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CER Brussels conference: Can Europe be a global power?

18 March 2026

Keynote speech by Piotr Serafin, European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud & Public Administration, European Commission - watch here.
CER/Embassy of Italy lunch on 'NATO's deterrence and defence posture in a changing security landscape'

25 February 2026

With Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Chair, Military Committee, NATO
CER/KAS hybrid launch of 'EU-UK relations: Will 2026 be the year to reset the reset?'

04 February 2026

With Ian Bond, Jannike Wachowiak and Kai Whittaker
CER/Delegation of the EU to the UK discussion

30 January 2026

With Belén Martínez Carbonell, Secretary General, European External Action Service
CER/Bertelsmann Stiftung/Jacques Delors Centre expert roundtable on 'Shaping the right policies for Europe's clean tech industry'

26 January 2026

With Elisabetta Cornago, Alexandr Hobza, Philipp Jäger and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin

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Panel 1: Asserting Europe's power as an electrostate CER's Brussels conference 18.3.26

March 2026

Keynote speech by Piotr Serafin at the CER's Brussels conference 18.3.26

March 2026

Hybrid launch of 'The Routledge Guide to the European Union (2nd edition)'

July 2025

Hybrid discussion on 'The Liberal Democrat approach to the UK-EU reset' with Daisy Cooper

July 2025

CER/HSF hybrid discussion on 'The Weimar Triangle and Weimar Plus'

April 2025

CER/HSF hybrid discussion on 'Implications of the German election for the UK'

February 2025

Hybrid discussion on 'What future for Ukraine?' with Iuliia Osmolovska and Richard Shirreff

February 2025

CER/HSF hybrid discussion on 'Von der Leyen's second term: What future for the European Commission?'

December 2024

CER/Bruegel launch of 'Europe's banking union at ten: Unfinished yet transformative'

September 2024

CER/WifOR hybrid discussion on 'EU fiscal policy: Is health a no-brainer public investment?'

September 2024

Webinar on 'What the UK election results mean for Europe'

July 2024

CER/Carnegie Europe hybrid discussion on 'The end of the near abroad'

July 2024

CER/Bertelsmann Stifung launch of 'Why cities must drive growth in the EU's single market'

July 2024

CER/HSF hybrid discussion on 'Why do the European Parliament elections matter?'

May 2024

Discussion on 'Can better regulation unlock Europe's economic potential?', 19.3.24, Brussels

March 2024

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