The Common Security and Defence of the EU - Perspectives from Member States

XXIInd Walter Hallstein-Symposium

March 30 and 31, 2023

Campus Westend - Poelzig-Building
Eisenhower-Rooom (IG 1.314)
Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Registration: Until 27 March 2023. By e-mail: Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach Secretary Patricia Psaila: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!

The Walter Hallstein-Symposium, which has taken place since 2000, already dealt with the Eu-ropean Union's external relations in 2006 and 2016. The changed security policy situation in Europe and a rising awareness in many member states of the importance of the EU's Common Se-curity and Defence Policy (CSDP) provide an opportunity to take up this topic again.
For once, the focus will not be primarily on the position of the various institutions in the EU itself or its large member states such as Germany and France. Rather, attention will be focused on states "at the periphery" which have a special constitutional status with regard to their defence policy, are particularly exposed to security threats from outside, or, on the contrary, are ge-ographically particularly far away from them, so that the question of their interests arises. The aim is to trace the differences and commonalities in security policy that exist in the EU and which make it possible to gain a better assessment of the state of CSDP by looking at the depth layers of the respective member states.
Before the contributions from member states, there will be a general overview of the topic, which will also address the thematic focal points for the following contributions. At the end, there will be a final panel from a more practical point of view, for which representatives from the German Foreign Office and from the European External Action Service will share their insights.

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Programme

Thursday, March 30

14.15
Welcome
Stefan Kadelbach (Wilhelm Merton Centre)

14.30
The EU’s CSDP – Structure and Challenges
Carolyn Moser (Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg)

15.00
Discussion

15.20
Coffee break

16.10
Finland
Janne Salminen (University of Turku)

16.35
Discussion

16.55
Estonia
Paloma Kreet Tupay (University of Tartu)

17.20
Discussion

17.40
Croatia
Dunja Duić (University of Osijek)

18.00
Discussion

Friday, March 31

09.15
Austria
Andreas Müller (University of Innsbruck)

09.40
Discussion

10:00
Coffee break

10.15
Greece
Manolis Perakis (University of Athen)

10.40
Discussion

11.00
Portugal
Francisco Pereira Coutinho (NOVA School of Law, Lisbon)

11.25
Discussion

11.45
Panel The CSDP at the Margins Perspectives from Political Practice
Peer Horstmann (Foreign Office, Berlin)
Frank Hoffmeister (European External Action Service, Brussels)

12.15
Discussion

12.45
Concluding Remarks
Rainer Hofmann (Wilhelm Merton Centre)

13.00
End of Symposium

Presented by:
Wilhelm Merton-Zentrum für Europäische Inegration und Internationale Wirtschaftsordnung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Forschungszentrum "Normative Ordnungen" der Goethe-Universität