The 2nd European defense talks. It's May 16
(B2) The second talks on European defense will be devoted this year to one theme: towards a European army?
With a question mark (subject of a long debate between the organizers ;-).
It is at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Amphi 3 (12, place du Panthéon, Paris 5th), Thursday, May 16, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 18 p.m.
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9 a.m. Panel 1: deciphering the news and the context of European defense
Nicolas Gros-Verheyde, Brussels2
Mayeul Kauffmann, CESICE/University of Grenoble Alpes
Claudia Major, SWP (Berlin)
Jean-Pierre Maulny, IRIS (Paris)
Federico Santopinto, GRIP (Brussels)
10 a.m. Major interview: the current contours of the revival of European defense
Louis Gautier, former Secretary General for Defense and National Security (SGDSN), University of Paris I, Chair of Major Contemporary Strategic Issues
Moderator: Stéphane Rodrigues – University of Paris I – IREDIES – Sorbonne War Studies
11 a.m. Panel 2: A European army, what for?
Moderator: Edouard Simon (Confrontations Europe)
Brigadier General Bertrand Toujouse, Euratlantique Directorate, Armed Forces Staff
Brigadier General Jean-Philippe Ganascia, former Force Chief of Staff (FHQ) of EUFOR TCHAD
Frédéric Mauro, lawyer at the Paris and Brussels Bars
14 p.m. Panel 3: What equipment for the European army?
Moderator: Fanny Coulomb (CESICE, Sciences po Grenoble)
Antoine Bouvier, Chairman and CEO of MBDA
Laurent Brisset, vice-president of the MSIPP Sorbonne – Defense association
Pierre Delsaux, Deputy Director General, DG GROW, European Commission
Dirk Hoke, President of Airbus Defense & Space
André Loesekrug-Pietri, President of JEDI
16 p.m. Panel 4: What political and institutional framework for the European army?
Moderator: Olivier de France (IRIS)
Ana Gomes, MEP (S&D, Portugal)
Françoise Grossetête, Member of the European Parliament (EPP, France)
Zdzisław Krasnodębski, MEP (ECR, Poland), rapporteur on the European Defense Fund (FEDef)
17:30 p.m. Fence with Jean-Paul Palomeros, Former Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation
Georges Haddad, President of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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