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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Redefining Europe’s Place in the World

January 20, 2026
13:00–13:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Amid enlargement, evolving neighborhood dynamics, intensifying global competition and shifting transatlantic relations, Europe must safeguard its strategic autonomy and democratic values while redefining its role as a coherent and influential global actor. What vision will guide a European foreign policy that leads with purpose in the decade ahead? This session was developed in collaboration...
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Speakers

MB
Marguerite Bérard
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
ABN AMRO
BW
Bart De Wever
Prime Minister of Belgium
Office of the Prime Minister of Belgium
AM
Arthur Mensch
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mistral AI
GN
Gitanas Nausėda
President of Lithuania
Office of the President of Lithuania
AP
Andrej Plenković
Prime Minister of Croatia
Office of the Prime Minister of Croatia
GR
Gideon Rachman
Associate Editor and Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator
Financial Times

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