{"id":2389,"date":"2016-06-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/news\/vision-for-next-europe"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:44:46","slug":"vision-for-next-europe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/vision-for-next-europe","title":{"rendered":"VISION FOR NEXT EUROPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to cope with a fundamental political re-set of the Union?<\/h2>\n<p>Is the EU still a success story and a cornerstone of European stability and prosperity? Currently, the EU faces a range of political and economic pressures, including slow growth and persistently high unemployment in many EU countries, as well as the rise of far-right populist parties, at least some of which harbour anti-EU or \u201ceurosceptic\u201d sentiments. Such factors are complicating the EU's ability to deal with a multitude of unprecedented internal and external challenges. Among them: the definition of the external borders of the EU; the future of EU enlargement; the decision over a stronger EU (federalisation, EU defence integration) or a two (or even three) speed Europe.<br \/> What <em>Next Europe<\/em> is going to be? How do we have to re-think the Union, the EU institutions? Do we get closer or fall apart? What if Brexit?<br \/>Discussed on May 30, 2016 at the Kreisky Forum by<strong> Ulrike Gu\u00e9rot<\/strong>, Founder and Director of the European Democracy Lab at the European School of Governance in Berlin<strong>, Ruth Wodak<\/strong>, Em. Distinguished Professor and Chair in Discourse Studies at Lancaster University<strong>, Robert Cooper<\/strong>, Diplomat, Former Counsellor, European External Action Service<strong>, Soli Ozel<\/strong>, Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University in Istanbul and<strong> Ivan Krastev<\/strong>, Chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies; Permanent Fellow IWM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cooper2CWodak2CKrastev2CGuerot-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Europe at Risk\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cooper2CWodak2CKrastev2CGuerot-1.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cooper2CWodak2CKrastev2CGuerot-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cooper2CWodak2CKrastev2CGuerot-1.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3074.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Europe at Risk\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3074.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3074.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3074.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Europe at Risk\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3062.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail_480x240 lazyload\" alt=\"Europe at Risk\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3062.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3062.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3062.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_3062.jpg 587w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2390,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"news-kategrie":[48],"class_list":["post-2389","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-kategrie-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VISION FOR NEXT EUROPE - Kreisky Forum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/news\/vision-for-next-europe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VISION FOR NEXT EUROPE - Kreisky Forum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to cope with a fundamental political re-set of the Union? 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