Collège de France – 11 place Marcelin Berthelot – 75005 Paris

Hosted by Nora Hamadi, journalist and president of the European magazine Vox Pop on ARTE.

20:00 – 20:30 – INTRODUCTION

Thomas RÖMER, Administrator of the Collège de France

Jean-Yves LE DRIAN, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

20:30 – 21:30 – PART 1 – PROPOSALS FOR EUROPE

Twelve young Europeans present twelve public policy proposals on the three major contemporary issues to which they are committed: the environment, the European Union and the world, and citizens’ rights and freedoms.

Yavor Razboinikov(Bulgaria); Sheldon Saliba(Malta); Valentine Hendrix(Belgium); Aiste Verikaite(Lithuania); Zuzana Hellerova(Czech Republic); Inigo Benito(Spain); Mortiz Wille(Germany); Marcus O’Faolain(Ireland); Rocio Roldan(Spain); Vasilis Vouras(Greece); Saskia Postema(Netherlands); Sergej Stoma(Lithuania).

21:30 – 22:30 – PART 2 – EUROPE IN DEBATE

Nine young people discuss with a panel of personalities the proposals they have put forward and the major issues facing the European Union.

Christina Kakoulli(Cyprus); Nadia Gullestrup(Denmark); Maijia Kuivailanen(Finland); Matthias Lizst(Austria); Elisa Henke(Germany); Diana Majchrzak(France); Maria Francesca Cristea(Romania); Ergys Brocaj(Belgium); Esther Zitterl(Austria)

Composition of the panel :

– Samantha BESSON, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair in International Institutional Law;

– Sébastien MAILLARD, Director of the Institut Jacques-Delors ;

– Lluis QUINTANA-MURCI, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Human Genomics and Evolution Chair.

8 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. – CLOSING by Eva NGUYEN BINH, President of the French Institute.