EUROPE 70 YEARS
AFTER THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT
Conference in the
European Parliament in Brussels
October 14, 2009
organized by the Baltic States under the auspices of the President of the
European Parliament Jersy Buzek, with participation of the Swedish
Presidency of the European Union
The year 2009 marks two important events: the 20th anniversary of the democratic changes in Central And Eastern Europe and the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact.
On 23 August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union concluded a Non Aggession Treaty, accompanied by a secret protocol, according to which the states of Northern and Eastern Europe was divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence". In 1988-1990, liberation movements and democratic
changes in
Central and Eastern Europe created preconditions for the reunification of Europe.
Please see the prominent guests and conference participants
in the preliminary program below!
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
EUROPE 70 YEARS AFTER
THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP
PACT
Opening
Jerzy Buzek,
President of the European Parliament
Maria Åsenius,
State Secretary for EU Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Sweden,
Swedish Presidency of the European Union 2009
Arūnas Valinskas,
Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament
Gundars Daudze,
Speaker
of the Latvian Parliament
Ene
Ergma,
President of the Estonian Parliament
WELCOME ADDRESSES BY HONORARY GUESTS
Vaclav Havel
Lech Wałęsa
Vytautas Landsbergis
Session
1
EUROPE FROM THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT TO
THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
Moderator:
Dr. Algirdas Jakubčionis, Vilnius University
THE MOLOTOV-RIBBENTROP PACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
Speakers:
Stéphane Courtois,
Historian, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Egbert Jahn,
Historian, political scientist, University of Mannheim, Germany
Debate
Anne Applebaum,
Journalist, The Washington Post
Françoise Thom,
Historian, Sorbonne University, France
Janusz Kurtyka,
Institute of National Remembrance, Poland
Dennis Deletant,
Historian, University College London, Great Britain
THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AND REUNIFICATION OF EUROPE
Speakers:
Ludger Kühnhardt,
Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn
Debate
Aivars Stranga,
Historian, University of Latvia
Tzvetan Todorov,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Session 2
POLITICS OF MEMORY: NATIONAL, EUROPEAN, GLOBAL
Moderator:
John O'Sullivan, Radio Free Europe
DEALING WITH THE
TOTALITARIAN PAST: NATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Speakers:
Emanuelis Zingeris,
International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes
of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania
Debate
István Rév,
Open Society Archives, Hungary
Jože Dežman,
Historian, National
Museum of Contemporary History, Slovenia
PROSPECTS FOR APPRAISAL AT THE EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Speakers:
Hans-Gert Pöttering,
European Parliament
Carlos Closa Montero,
National Research Council, Spain
Mart Laar,
Foundation for the
Investigation of Communist Crimes, Estonia
Debate
Göran Lindblad,
Chairman of the Swedish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Sweden
Joe Wood,
The German Marshall Fund of the United States, USA
Dainius Žalimas,
Vilnius University,
Lithuania
STRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS:
POSSIBLE INITIATIVES AT THE EU LEVEL
Speakers:
Pavel Žáček,
Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, the Czech Republic
Camilla Andersson,
Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism, Sweden
Debate
Dominique Reynié,
Fondation pour l'innovation Politique, France
Ronaldas Račinskas,
International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes
of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in
Lithuania
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Jacques Barrot,
Vice President of the European Commission
Remigijus Šimašius
Minister of Justice, Lithuania
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