The opening session will reflect the political momentum for the ECI. We hope to get a first-hand insight into the three-way consultations and the positions of all the legislators on the new proposal from our speakers: First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, the Council Trio ministers from Estonia, Bulgaria and Austria, MEP György Schöpflin and Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly.
We will then continue to analyse various aspects of the new proposal and new European Commission activities undertaken in relation to the ECI:
