Invitation: The future of the EU-UK security relationship seen from Central Europe (Brussels)

The Think Visegrad platform and the Brussels Office of EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy cordially invite you to an expert round table.

The round table will také place on Tuesday, April 9 from 4PM till 6PM at Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU (Rue Caroly 15, 1050 Brussels).

Opening remarks by:

• H.E. Tomáš Szunyog, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the PSC
• H.E. Paul Johnston, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the PSC
• Tania Latici, Policy Analyst, European Parliament Research Service (Belgium)
• Piotr Szymanski, Research Fellow, Center for Eastern Studies (Poland)

Moderator: Martin Michelot, Deputy Director, EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

The event is hosted by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the PSC, H.E. Tomáš Szunyog.

The discussion will be held under the Chatham House rule.

RSVP at zstuchlikova@europeum.org by April 5, 2019, 18:00 CET.

Whatever  the  uncertainties  surrounding  the  future  departure  of  the  UK,  there  is  a  need  to  discuss  how  EU  member  states  and  the  UK  will  structure  their  future  security  and  defense  relationship. How do Central European countries perceive the importance of the engagement of  the  UK  in  the  instruments  that  are  high  on  the  European  agenda,  such  as  the  European  Defense Fund or Permanent Structured Cooperation? Shall these countries think of increased cooperation outside of the EU structures, whether within NATO or other new formats?

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Zuzana Stuchlíková
Associate Research Fellow

Expertise: Central Europe, EU Institutions

Martin Michelot
Senior Associate Research Fellow

Expertise: NATO and transatlantic security, European foreign policy and defense, French politics, elections and society, Visegrad Four and Central Europe, EU institutional issues