Inaugural Session

Thematic scope

Inaugural Session

• Speech of the Special Guest
• Geopolitics, security and the economy. Is it a global crisis?
• Common security of Europe in terms of politics, armed forces, raw materials and the energy industry. Political declarations versus reality
• Migrations and the humanitarian crisis – their impact on the unity of Europe, the European dialogue, as well as political, social and economic contacts. Crisis in the Schengen Area versus prospects of trade
• The impact of terrorist threats in Europe on the slowing down of development of particular sectors of the economy and on losses in them (including the process of locating investments, raw materials, transport, logistics, and the leisure industry)
• Changes in the global market for energy-producing raw materials (prices, availability, logistics) – their impact on the security of Europe as a whole as well as its particular countries. Energy Union – important project of the European Union
• The situation in the east of Europe. What partners are Russia and the EU to each other? Major interdependences – at both economic and political levels. How does the European Union (its particular countries) play its advantages? The consequences of European weakness
• The EU internal market and the global competitiveness of its economy. New dynamic economies – their condition, potential, prospects of development and the strength of their global impact
• Alternative directions in the European economic activity. New global trade alliances versus the position of Europe in the global economy