Tuesday, 16 February 2010

 

Open Europe

Invites you to a panel debate:

 

Is the EU a threat to civil liberties?

 

Tuesday 23 February 2010

 

5pm - 6.30pm

 

First Euroflat Hotel

 

Boulevard Charlemagne, 50 - 1000 Brussels

 

With:

 

Jonathan Faull

Director-General, European Commission, DG Justice, Freedom and Security

 

Tony Bunyan

Statewatch

 

Cornelia Ernst

MEP for Germany and member of the EP's Civil Liberties Committee (GUE/NGL Group)

 

The discussion will be moderated by:

Mats Persson

Director, Open Europe

 

 

The recent adoption of the Lisbon Treaty and a new far-reaching five-year programme regarding the area of Freedom, Security and Justice (the so-called "Stockholm Programme") pose serious questions about the democratic safeguards that exist for civil liberties within the EU. Is the right balance being struck between protecting citizens' freedoms and the EU's quest for greater security?

 

Click here for Open Europe's research looking at the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the EU's increasing role in Freedom, Security and Justice:

http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/howtheeuiswatchingyou.pdf

 

 

Places are limited. If you wish to attend, please send an e-mail to: pieter@openeurope.org.uk 

For further information on this event, please contact Pieter Cleppe on 00 32 477 68 46 08

 

www.openeurope.org.uk