The ANU Centre for European Studies is delighted to present this contribution to our Schuman Lecture Series, to be delivered by Ambassador of Germany to Australia, His Excellency Dr Thomas Fitschen.

In this year's Schuman Lecture His Excellency Dr Thomas Fitschen will speak about the role of Germany as President of the Council of the European Union and the relationship of the Member States within the EU. In this role, Germany has engaged with the health, environmental and geopolitical challenges currently facing Europe and the world. His Excellency will reflect on this and on the meaning of EU membership in troubled times.

This year's Schuman Lecture forms part of the new Jean Monnet project Liberal Democracy in Action (2020-2022), delivered with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. It is also the twentieth-first lecture in our Schuman Lecture Series.

This event is Covid-safe. Registration and seating will begin at 5pm, the lecture will start at 5.30pm.

For guests unable to attend, or those preferring a virtual attendance, the lecture will be live streamed. Please select the virtual attendance ticket during registration. Please follow the link below to join the Lecture:

https://youtu.be/X6kRJjOKNHw

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