La Pairelle 2018: A Brief Summary
FRIDAY, 21st September 2018
1:30 pm: Welcome-coffee, booklets, room check-in
2:15 pm: Opening session
Video: Europe Founding Fathers
Victoria Martín de la Torre, press officer of the S&D Group in the European Parliament and author of the book “Europe, a Leap into the Unknown”.
Upon the creation of the predecessor of the EU by Christian-democrat founding fathers Schuman, Adenauer and De Gaspieri chose a federalist/communitarian approach based on three main sources: Catholic Social Teaching, obtained during their youth and previous work; "Zentrum" political experience; and Emmanuel Mounier's Communitarian Personalism, which focused on the importance of the individual and of the community as opposed to liberalism and marxism. Europe has since moved from Community to Union, slowly and steadily following the path of integration.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Session 1
Migration flows: How Europe faces the global challenge? Which policy for Common Good?
Moderator:
Sébastien Maillard, Director, Jacques Delors Institute
The so called “migrants crisis” is at the heart of the evolution of politics in a number of EU countries. European migration policy is widely considered a failure for a majority of citizens, and this issue is a source of division within Europe. Some EU national migration policies are in contradiction with the humanistic spirit at the foundation of Europe’s values; Pope Francis urges Europe to find “the right balance between its two-fold moral responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and to ensure assistance and acceptance to migrants,” and calls for a dialogue to find new and sustainable solutions with greater boldness and creativity.
Speakers:
Stephen Ryan, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission
Michael Schöpf
José Ignacio García, Director, JRS Europe
5:00 pm: Break
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Group Session 1
6:45 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Video of Pope Francis's speech on Europe, followed by discussion
2:15 pm: Opening session
Video: Europe Founding Fathers
Victoria Martín de la Torre, press officer of the S&D Group in the European Parliament and author of the book “Europe, a Leap into the Unknown”.
Upon the creation of the predecessor of the EU by Christian-democrat founding fathers Schuman, Adenauer and De Gaspieri chose a federalist/communitarian approach based on three main sources: Catholic Social Teaching, obtained during their youth and previous work; "Zentrum" political experience; and Emmanuel Mounier's Communitarian Personalism, which focused on the importance of the individual and of the community as opposed to liberalism and marxism. Europe has since moved from Community to Union, slowly and steadily following the path of integration.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm: Session 1
Migration flows: How Europe faces the global challenge? Which policy for Common Good?
Moderator:
Sébastien Maillard, Director, Jacques Delors Institute
The so called “migrants crisis” is at the heart of the evolution of politics in a number of EU countries. European migration policy is widely considered a failure for a majority of citizens, and this issue is a source of division within Europe. Some EU national migration policies are in contradiction with the humanistic spirit at the foundation of Europe’s values; Pope Francis urges Europe to find “the right balance between its two-fold moral responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and to ensure assistance and acceptance to migrants,” and calls for a dialogue to find new and sustainable solutions with greater boldness and creativity.
Speakers:
Stephen Ryan, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Migration and Home Affairs of the European Commission
Michael Schöpf
José Ignacio García, Director, JRS Europe
5:00 pm: Break
5:30 pm - 6:45 pm: Group Session 1
6:45 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Video of Pope Francis's speech on Europe, followed by discussion
SATURDAY, 22nd September 2018
7:30 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Session 2
Integral ecology: Environmental and social challenges, how to keep man at the centre?
Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato sí is a dramatic and a joyful document. Its central message is that dangerous climate change and the unscrupulous exploitation of natural resources continue to threaten the future of our planet. Dramatic because it faces the global crisis of today´s world which is both ecological and social. Joyful because it offers ways and hope to tackle this crisis.
Moderator:
Chiara Martinelli, Executive advisor and Project officer on Sustainable Development at CIDSE (Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité)
Speakers:
Andrea Tilche, Acting Director, Directorate Environment of the European Commission
Martin Maier, JESC Secretary for European Affairs
Philippe Lamberts, Member of the European Parliament, Co-Chair Group of the Greens
10:30 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 am: Group Session 2
12:15 am – 1:30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Session 3
Cultural challenge within EU: United in diversity
Europe’s cultural diversity is one of its greatest resources. In contrast to new identity discourses, it can be demonstrated through this diversity that the foreign, the other, is not a threat to our identity but an enrichment. Pope Francis emphasizes that European identity is and always has been a dynamic and multicultural identity: This applies to all areas of art and culture. Back in 1983, Milan Kundera said that, for Poles, Czechs and Hungarians, the designation of Europe had spiritual rather than geographical connotations. Europe is “a family of peoples” having, like every family, many things in common, but also differences; however, each member of the family is necessary to the group. Its cohesion cannot be based only on a common market or citizenship, but also on shared culture, narratives and vision. However, up to now education and civil society remain stranded within national borders. The promotion of cultural exchange, especially between East and West, could contribute to bridging the political gulfs that have recently opened up, moving towards a pluri-national democracy, based on an European civil society and trans-frontier dialogue that is also open to the rest of the world. As Pope Francis said, “Today more than ever, the founding fathers’ vision inspires us to build bridges and tear down walls”.
