The European Neighbourhood Chair of the College of Europe in Natolin was pleased to organise its third panel discussion titled: "Integration without Membership in the European Union: Models and Recent Development", within the Autumn Neighbourhood Days with Dr Georges BAUR and Prof. Adam ŁAZOWSKI.
Several neighbours of the European Union wish to be partly integrated with the EU but not fully fledged members. During this discussion, the speakers examined the latest developments in the EU’s relations with Switzerland, the Microstates, and the United Kingdom, and explored the implications for the future of differentiated integration in Europe.
About the speakers:
Dr Georges BAUR is the head of legal research of the Liechtenstein-Institut (Gamprin-Bendern, Liechtenstein). He also advises the Government of Andorra on EU-association matters. In addition, Georges Baur is the Vice-president of the Liechtenstein Administrative Appeals Board. He has been the Assistant Secretary-General of EFTA from 2012 to 2018, based in its Brussels Secretariat. Previously he held the post of Deputy Head of Mission of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the EU in Brussels.
From 2000 to 2003, he served as Advisor to the Government of Liechtenstein on matters concerning the financial centre and financial services. Between 1993 and 2000 he worked as a lawyer in a Liechtenstein law firm.
Prof. Adam ŁAZOWSKI is Visiting Professor and Chairholder of the European Neighbourhood Chair at the College of Europe in Natolin. He is a Professor of EU law at the Westminster Law School, University of Westminster as well as a Visiting Professor at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
His research focuses on EU pre-accession policy, EU External Relations, Internal Market, EU Criminal Law as well as withdrawal from the European Union.
At Natolin he teaches a course titled EU Enlargement Policy - Past and Present. The course looks at the history of EU Pre-accession Policy, its current shape, and future accessions.