Packed! #LSEDahrendorf Does #Europe have a future? People are interested in the question pic.twitter.com/GhazTinhJ8- The event saw a huge turnout. Over 200 people were turned away at the door and the event reached its 450 seat capacity.
Queue of people already here for #LSEDahrendorf. Looks like it will be a busy event.
Just unbelievably packed at the #LSEDahrendorf public lecture with @stephenWalt. Half hour early and barely managed to squeeze in.
LSE US Centre Director Peter Trubowitz welcomes all & @stephenWalt to #LSEDahrendorf lecture sponsored by @LSE_US and @lseideas
- Prof Walt began his lecture by joking that, as an American, he did not know much about European politics. However, the insight provided in his analysis proved otherwise.
- .@stephenWalt: Europe has a future, but what sort of future? #LSEDahrendorf
- .@stephenWalt: "In hindsight, decision to create Euro was a fateful mistake" #LSEDahrendorf
- .@stephenWalt: EU has been positive force, but is now suffering from structural problems & self-inflicted wounds #LSEDahrendorf
Walt: Security concerns have been part of the EU since its beginning, but faded after the Cold War #LSEDahrendorf- He discussed the political and economic impacts of implementing the Euro, geopolitical security concerns and how immigration is currently affecting European politics.
- .@stephenWalt: "As EU has grown, it has become more cumbersome and less effective - and less popular" #LSEDahrendorf
. @stephenWalt "#EU countries deceided to create the #Euro according to political rather than economic reasons" #LSEdahrendorf #LSE #Europe- .@stephenWalt: "EU is still light years away from a mechanism to keep Euro together" #LSEDahrendorf
- .@stephenWalt: How could EU unravel? Grexit + a more authoritarian move in some member states #LSEDahrendorf
"Big decisions are not made by Brussels but by bargaining among member states" @stephenWalt #EU #LSEdahrendorf- .@stephenWalt: Optimistic scenario for Europe's future - creative/determined leadership could save Euro #LSEDahrendorf
A reinvigorated European project unlikely to happen says @stephenWalt #LSEDahrendorf- .@stephenWalt: "EU as a whole has been unable to shape a consensus policy on how to deal with refugee issue" #LSEDahrendorf
- . @stephenWalt "#Europe needs #immigration to solve its demographic problem" #LSEdahrendorf #LSE #EU
- Professor Walt concluded the lecture on a cautious note:
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