This panel discussed the challenges that the rise of illiberalism within and beyond the EU poses to the EU’s internal and external policies and its very own foundations. The speakers discussed the extent of the pressures that democracies within EU member states and candidate states face by providing examples from Hungary, Poland, Turkey, and Serbia. They also exchanged thoughts on what the EU institutions can do to counter the rise of illiberalism.

• Natacha Kazatchkine, Head of the EU internal policy team for the Open Society Europe and Eurasia Program, Open Society Foundations
• Milica Delevic, Director for Competitiveness, Governance and Political Affairs, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Selim Koru, Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
• Zsuzsanna Szelényi , Director, CEU Democracy Institute Leadership Academy
Moderator: Una Hajdari, journalist

The report from the panel can be found here: [ Ссылка ]

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