Welcome and opening commentsby Nicole Gnesotto, Institut d’Etudes de Sécurité de l’UE, Paris

Session I: The New Administration: consequences for Europe

Chair:
Antonio Missiroli, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Speakers:

Andrés Ortega, Spanish Foreign Policy, Madrid

Daniel Vernet, Le Monde, Paris

Federico Romero, EU Institute, Florence

Session II: Beyond Personalities: structural factors

Chair:
Jean-Yves Haine, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Speakers:

Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Warsaw

Pierre Hassner, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Paris

Christopher Coker, London School of Economics

Session III : Developing a Coherent European Policy vis-à-vis the US

Chair:
Nicole Gnesotto, Institut d’Etudes de Sécurité de l’UE, Paris

Speakers:

Angelika Beer, European Parliament, Brussels

Gunnar Wiegand, Unit for Relations with the U.S. & Canada, European Commission, Brussels

Peter van Ham, The Netherlands Institute for International Relations, Clingendael

Christiane Höhn, [DG E IV] – Transatlantic Relations, Latin America, United Nations, Human Rights & Counter Terrorism, General Secretariat, Council of the EU, Brussels

Discussion – Conclusion