Subject: Newsletter // IWD2017, Young Leaders in Lisbon, Debating Europe auf Deutsch
From: Friends of Europe <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2017 16:16:58 +0100

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**Newsletter **// 7 March 2017

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**Friends of Europe marks International Women's Day**

Friends of Europe marks International Women's Day on 8 March with
an event on **'****Women and the new humanitarian agenda'**.
We'll debate the role of women in humanitarian crises and
whether humanitarian assistance should adopt a gender-based
approach. [**Find out more**][3][**​​**][3]

We're also publishing a preview article from the forthcoming
print edition of our policy journal, Europe's World, which
features articles from leading women. **Melanne Verveer**, ex-US
ambassador for global women's issues, looks at the concept of a
'feminist foreign policy'. [**Read the article**][4]

And Friends of Europe is backing the **Brussels Binder** project,
a crowdfunding initiative to build a free, online database of
female policy experts in Brussels. **[Find out more about the
project][5]**

**Don't miss out...​**

****Join Friends of Europe to make sure that you don't miss out
on our debates with top-level speakers, and much more
besides.​****

****Get more info: call +32 2 300 89 58 or email
[[email-masked]​][6]****

**LATEST COMMENT AND ANALYSIS ON EUROPE'S WORLD**

Former Irish PM **John Bruton** on why the best alternative to a
‘hard’ Brexit may be no Brexit at all  [**// read**][7]

​**Daniel Dăianu**, a member of the advisory board of
Romania's national bank, on the dangers of new protectionism**[
 // read][8]**

**What are the challenges for leadership in an increasingly
unpredictable world?**

Our 2017 Class of European Young Leaders gathers for the first
time next week. Ahead of the EU's 60th anniversary they will
debate ideas and make recommendations for the future of Europe,
meeting personalities including Portuguese President **Marcelo
Rebelo de Sousa**, European Commissioner **Carlos Moedas**
and ex-Estonian PM **Taavi Rõivas**.

Our 2017 Class includes politicians such **Kaja Kallas MEP** and
Latvian Europe minister **Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica**;
journalists, including **Matina Stevis** and **Owen Jones**;
entrepreneurs and business leaders like **Michal Stencl**
and **Ewa Szmidt-Belcarz**, as well as leaders from the arts,
media, culture and technology, such as Michelin-starred chef
**Eneko Atxa** and film director **Adil El Arbi**.

**[See the programme for the Lisbon seminar][9], 16-18 March**

**[See who's in the EYL40 Class of 2017][10]**

**FORTHCOMING EVENTS AT FRIENDS OF EUROPE**

21 March in Brussels: [**Deforestation – a sustainable
dilemma**][11]
27 March in Brussels: [**Work, skills and economic growth:
harnessing the 4th Industrial Revolution - working group**][12]
29 March in Brussels: [**Migration and integration -
a cost-benefit analysis**][13]

**Debating Europe, ab jetzt auf Deutsch!**

Since launching in 2011, Debating Europe, our online citizens
debating platform, has built a 2.5 million-strong community of
people across Europe. They've contributed more than 100,000
questions and comments, and we've put a selection to more than
2,500 leading policymakers.

Now we're launching DebatingEurope/DE, a new German-language
discussion platform featuring European debates tailored for a
German-speaking audience as well as German-focused debates.

[**Join the debate at debatingeurope.eu/de**][14]

**LATEST DEBATES FROM DEBATING EUROPE**

Why do people vote for Geert Wilders?  **[// join the
debate][15]**
Should all EU countries abandon nuclear power?  **[// join the
debate][16]**
What should be the status of EU nationals in Britain after
Brexit?  **[// join the debate][17]**

**Introducing our areas of expertise: Peace, Security and
Defence**

The 9/11 terrorist attacks signalled a shift in global security,
showing that military endeavours must be combined with economic,
judicial and democratic capacity-building to build sustainable
peace. 

Friends of Europe’s work focuses on a shift from a ‘whole of
government’ response to a proactive ‘whole of society’
approach that considers interactions with energy and climate
change, international development, migration and health –
mainstreaming security considerations into these areas and
forcing experts to think outside their comfort zones.

*Coming up in April: we launch a study on France’s role as a
regional and global security actor, including recommendations
to the incoming French government*

Friends of Europe event - 10 Mar in Berlin:** [France and
Germany - driving European defence][18]​**

Europe's World:** [Trump’s travel ban does more harm than
good, by Reinier Bergema][19]**

Blog: **[Time for a European Security Council - post by Friends
of Europe's Pauline Massart for Carnegie Europe][20]**

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