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Financial Times report on the book “Europe’s Coming of Age”

Professor Loukas Tsoukalis’ book “Europe’s Coming of Age”, Polity Press, was referred to by columnist Tony Barber in an article in the Financial Times. Barber analyses the difficulties faced by France and Germany and refers in detail to Tsoukalis’ book, while explaining in detail the solution proposed by the “Greek intellectual” (as he describes him) for the EU and its foreign and defence policy.

Click to read the article.

Αt the official ceremony in honor of the Emperor & Empress of Japan

Αt the official ceremony in honor of the Emperor & Empress of Japan

Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, was invited to attend the official lunch and the ceremony in honour of the Emperor and the Empress of Japan held at the University of Oxford on 28 June.

Prof. Tsoukalis was the supervisor of Empress Masako when she was a student in Oxford.

Αt the Annual Conference of UK in a Changing Europe

held in London on 18 June. He spoke about the next day of the European elections, the political earthquake in France, the difficulties of the German government and the serious possibility of weak political leadership in Europe with all that this implies for dealing with the great challenges of our time.

The video of the conference is available here. (from 04:15” onwards)

Keynote speaker at “The State of the Union 2024”

Keynote speaker on “What Vision for the future of Europe?” at the closing session (24 May) of the two-day conference The State of the Union 2024, organised by the European University Institute in Florence.

Κeynote speaker at “The State of the Union 2024”

Κeynote speaker at “The State of the Union 2024”

at the closing session (24 May) of the two-day conference The State of the Union 2024, organised by the European University Institute in Florence. The closing session took place in the Salone Cinquecento, the main attraction of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.

You can see the agenda of the conference here and watch Loukas Tsoukalis’ speech here (from (02:54.44”).

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Delors: a great European

Loukas Tsoukalis writes about Jacques Delors, analyzes how big a role he played in shaping the course of European integration and points out that Delors was an emblematic figure with profound knowledge and diligence, political sensitivity, and vision.

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Κeynote speaker at a public event in Skopje

Κeynote speaker at a public event in Skopje

Κeynote speaker at a public event in Skopje on Geopolitical EU Enlargement. The President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs also participated in the event.

‘European Conclave’

under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Portugal, 24-26 November 2023, Cascais, Portugal

In conversation with Mark Mazower at Columbia University

on Europe’s Coming of Age, 27 October 2023.