How can we guarantee a sustainable society with the economy in a downturn? Will we support our neighbours' fight for democracy, or will we watch from the sidelines? Will we be able to uphold our democracies when populists try and bend the law to their will? Will we vanquish the financial turmoil by harmonising our economic policies?
Failure to address these challenges risks pushing Europe to breaking point. This is why we decided to open the Summer University under this year's motto "Europe - Make it or break it". In order to forge solutions that hold Europe together, the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and the European Green Party invite you to the Viadrina University in Frankfurt/Oder (D) and the Collegicum Polonicum in Słubice (PL) from September 8th-11th 2011.
The Summer University is more than just a conference: we will have four plenary sessions, where big minds put their views on Europe's future to discussion. In addition, we and our partners will organise workshops that involve you and your skills, your contributions and convictions. In this big laboratory of ideas, we want to cook up new answers, develop solutions, distil concepts. We want to create change, to produce progress, to fabricate the future. We will listen and watch, read and talk about your views on how we can make Europe...and not break it.
Travel information: Utrecht-Berlin Hbf takes ca. 6 hours by train. Every 30 minutes, a train connects Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Berlin Ostbahnhof to the city Frankfurt/Oder. The journey time is ca. one hour. By car via Hannover, Berlin ca. 7 hours.
After registration you will be informed about accomodation and other practical information in the e-mail Newsletter.