On Wednesday, 6 December, France expert Dr habil. Landry Charrier will speak in the Paderborn Europe Lectures series on the topic of "Europe's opportunities in the new world disorder". His lecture will take place at 6.15 pm in lecture theatre O1 at Paderborn University. The lecture series was launched in 2018 by the Institute of Romance Studies and deals with current issues in European politics, culture and society. All interested parties are cordially invited. Participation in the lecture, which can also be followed online, is possible without registration. Further information and access to the live stream can be found at: www.europaeischestudien.eu.
Charrier assumes that the "twilight of Europe" (Ivan Krastev) is a myth: "The European Union (EU) is a learning community - therein lies its ability to act. However, it can only be capable of acting if large and influential states take on a leadership role, as Germany and France have often done in the history of European integration. The EU is currently facing enormous challenges - in its immediate neighbourhood, but also in the Indo-Pacific, the "epicentre of a global competition" (Josep Borrell)." How can the EU respond to the increasing geopolitical stress? What role do Germany and France play in shaping new instruments of action? Charrier will attempt to discuss these and other questions in his lecture.
About the speaker
Charrier studied at the universities of Nantes and Düsseldorf and is a graduate of the Collège des Hautes Etudes de l'Institut Diplomatique in Paris. Specialising in Franco-German relations, he taught at the University of Clermont Auvergne from 2007 to 2017. After working for the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, as head of the Institut français in Bonn and as attaché for scientific and university cooperation in The Hague, he currently works as a scientific advisor for the DLR project management organisation in Bonn, where he is responsible for European and bilateral cooperation. Charrier is also a lecturer at Sciences Po Strasbourg, co-producer of the France podcast "Franko-viel" and took over the management of the long-established Franco-German magazine "Dokumente" in March.
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