Dear Sir or Madam,

We are pleased to invite you to the next event of our European Café series, now focusing on the negotiations around the European Union’s next Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027). The reform of the EU budget will dominate discussions in the next 9-12 months, and there is only a slim chance that member states will be able to reach a compromise before the next European elections, to be held in May, 2019.  What will be the consequences of Brexit and the outcome of Macron’s ambitious plan? How will the budget discussions be influenced by the political and economic crises of the South, and the new divisions created by the migration debate? Will political or economic considerations prevail? And what does the potential solidarity clause mean for Central Europe? Which countries or regions will emerge as losers and winners? Join us to learn how the future EU will look like.

Our guests are:

Mr. Roland Freudenstein, Deputy Director and Head of Research at Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Brussels) and

Mr. Szabolcs Takács, State Secretary for the EU Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Hungary

The event will be moderated by: Ms. Edit Inotai, Senior Fellow, CEID

The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy (CEID) has launched a series of discussions on current European issues, supported by Erste Stiftung. We aim to discuss vital challenges of the European integration from a Hungarian perspective. Our purpose is to organize constructive and open debates about our common European future by inviting politicians and experts from and beyond Hungary.

The event will be in English. 

We would be delighted if you could accept our invitation. Since seats are limited, we would urge you to register. In case of questions related to this event, please contact our colleague Ms. Noémi Matis at noemi.matis@ceid.hu.

Yours sincerely,

Dániel Bartha

Executive Director, Centre for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Democracy