The Alexandrion Foundation launches “The Sinaia Debates”
On 30 March the Alexandrion Foundation launches a cycle of debates under the generic title “The Sinaia Debates”. They are a series of dialogues on topics of public interest, with the participation of leading figures from Romania and other countries, who offer viable alternatives for resolving the topics discussed.
“The Sinaia Debates” are organised in editions, two each year, in March and September. This year’s first edition will consist of a series of three rounds of presentations and discussions on the theme “The Rule of Law. Premises, Conditions, Functioning”, over two days, 30-31 March, at the New Montana Hotel (Sinaia).
An important topic on the agendas of the national press and also a pressing problem for society, the definition of the rule of law will be debated by renowned professors of law, officials of the justice system, past and present, renowned professors of history, parliamentarians, economists, sociologists, philosophers, psychologists, and successful representatives of administration, industry, commerce, civil society, cultural life and the press.
“The concept of the ‘Sinaia Debates’ was born from the need to debate some of the most important social and political topics in the Romanian public space, and also to offer concrete answers to key questions. Moreover, in the long term, the aim of the debates is to contribute to creating a platform for communication between professionals, decision-makers and the public, at both national and international level. We therefore believe that the ‘Sinaia Debates’ can become a project of national and international scope
The 30-31 March edition will bring together the most competent and creative personalities, who will analyse one of the most topical and controversial concepts: the rule of law, its conditions and its functioning”, said the President of the Alexandrion Foundation, Nawaf Salameh.
The themes covered in this edition are: the rule of law; the post-austerity economy; education in late modernity; the reorganisation of the European Union; the evolution of globalisation; the future of energy; scientific discovery; and cultural creation.
The first round, moderated by Prof. Dr. Ioan Muraru, centres its discussion on the premises of the rule of law. The topic will be debated by Prof. Dr. Ladislau Gyemant (Cluj-Napoca); Prof. Dr. Ioan Scurtu (Bucharest); Tudorel Toader, Minister of Justice; Prof. Dr. Armando Marques-Guedes (former president of the Diplomatic Institute, Lisbon, professor at Nova University Lisbon); Mona Pivniceru (former Minister of Justice); Norica Nicolai, Member of the European Parliament; Prof. Dr. Ludvik Toplak (former president of parliament, president of Alma Mater Europaea, Slovenia); Ilie Șerbănescu (former Minister of Reform); deputy Marton Arpad Francisc; Prof. Dr. Alexandru Athanasiu (former Minister of Labour and of Education); Prof. Dr. Ioan Horga (Oradea); Prof. Dr. Eusebiu Panaite (Iași).
The second round, moderated by Prof. Dr. Corneliu Bârsan, will address the conditions of the rule of law, with a panel of renowned speakers such as Valer Dorneanu, President of the Constitutional Court; Prof. Dr. Stefan Deaconu (Bucharest); Prof. Dr. Rodica Stănoiu (former Minister of Justice); Prof. Dr. Marius Bălan (Iași); Prof. Dr. Jurij Toplak (Maribor); journalist Adina Anghelescu – Stancu; Prof. Dr. Pierre Henri Chalvidan (Paris); Constantin Boștină (general manager, Economistul); Victor Ciorbea, Ombudsman; Prof. Dr. Radu Motica (Timișoara); Ioan Ghișe, former mayor of Brașov; deputy Csoma Botond; Dan Claudiu Dănișor (Craiova); deputy Ambruș Izabella; Prof. Dr. Dan C. Voinea (Bucharest); Florin Iordache (former Minister of Justice); Prof. Dr. Ioan Santai; the journalists Andi Topală and Răzvan Savaliuc; Prof. Dr. Moise Bojincă (Târgu Jiu); Prof. Dr. Valentin Constantin (Arad); Prof. Dr. Ioana Costea (Iași); Șerban Nicolae, senator; Prof. Dr. Emilian Ciongaru (Bucharest).
The third round will debate the functioning of the rule of law. The speakers in this round included Prof. Dr. Ioan Vida, former president of the Constitutional Court; Prof. Dr. Mircea Criste, former Prosecutor General of Romania; senator Tanczos Barna; Dr. Slawomir Sierakowski (Warsaw); Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Piperea (Bucharest); senator Daniel Zamfir; Prof. Dr. Cristian Clipa (Timișoara); Steluța Cătăniciu, deputy; lawyer Gyorgy Frunda; journalist Ion Spânu; journalist Val Vâlcu; journalist Bogdan Chirieac; journalist Sorin Roșca Stănescu; journalist Oana Stancu; Dan Constantin, publication director; lawyer Dr. Iosif Friedmann-Nicolescu (Bucharest); Prof. Dr. Raluca Bercea (Timișoara); Prof. Adrian Niculescu; lawyer Mircea Arman, director of a cultural magazine (Cluj-Napoca); Ciprian Demeter, president of an employers’ association (Arad); Prof. Dr. Ionuț F. Popa (Cluj-Napoca); Prof. Dr. Gheorghe Gârleșteanu (Craiova). The dialogue will be moderated by Dana Gârbovan, president of the UNJR, and Andreea Ciucă, president of the ANM.
The debates are open to the public, and spontaneous contributions and questions from the audience are encouraged. The opening will take place on 30 March in the presence of the President of the Alexandrion Foundation, Nawaf Salameh, and Prof. Dr. Andrei Marga.
