Europe is in a state of transition amid multifaceted challenges, which it currently seems unprepared to manage effectively.
Centrifugal trends, a tendency towards national isolationism, a lack of solidarity on key issues, and the rise of populist forces are creating new realities.
The political and economic divergence between member states as well as at the level of societies (with the real risk of national stereotypes prevailing) is shaking the European framework, at least in the form we have known in recent years.
Despite the institutional deepening theoretically achieved with the Lisbon Treaty, many decisions continue to be made in closed blocs, while the “voice” of European citizens seems to be diminished in the often fragmented European Parliament.
This exacerbates the feeling of alienation of Brussels from civil society. It is clear that the current model of Europe is not “liked,” and that the European framework is being shaken from within due to pressures and challenges arising from outside.
Undoubtedly, therefore, the KEP, by posing the extremely timely dilemma of whether we are moving towards regression or progress, provides a platform for high-level speakers, contributing to the public European debate around the burning issues that plague Europe through the publication of the proceedings of its Conference.
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