Wednesday 15 January 2025 @ 11:00 - 13:00 CET

On Wednesday, ECR MEP Reinis POZŅAKS will host a high-level conference, "The price of weakness".

While Ukraine is paying the ultimate price, Europe continues to talk. It’s time to turn words into action.

The conference will bring together top speakers to discuss how Europe should respond to the ongoing war in Ukraine and key strategies to address Russian aggression in 2025.

The conference will feature two panel discussions—one focusing on military strategies and the other on societal impacts.

Additionally, a short 20-minute film by Ukrainian producers will be screened. The film Nadija is a true story about a Ukrainian woman who loses her parents and fiancé during the full-scale invasion. Alone and expecting a child, she shows incredible strength and resilience, symbolizing the courage of Ukrainians.

The conference will be held in the European Parliament, room SPAAK 7C50.

The conference will also include a social media campaign in collaboration with European human rights organizations. This campaign will spread awareness about the event and encourage people to download the Ukrainian air raid siren app to experience the daily fear Ukrainians live with.

The event will be live-streamed on the ECR Group’s Facebook page.

AGENDA:

• 10:00 - registration
• 11:00 - Opening Remarks, Reinis Pozņaks MEP
• 11:10 - Defence Roundtable: Strengthening Europe’s Backbone, Lessons from Ukraine’s Defence
• 11:50 - Film Screening “Nadija”
• 12:10 - Social Roundtable: Broken lives, The human cost of social injustice in war
• 12:50 - Closing remarks

Speakers:

• Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Former President of Latvia

• Deniz M. Dirisu, OSINT Expert

• Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian Human Rights Lawyer

• Mariam Lambert, CEO of Emile Foundation

• Sean Bell, Military Analyst

• Jessica Berlin, Political Analyst

• Roman Sheremeta, Professor of Economics