Inauguration (2016)
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The inauguration of the Chair in European Values: discourses and prospects took place on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, at the Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR), in the presence of Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission.
Programme:
- 17h45 Welcome
- 18h00 Opening of the conference : Professor Johan Meeusen, Vice-Rector of the Universiteit Antwerpen ; Professor Jacques Grégoire, Vice-Rector of the Université catholique de Louvain; Congratulations to Baron Velge
- 18h15 Presentation of the Chair : Professor Noel Clycq, Universiteit Antwerpen ; Professor Luuk van Middelaar, Université catholique de Louvain
- 18h35 On-stage conversation with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, moderated by Béatrice Delvaux, Le Soir
- 19h20 "Europese waarden vandaag – Les valeurs européennes aujourd’hui" Herman Van Rompuy, former President of the European Council
- 19h35 Cocktail
Speeches during the inauguration:
Noel Clycq: "Are migrations and minorities the future of Europe?"
Luuk van Middelaar : "Between 'Brussels' and the continent. Europe, a unique civilisation and a political project"
Herman Van Rompuy: "Europese waarden vandaag - Les valeurs européennes aujourd'hui"
Video of the inauguration
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