Dialogue between two former European commissionners: Ján Figel’ and Mariya Gabriel.

On 8 September 2025, The Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe, in collaboration with the Jean Monnet Association, welcomed Ján Figel’ (Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Clementy Schuman Legacy Foundation, former Member of the European Commission, former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia) and Mariya Gabriel (President of the Robert Schuman Institute, Budapest, former Member of the European Commission, former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria) for a dialogue on the theme «How to Build a Sustainable Peace in Europe?». It concluded with the testimony of Olivier Védrine, journalist and professor, who shared his experience in Kyiv at the onset of the war in 2022, followed by questions from the audience. The Dialogue was moderated by Gilles Grin, Director of the Foundation, and Henri Malosse, President of the Steering Committee of the Jean Monnet Association and took place at the Aula of the IDHEAP (University of Lausanne campus).

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