Moderator:
Gyula Ocskay, General Secretary, CESCI (European Institute of cross-border studies)
Speakers:
Mgr Jean Kockerols, Auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese Malines-Bruxelles
Philippe Herzog, Founder and honorary president of Confrontations Europe, former Member of the European Parliament
Jean Peyrony, General Director, Transfrontier Operational Mission
Principal panel discussant:
HE Mgr Alain Paul Lebeaupin, Apostolic nuncio to the European Union
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Group Session 3
7:00 pm: Dinner
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Session 2
Integral ecology: Environmental and social challenges, how to keep man at the centre?
Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato sí is a dramatic and a joyful document. Its central message is that dangerous climate change and the unscrupulous exploitation of natural resources continue to threaten the future of our planet. Dramatic because it faces the global crisis of today´s world which is both ecological and social. Joyful because it offers ways and hope to tackle this crisis.
Moderator:
Chiara Martinelli, Executive advisor and Project officer on Sustainable Development at CIDSE (Coopération Internationale pour le Développement et la Solidarité)
Speakers:
Andrea Tilche, Acting Director, Directorate Environment of the European Commission
Martin Maier, JESC Secretary for European Affairs
Philippe Lamberts, Member of the European Parliament, Co-Chair Group of the Greens
10:30 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:15 am: Group Session 2
12:15 am – 1:30 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Session 3
Cultural challenge within EU: United in diversity
Europe’s cultural diversity is one of its greatest resources. In contrast to new identity discourses, it can be demonstrated through this diversity that the foreign, the other, is not a threat to our identity but an enrichment. Pope Francis emphasizes that European identity is and always has been a dynamic and multicultural identity: This applies to all areas of art and culture. Back in 1983, Milan Kundera said that, for Poles, Czechs and Hungarians, the designation of Europe had spiritual rather than geographical connotations. Europe is “a family of peoples” having, like every family, many things in common, but also differences; however, each member of the family is necessary to the group. Its cohesion cannot be based only on a common market or citizenship, but also on shared culture, narratives and vision. However, up to now education and civil society remain stranded within national borders. The promotion of cultural exchange, especially between East and West, could contribute to bridging the political gulfs that have recently opened up, moving towards a pluri-national democracy, based on an European civil society and trans-frontier dialogue that is also open to the rest of the world. As Pope Francis said, “Today more than ever, the founding fathers’ vision inspires us to build bridges and tear down walls”.
Moderator:
Gyula Ocskay, General Secretary, CESCI (European Institute of cross-border studies)
Speakers:
Mgr Jean Kockerols, Auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese Malines-Bruxelles
Philippe Herzog, Founder and honorary president of Confrontations Europe, former Member of the European Parliament
Jean Peyrony, General Director, Transfrontier Operational Mission
Principal panel discussant:
HE Mgr Alain Paul Lebeaupin, Apostolic nuncio to the European Union
3:30 pm: Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Group Session 3
7:00 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Evening piano concert in the Chapel
Some musical tastes of the European cultural heritage
Maxence Pilchen, pianist
Maxence Pilchen's vast repertoire, which includes both solo and orchestra work, along with his interpretations of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Albert Roussel or Prokofiev, have earned him critical acclaim in the musical world. He has also participated in the creation and execution of many contemporary works. Thanks to this wide ranging repertoire, he has won many other international distinctions in cities such as Porto, Barcelona, Rome and Epinal.
Some musical tastes of the European cultural heritage
Maxence Pilchen, pianist
Maxence Pilchen's vast repertoire, which includes both solo and orchestra work, along with his interpretations of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Albert Roussel or Prokofiev, have earned him critical acclaim in the musical world. He has also participated in the creation and execution of many contemporary works. Thanks to this wide ranging repertoire, he has won many other international distinctions in cities such as Porto, Barcelona, Rome and Epinal.
SUNDAY, 23rd September 2018
7:30 am – 8:30 am: Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Feedback / wrap-up Session
Report from the groups and analysis
Exchange on main conclusions
Moderators:
Michael Kuhn, Assistant Secretary General, COMECE
Peter Rožič, Director, JESC (Jesuit European Social Centre)
Peter J. Verovšek, Assistant Professor in Politics/International Relations, University of Sheffield
Report from the groups and analysis
Exchange on main conclusions
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Mass in the Chapel
12:15 am: Lunch
2:00 pm: Departure
9:00 am – 11:00 am: Feedback / wrap-up Session
Report from the groups and analysis
Exchange on main conclusions
Moderators:
Michael Kuhn, Assistant Secretary General, COMECE
Peter Rožič, Director, JESC (Jesuit European Social Centre)
Peter J. Verovšek, Assistant Professor in Politics/International Relations, University of Sheffield
Report from the groups and analysis
Exchange on main conclusions
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Mass in the Chapel
12:15 am: Lunch
2:00 pm: Departure
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