Announcement!

MERCURY Conference 3rd September 2010 "CHALLENGES FOR GLOBAL EUROPE"

MERCURY and the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh are pleased to announce a half-day conference on the European Union's role in the evolving global order. The financial crisis, climate change talks, migration, the rise of China and other issues present a host of challenges, and leading figures will reflect on the EU's priorities and capabilities given post-Lisbon restructuring of external policy. For more information and registration, please click here.

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March 2010: Plenary meeting 3 and 4 March 2010

On 3 and 4 March 2010, MERCURY held its second plenary meeting in Brussels. During a public session on the first day, Prof. John Peterson and Prof. Wolfgang Wessels presented first results of the project work under the heading "MERCURY to date: understanding the EU as a multilateral actor". Afterwards, Prof. Zaki Laidi (CERI, Sciences Po, Paris) gave a lecture on "Understanding the European Union as a Risk Averse Power". The session was complemented by insights on the EU and multilateralism from Matthew Baldwin (Director in DG Trade, European Commission). For further information, please see here.

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Calendar of major MERCURY events

30 January 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Dr. Nathalie Tocci, Edinburgh
12 and 13 March 2009 Kick-off conference, Edinburgh
12 March 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Prof. Chen Zhimin, Edinburgh
30 April 2009 Launch of project website www.mercury-fp7.net
15 May 2009 MECURY Lecture by Prof. David Camroux, Fudan University Shanghai
9 July 2009 MERCURY Lecture by Prof. John Peterson, Cologne
9 and 10 July 2009 Joint workshop Work Packages I (“Mapping Modes of Multilateralism”) and II (“Architecture of EU External Relations”), Cologne
3 and 4 March 2010 Plenary meeting plus joint workshop Work Packages II (“Architecture of EU External Relations”) and III (“Multilateralism in Practice”), Brussels
3 September 2010 MERCURY Conference "Challenges for Global Europe", Brussels
February 2011 Plenary meeting plus workshops of Work Package III (“Multilateralism in Practice”) and Work Package IV (“Organised Multilateralism”), Prague
October 2011 MERCURY joint conference with the projects EU4SEAS and EU-GRASP, together with Stakeholder conference, Brussels
   
  This list of events will be continuously updated during the project lifetime.

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PDF July 2009: issue no. 1

PDF December 2009: issue no. 2

PDF June 2010: issue no. 3