The transatlantic partnership, a driving force behind European integration, has come under pressure from both sides of the Atlantic. With 2018 marking the 70^th anniversary since the start of Marshall Aid, there is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the past and present of US-EU relations. After a short lecture, Karen Donfried will be interviewed by Mathieu Segers: to what extent and why has the transatlantic partnership changed? What were the ideas and values that once inspired and fostered the US-EU bond through the Marshall Plan? And how are they relevant to today’s transatlantic relations?

Schedule

• 20.00 – 20.30: Lecture by Karen Donfried, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC
• 20.30 – 21.00: Interview Karen Donfried by Prof. Mathieu Segers, Professor of Contemporary European History and European Integration
• 21.00 – 21.30: Q & A

Made possible by a Special Grant of the U.S. Embassy to the Netherlands to mark the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan.