In this lecture, Alexander Stubb will give his vision about the current challenges Europe is facing in a changing, unstable and unpredictable world. How does the future of Europe look in this context?

Alexander Stubb served as Prime Minister, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, Trade and Europe Minister of Finland. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2004-2008, a government minister from 2008-16, a member of parliament from 2011-2017 and chairperson of the National Coalition Party from 2014-16. He is Vice-President of the European Investment Bank since August 2017 and the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Crisis Management Initiative, founded by Nobel Peace laureate, President Martti Ahtisaari. Mr Stubb holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, has published 18 books and is a self-professed sports fanatic.

This event will be moderated by Erica Moret, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Global Governance of the Graduate Institute, Geneva.

This conference is part of the EU Lecture Series “Europe Tomorrow”, which is organised by the Institute and the EU Delegation to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva to stimulate discussion on EU-related issues.  

This event is co-organised with the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in Geneva.

A light lunch and refreshments will precede the event as from 12:30.