The Alexandrion Foundation announces the launch of Volume IV of The Sinaia Debates series, on the theme The European Union and Its Prospects (Ecou Transilvan Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2021, 360 pp.). Edited under the coordination of Professors Andrei Marga and Ladislau Gyemant, the volume includes the presentations of the speakers at the 4th edition of the event, organised online by the Alexandrion Foundation on 27–28 January 2021, which brought together opinion leaders with public roles and specialists from many fields of activity. In order to make the most of the key ideas presented and discussed at The Sinaia Debates, after each edition the Alexandrion Foundation publishes volumes that include the speakers’ contributions. The volumes are important sources of information and documentation for everyone interested in the topics debated.
“In an effort to establish in Romania a framework for debates on current economic, social, political and cultural issues, the Alexandrion Foundation of Bucharest initiated The Sinaia Debates some years ago, to which specialists from Romania, the European Union and various other countries are invited. The themes of the first three editions were The Rule of Law. Premises, Conditions, Functioning, then The Economy of the East. Post-Austerity and Prospects and, most recently, The Education Crisis. Indicators and Solutions. The proceedings were printed in thematic volumes and are available to those interested.
Even under pandemic conditions, the Alexandrion Foundation’s commitment to sustaining a framework for debates on current issues continued and bore fruit. It is no exaggeration when many of our fellow citizens observe that this is the most prestigious framework for broad cultural debate in our country.
Already at the close of the 3rd edition of The Sinaia Debates (March 2019), the Alexandrion Foundation announced the organisation of the 4th edition on the theme The Prospects of the European Union. In May 2020, the European Commission announced the organisation of the Conference on the Future of the European Union for the years ahead. With its 4th edition, therefore, The Sinaia Debates met a broad interest in the prospects of the European Union,” said Prof. Andrei Marga, Dr.H.C. mult.
Volume IV of The Sinaia Debates begins with the messages of Mr Nawaf Salameh, Chairman and Founder of Alexandrion Group and of the Alexandrion Foundation, and Stelios Savva, CEO of Alexandrion Group and First Vice-Chairman of the Alexandrion Foundation, and includes the following chapters:
- The Prospects of the European Union; Author: Andrei Marga, Dr.H.C. mult.
- The Premises of European Construction. The League of Nations – Experiment and Failure; Author: Prof. Dr. Ladislau Gyemant
- The European Union between Hope and Anxiety; Author: Prof. Dr. Emil Constantinescu
- The European Union and Its Prospects. The Role and Significance of European Funds; Author: Univ. Dr. Florin Georgescu
- Europe’s Dilemmas: Back to Market Europe or Forward to Power Europe; German Europe or the United States of Europe; a Federation of Nations or Another Concert of Nations; Author: Dr. Adrian Severin
- The European Union – a Superpower; Author: Prof. Dr. Eng. Petre Roman
- Authority and Legitimation in Transnational Legal Dialogue. New Centres of Power in Global Governance; Author: Assoc. Prof. Gabriela Goudenhooft
- The EU in the Globalised World; Author: Prof. Emer. Dr. Eng. DHC Sergiu Stelian Iliescu
- Europe and the Concept of Multiple Identity. An Idea about the Avant-Garde of the Future; Author: Prof. Dr. Victor Neumann
- The Political Integration of Creativity; Author: Polona Tratnik
- Romanian Cultural Diplomacy in the Concert of the European Union; Author: Prof. Gheorghe Schwartz
- The Orthodox Church and the Challenges of Globalisation; Author: Prof. Dr. Vasile Leb
- Moral Challenges for the Democracies of the European Union; Author: Prof. Dr. Vasile Morar
- Ethics in International Relations; Author: Prof. Dr. Ciprian Demeter
- Hegel and the Political Philosophy of Brexit; Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emanuel Copilaș
- Open Questions about the European Union; Author: Alexandru Huditeanu
- The European Union and the Prospects of the European Institutions; Author: Lawyer Dr. Iosif Friedmann-Nicolescu
- Reconfiguring the European Project; Author: Eng. Iuliu Winkler
- The Republic of Moldova – New Dimensions of Geopolitical Dissension; Author: Valeriu Sainsus
The authors presented their perspectives on the current issues and challenges facing the European Union (EU), proposing both solutions for overcoming problems and strengthening the organisation’s position, and potential scenarios for the EU’s future.
The 5th edition of The Sinaia Debates will take place in March 2022, and its theme will be “Post-Pandemic Reforms. Economy, Education, Digitalisation”.
