The Challenges Facing Both Shores of the Atlantic
The Challenges Facing Both Shores of the Atlantic
November 30, 2023
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
Mikuláš Dzurinda, who served as prime minister of Slovakia from 1998-2006 and is currently president of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, joined the Nanovic Institute and the University of Notre Dame on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. for his lecture on "The Challenges Facing Both Shores of the Atlantic." Using the acronym DEMOS (which refers to the Greek root word for "democracy"), he gave a survey of the ways we might work together as the United States and the European Union to answer the most pressing questions of our day, including those related to:
- Defense
- Economy
- Migration
- Oxygen (i.e., the environment)
- Society
The conversations he prompted on these subjects stimulated a substantial discussion on democracy at the university, fulfilling the Nanovic Forum's mandate to bring Europe's leaders to Notre Dame and Notre Dame to European leaders.