The way forward is clear: Civil society must speak out clearly, and the organizers of the conference must be alert to efforts by any government to hold the floor in a process where they were only supposed to come and listen.
Press clips from different media outlets referring to, quoting or reporting on the War and the Future of Europe foresight project and the scenario-based report. Check On the Road Blog documenting our meetings with ministers, experts and the general public in the EU.
25 October 2022 – TVN24 BiS, Poland
A feature of our foresight report with Editor-in-Chief Wojciech Przybylski, where he details the four scenarios on the Future of Europe after the war. – Michał Sznajder, Dzień na Świecie, TVN24 BiS
24 October 2022 – Le Figaro, France
In any case, this is one of the scenarios envisaged by the Polish analyst Wojciech Przybylski in the journal Visegrad Insight, which he directs. “We must reform the thinking of strategic autonomy, as a French idea in which Central Europe is absent. Otherwise, the paralysis will create a security vacuum in Europe, which will be filled by China and Russia.”
– Isabelle Lasserre, La guerre en Ukraine malmène le tandem Macron-Scholz, Le Figaro
14 October 2022 – Radio Zet, Poland
This is a key moment for Europe for many reasons. Not only because of the war in Ukraine, which focuses on all these processes and trends – says Wojciech Przybylski. Visegrad Insight prepared four scenarios for Europe by the end of the decade.
– Piotr Drabik, Cztery scenariusze dla Europy. Jeden zakłada zniknięcie Putina, Radio ZET
21 September 2022 – Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland
Recently, a network of European think tanks with the participation of, among others Visegrad Insight presented a report on the scenarios for the future of the EU until 2030 under conditions of war in Ukraine. One conclusion of experts is very disturbing – the Central European elites may not be able to use the window of opportunity related to the geopolitical situation, Brexit and the weakening of the political position of Germany, due to their political weakness and populism, especially in Poland.
– Antoni Podolski, Pyrrusowe reparacje opozycji, Gazeta Wyborcza
Coverage of the foresight project in anticipation of the scenario-based report:
25 May 2022 – HVG, Hungary
In the long term, neither the Hungarian nor the Polish governments can ignore the results of the Conference on the Future of Europe, where European citizens clearly stated that they want a more united and democratic Europe.
– Viktória Serdült, Európa jövőjét nemcsak Budapesten és Varsóban írják, HVG
17 May 2022 – SME, Slovakia
The most important date for the Conference on the Future of Europe is not even the beginning of May 2021, when it was launched. Nor is it 9 May this year, when the three representatives of the European institutions present the final proposal. But 24 February this year.
– Zuzana Kepplová, It was only after the invasion that the future of Europe began to be discussed in earnest, SME
30 March 2022 – Hospodářské Noviny, Czech Republic
We do not yet know exactly what the consequences of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine will be, what will happen beyond the EU’s and NATO’s eastern border.
But we do know that many Europeans, and especially their leaders, have begun to think differently about defence and security, including energy security than they used to. In the few days since Russia’s incursion into its neighbour, as much has happened in European Union politics as at any other time in decades.
– Martin Ehl, Nová Evropská unie ve světě: Jak se vyzbrojit, aby se Brusel stal globálním geopolitickým hráčem, Hospodářské Noviny
26 May 2021 – Politico Europe, Belgium
– Wojciech Przybylski, How to co-opt the Conference on the Future of Europe, Politico Europe
