Jacques Delors Centre

Events at the Jacques Delors Centre

The Jacques Delors Centre regularly hosts large and small events that are open to the public. We would like to get in touch with you, discuss ideas and concepts and present our work. During the semester, our research section hosts the weekly European Governance Colloquium. Our flagship think tank event is EU to go, a 30-minute breakfast on a European policy topic that we organise every 4-6 weeks. You find all our events on this page.

Public event

Matching savings and investments: The role of banks and capital markets in financing Europe’s future

Tuesday, 10.06.2025 | 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm (CET)

We are delighted to invite you to join us on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, for a high-level discussion featuring two key figures in financial sector supervision: Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank, and Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).

Online and On-site event

Public event

Spotlight on Christine Lagarde: Europe's Role in a Fragmented World

Monday, 26.05.2025 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm (CEST)

As part of our Pariser Platz Dialogue series, the Jacques Delors Centre invites you to a keynote address by Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank.

Online and On-site event

Public event

Towards a Clean Industrial Deal: Can the EU Transform and Compete?

Monday, 19.05.2025 | 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm (CEST)

Online and On-site event

Research event

Politicising Digital Policy in the European Union

Tuesday, 13.05.2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Ben Crum (Associate Professor in Political Science at VU University Amsterdam) will present his research: "Politicising Digital Policy in the European Union" This is an EU Governance Colloquium event.

Online and On-site event

Research event

EU Law and Distribution in European Society

Tuesday, 06.05.2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Sabine Mair (Assistant Professor of EU law at University of Amsterdam) will present her research: "EU Law and Distribution in European Society" This is an EU Governance Colloquium event.

Online and On-site event

Public event

EU to go - Live podcast ‘The new Federal Government: What does Europe expect?’ with Katarina Barley

Monday, 05.05.2025 | 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm (CEST)

On-site event

Research event

International recognition of European Union ‘actorness’: Language-based evidence from United Nations General Debate speeches 1970-2020

Tuesday, 29.04.2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Christian Rauh (Research Fellow at WZB) will present his research: "International recognition of European Union ‘actorness’: Language-based evidence from United Nations General Debate speeches 1970-2020" This is an EU Governance Colloquium event.

Online and On-site event

Public event

EU to go: Power, Musk and Freedom of Expression - Who protects Europe's digital discourse?

Thursday, 24.04.2025 | 8:30 am - 9:00 am (CEST)

Before the working day begins, there will once again be a short input on a current EU topic. Start the day with us, fresh croissants and coffee. On-site only, seats are limited.

On-site event

Student event

Brown Bag Lunch with Klaus Welle: Lost in Fragmentation? The European Parliament in a New Political Reality

Wednesday, 16.04.2025 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (CET)

Klaus Welle, former Secretary General of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Academic Council of the Martens Center, discusses what the changing political landscape means for EU decision-making.

Online and On-site event

Research event

What does "democracy" mean as a concept of EU law and policy?

Tuesday, 08.04.2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

John Morijn (Professor of Law and Politics in International Relations at the University of Groningen) will present his research: "What does "democracy" mean as a concept of EU law and policy?" This is an EU Governance Colloquium event.

Online and On-site event

Research event

Connecting citizens in the EU through Hegel’s mutual recognition: a research agenda

Tuesday, 01.04.2025 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm (CET)

Ana Bobić (Senior Researcher and Adjunct Faculty, JDC) will present her research: “Connecting citizens in the EU through Hegel’s mutual recognition: a research agenda”. This is an EU Governance Colloquium event.

Online and On-site event

Public event

EU to go: America First, Europe at Risk? - Germany and the EU between federal elections and Trump

Thursday, 27.03.2025 | 8:30 am - 9:00 am (CET)

Before the working day begins, there will once again be a short input on a current EU topic. Start the day with us, fresh croissants and coffee. On-site only, seats are limited.

On-site event