Скачать или смотреть Conference EUROPE. AFTER 100 BEFORE. Plenary session POLITICS (ENG)

All 10 countries were eager to set up democratic political systems. However, only a few managed to safeguard the fragile democracy as a wave of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes swept across Europe. One of the sources that allowed these undemocratic regimes to ourish was the populism endangering Europe even today. The rebirth of Europe after World War II and the end of the Cold War was possible thanks to the attractiveness and e ectiveness of democratic values. Democracy served as a vehicle for attaining peace in the post-war period and also in building a united Europe in recent decades. What is the future for democracy?

Speakers:
Paweł Kowal, former deputy Minister of Foreign A airs, member of the European Parliament,
Andres Kasekamp, Professor of History and Chair of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto,
Artis Pabriks, Member of the European Parliament,
Jakub Janda, Executive Director and head of the Kremlin Watch programme at the European Values Think-Tank.

Moderator: Žaneta Ozoliņa, Professor at the University of Latvia