendonça – Student at the University of Göttingen[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:http://www.formermembers.eu/event/germany-university-of-gottingen-18-21-november-2019/
CATEGORIES:EP to campus
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