Jean Monnet Lecture by EmergEU
On 27 March, our speaker is Robert de Groot from the European Investment Bank with a guest lecture about "An agile and responsive EU: Strategies for a resilient future"
This is a guest lecture organised by the Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence on Crises and Emergencies in EU Integration (EmergEU). EmergEU is embedded within the existing interdisciplinary Centre for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM).
In the upcoming three years (2024-2027), EmergEU will explore crises and emergencies in EU integration from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Centre seeks to illuminate the evolving discourse surrounding the multifaceted challenges related to the responses to crises and emergencies that have threatened the EU’s foundations. Recent examples include issues related to the rule of law, the COVID-19 pandemic, energy security, environmental crises, and the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine. Addressing such challenges demands responses that may reshape the EU’s institutional structures and policymaking processes.
In its first year (2024-2025), the Centre will address the conceptualisation of crises and emergencies in the EU context from a multidisciplinary (law and political science) and multilevel (supranational and national) perspective.
These lectures will take place physically and online.
We cordially invite you to the upcoming lecture on 27 March with Robert de Groot,
Vice-President at the European Investment Bank
Lecture Title: An agile and responsive EU: Strategies for a resilient future
Description: During his presentation, Vice-President Robert de Groot will look back at recent crises in the European Union and explore how adaptive and responsive the Union has been. He will analyse the successes and challenges faced, offering insights into future strategic directions and approaches that could enhance the EU's resilience and agility.
Biography
Before joining the European Investment Bank as Vice-President as of 1st of February 2024, Robert de Groot was the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Union from May 2017 to January 2024. After joining the Netherlands’ Foreign Service in 1989, he has held various positions with the Foreign Ministry, both in The Hague and abroad.
From 2011 to 2016 Robert de Groot was Director-General for European Cooperation (also during the Dutch European Presidency in 2016). Furthermore, he was Deputy Director General for Political Affairs from 2008 to 2011, Director of the Security Policy Department from 2005 to 2008 and Head of the Bureau of the Secretary General from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that he was the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mr Wim Kok (within the Ministry of General Affairs), from 1998 to 2002.
Robert de Groot holds a Master’s Degree in Monetary Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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