I Europe-Russia Forum
Krynica Zdrój, Poland, April 14-16, 2005
After the enlargement implemented in May 2004 the European Union faces new challenges, some of which pertain to dialogue with Russia. Russia itself, after a decade of changes, has to redefine its role in politics, especially in the European dimension.
The role and hope of the organizers of the Europe-Russia Forum is to create optimal conditions for dialogue between the EU and Russia, which could help shape the character of European-Russian relations in the spirit of cooperation and partnership.
Europe-Russia Forum Summary (pdf):
Mission (482 kb)
Plenary session - Russia and the EU: membership, partnership or competition? (352 kb)
Russia 2004 - Report on Transformation (355 kb)
Europe-Russia: political relations (659 kb)
Europe-Russia: economic relations (476 kb)
The Europe-Russia Forum brought together 150 representatives of Russia and the European Union. Among them were:
- Marek Belka - Prime Minister of Poland
- Aslambek Aslakhanov - Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation
- Ursula Stenzel - Member of European Parliament
- Sergey Krylov - Head of Department for International Contacts in AFK "Sistiema", Russia
- Anne de Tinguy - Center for International Studies and Research, Paris
- Vladimir Zhidkikh - First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Affairs and Regional Politics Committee, The State Duma, Russia
- Milan Jezovica - Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, Office of the Government, Republic of Slovakia
- Gleb Pavlovskiy - President of Efficient Policy Foundation, Moscow
- Norbert Baas - Ambassador, Special Bureau Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus, German Forreign Office
- Pierre Rousselin - Foreign Affairs Editor in Chief, Le Figaro
- Audronius Azubalis - Vice-chairman, Committee of Foreign Affairs, Lithuanian Parliament
- Karl Ingmar Oldberg - Swedish Defense Research Agency
- Stefan Widomski - Senior Vice-President of NOKIA
- Pawe³ Kmiñski - Vice-President, PGNiG, Poland
- Igor Chalupec - President of PKN Orlen, Poland
- Alexander Karpushin - Head of Representation of Oil Company "Rosneft" in Europe
- Janos Matyas - Head of Upstream Business Development, MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc., Budapest
- Robert Paterson - Partner, Corporate Finance Department, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London
Topics on the agenda:
Politics
1. War against terrorism: together or apart?
2. The Muslim minorities in Russia and the EU states: problems of integration and threats to the state
3. Perspectives for the "political triangle" Paris-Moscow-Berlin
4. Russia and new members of the EU
5. Commonwealth of Independent States: a competition ground between the EU and Russia
6. Russia after Putin - strategies of development after 2008
7. An effective state: a way to an effective economy
Economy
1. Globalization, consolidation - how to make the Russian and EU economies competitive
2. Pathologies of economy - oligarchisation, corruption, monopolization
3. Energy markets in Europe: future of cooperation with Russia
4. Russian investment expansion in the EU: myths and reality
5. Quality and stability of institutions as a condition for development of economic cooperation between Russia and the EU