Welfare state and the principle of democratic egalitarianism have been at the core of the political identity of European societies in the last 50 years. Is the global economic crisis going to change all this? Is the EU still interested in the pursuit of democratic egalitarian society that works for all?
Martti Ahtisaari
Former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008 and President of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI)
Discussants:
Ivan Krastev
Chair of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies (Sofia); IWM Permanent Fellow
Christian Ultsch
Head of the Foreign Politics Department, Die Presse
Interview with Martti Ahtisaari in Die Presse, June 2, 2013
„Solidarität beginnt im eigenen Land“
Welfare state and the principle of democratic egalitarianism have been at the core of the political identity of European societies in the last 50 years. Is the global economic crisis going to change all this? Is the EU still interested in the pursuit of democratic egalitarian society that works for all?
Martti Ahtisaari
Former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2008 and President of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI)
Discussants:
Ivan Krastev
Chair of the Board, Centre for Liberal Strategies (Sofia); IWM Permanent Fellow
Christian Ultsch
Head of the Foreign Politics Department, Die Presse
Interview with Martti Ahtisaari in Die Presse, June 2, 2013
„Solidarität beginnt im eigenen Land“
