THE VISION SIENA CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
CERTOSA DI PONTIGNANO 26-27-28 MAY 2022
It’s still the greatest political dream and the greatest attempt to create unions amongst States throught consent and not war. The European project can still win the hearts and the minds of generations which are accustomed to technologies that the founding fathers of Europe did not even imagine. Dreams must, however, find new languages and new forms to survive and grow. This is the time to find them, this is the mission around which a new type of leadership can be gathered. This is the objective inspiring the Vision Siena Conference on the Future of Europe, held from 26th and 28th May at the Certosa di Pontignano, organized by Think Tank Vision and the University of Siena.
The Vision Conference sought concrete answers in five key areas:
Common defense and foreign policies to prevent future conflicts such as the Ukrainian war; a climate change strategy which needs to be updated to the energy crisis caused by the conflict; policies to find a distinctive European role in the battle for technological leadership which appeared to be only between China and the USA; tools to promote media for European wide debates; identification of the policies objectives which can justify the creation of a permanent European fiscal capacity, similar to what the NEXT GENERATION EU introduced.
The Conference produced a "PONTIGNANO PAPER" with ambitious and pragmatic proposals. The discussion put together the five European foundations that act as think tanks to the major European political groups: Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Martens Center, European Liberal Forum, the Green European Foundation, New Direction (pictured below).
This creates a unique multi partisan platform for problem solving and will make easier to reach European and national institutions and political parties.
It is, however, important that public opinion and media are directly engaged.
The Conference was covered by SKY TG24, was chaired by journalists from The Economist, Financial Times and The Guardian and followed by main Italian newspapers and broadcasters. The event main sponsor was Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and Enel Foundation joined the fourth Working Group as a participant.
We are delighted to inform you that we have already set dates for the next Vision Siena Conference which will take place on the 8th - 9th - 10th of JUNE 2023 at Certosa di Pontignano. The papers and seminars will be hosted by Vision and its partners before then.
SKY TG24 di Roberto Tallei
L'EUROPA E IL SUO FUTURO, 28/05/2022
LA GUERRA IN UCRAINA, INTERVISTA A ROMANO PRODI, 26/05/2022
ANNA NALYVAYKO: KIEV PUNTA ALLO STATUS DI PAESE CANDIDATO UE, 27/05/2022
INTERVISTA A FRANCESCO GRILLO , 26/06/2022
Euractiv
The future of Europe: Time to Choose, 24/05/2022
Il Messaggero
Le Riforme Necessarie per l'Europa,17/05/2022
La Necessità di un Nuovo Metodo Decisionale nell'Unione Europea, 31/05/2022
Corriere della Sera
Al via la «Siena Conference», tre giorni di dibattito per l’Europa del domani , 17/05/2022
Europa, dal cambiamento climatico al alla difesa: i temi della Conferenza di Siena, 28/05/2022
La7
Francesco Grillo presenta la Conferenza sul Futuro dell'Europa, 25/05/2022
Rai News 24
Intervista a Francesco Grillo, 16/05/2022
Europe-Cities
Three days to talk about Europe, 26/05/2022
La Nazione
Visioni e strategie per disegnare il futuro europeo, 21/05/2022
Europa e sviluppo sostenibile, il futuro è qui, 22/05/2022
Gazzetta di Siena
Aperta alla Certosa di Pontignano la Conference on the Future of Europe, 26/05/2022
Siena Free
Alla Certosa di Pontignano la Conferenza sul Futuro dell'Europa, 22/05/2022
