Europe, uncertain times

Given the situation of profound changes in today's geopolitics, we ask ourselves what the role of the European Union should be. We defend the need to raise the issues of what is "living, current history", we need to provide tools to understand not only the past but also the current world that will be history tomorrow.

As citizens of the EU we are interested in understanding where we are going with a broad vision, overcoming the Catalan and Spanish perspective, starting from the centrality of the EU. How do Donald Trump's tariff policies affect us? What is the economic role of China? How do we deal with defense needs, what is happening with NATO, should we rearm? Where and from whom do we buy weapons? Is Putin's Russia a real threat beyond the invasion and war in Ukraine? How can the rise of the far right in different member states be explained? Will the welfare state policies, which have been the common axis of the member states and a distinctive feature of the EU itself, be dismantled? Is democracy in danger? What about the aging of the European population and migratory flows? Should they be regulated? Should the borders be closed? (see poster).

The project has been developed jointly by the Bosch i Cardellach Foundation and the Aula Universitària de Sabadell, for the Elderly, and has the collaboration of the Fundació Catalunya-Europa.

Program:

1) The European Union, difficulties and opportunities
By Joan Majó Cruzate
Presented by: Eulàlia Tatché Casals
Thursday, November 6 at 7 p.m. At the Casal Pere Quart (Rambla, 69, de Sabadell)

2) Economic policy, technological dependence, trade flows
By Andreu Mas Colell
Presented by: Montserrat Farell Ferrer
Thursday, November 13 at 7 p.m. At Casal Pere Quart (Rambla, 69, de Sabadell)

3) The Soul of Europe. Between Putin and Trump
By Llibert Ferri Mateu
Presented by: Mitzi Kotnik Segalà
Thursday, November 27 at 7pm. At Casal Pere Quart (Rambla, 69, de Sabadell)

• Location: Casal Pere Quart (Rambla, 69)
• Days: November 6, 13 and 27
• Time: 7pm
• Price: free
• Organized by: History and Archaeology Section of the Bosch i Cardellach Foundation and University Extension Wing of Sabadell, for the Elderly
• Collaborated with: Fundació Catalunya-Europa

For more information, visit this link.