The EU in the World: Civil
Power or Global Power?
public lecture by Christian Franck (Head of the Institut d’etudes
europeennes de l’Universite catholique de Louvain (Belgium),
followed by a debate
More information about the lecturer:
Professor Christian Franck is born in 1945. He is the Head
of the “Institut d’Etudes Europeennes de l’Universite Catholique
de Louvain (Belgium)”. He is a "Jean Monnet Professor"
in Political Science. He holds the « Chaire francophone europeenne
en Science politique at the Diplomatische Akademie Wien (DAW)
too. For seven years, from 2000 to 2007, he has been the secretary
general of the Transeuropean Policy Studies Association (TEPSA),
a network of national Think Tanks specialised in European
Integration Studies. Professor C. Franck has got his Ph. D.
in Political science – International Relations. He is graduated
in Economics and in Philosophy too. He lectures at the University
of Louvain on issues like: EU External Action, Theories and
Regime of the EU political system, History of European Integration.
He also makes researches and publications on the Belgian European
Policy. He has been invited professor at the Universities
of Nice, Casablanca, Alcala di Henares (Madrid), Krakow, Silesia,
Bratislava, Paris-Nanterre, Ouagadougou. He is the editor
of a quite recent book: “L’action exterieure de l’Union europeenne:
role global, dimensions materielles, aspects juridiques, valeurs
» (2008, Academia – Bruylant), he exposes the genesis and
the development of the EU as a global international actor.
Hence the title of his 18th June lectures: “Le traite de Lisbonne
et le renforcement de l’action externe de l’Union » (The Lisbon
Treaty and the Strenghtening of the EU External Action). After
having demonstrated how much the scope of the EU external
competences and how far the geographic extension of the EU
Foreign Policy have increased, professor Franck will assess
the progresses brought by the Lisbon treaty to reinforce the
EU’s capacities to play a significant international role on
a wide range of issues.
In French, nointerpretation in Bulgarian is provided.
June 18 (Wednesday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
Free entrance
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