30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain: Shaping the European future together

The Swedish – Czech Parliamentary Network in cooperation with the Swedish Parliamentary Network groups for Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania and the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Embassy of Hungary, Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Embassy of Romania, Embassy of the Slovak Republic hereby invite you to the event 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain: Shaping the European future together.

Program

• 8:45 Door opens
• 9:30 Opening speech by Dr Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Riksdag 

Remarks by Jiří Šitler, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Sweden (please be seated by 9:25)

• 9:45 History: The Fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 and transformation of Central and Eastern Europe

Moderator: Hans Wallmark (SE), member of the Riksdag

Speakers: Tomáš Sedláček (CZ), economist/former adviser to President Václav Havel

Ingrid Thörnqvist (SE), Senior foreign news editor at Swedish Television

Ana Maria Narti (RO/SE), journalist/writer/politician

Krassen Stanchev (BG), economist/founder and chairman of the Institute for Market Economics

• 10:45 Coffee break
• 11:00 Legacy: Civil society and the future of democracy

Speakers: Gabriele Baumann (DE), head of Konrad Adenauer Foundation Stockholm

Soňa Szomolányi (SK), professor at the Comenius University in Bratislava, sociologist/political scientist

Frank Füredi (HU), emeritus professor at the University of Kent, UK/senior research fellow at the 21st Century Institute, HU

• 12:00 Mingle with refreshments (hosted by the participating embassies)

Practical details

Venue: the former Second Chamber of the Riksdag, Norrbro 1A

Date and time: 27th November 2019, 8:45–12:00

RSVP: by 22nd November 2019 via betty.malmberg@riksdagen.se

All participants are required to bring a valid photo ID due to the security regulations.