On Saturday 2 July, Calonge Castle will host, from 10am, the second edition of the 'Europe in Blue' conference which aims to offer a forum for reflection and debate on the future of the European Union.

The event aims to consolidate the Baix Empordà as an annual space for European reflection where people interested and committed to the future of the EU can meet each year to analyze, from a critical, but always constructive, point of view, the state of the Union and the main challenges it faces.

In this edition, entitled 'We are the Europe we make', the program of presentations and debates will focus on the post-pandemic EU, for a new digital, circular and social economy, and a future based on a stronger European society and solidarity in the world

The conference will be attended by the head of the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona, ??Manuel Szapiro, the spokesperson of the European Parliament, Jaume Duch, the director of the CIDOB, Pol Morillas, the director of the Catalunya Europa Foundation, Pau Mas, the director of the Digital Future Society, Cristina Colom, the MEP in the European Parliament, Jordi Solé, or the former director general of the European Commission, Xavier Prats, among other invited speakers and experts.

The opening of the conference will be carried out by the mayor of Calonge and Sant Antoni, Jordi Soler, and the president of the Consell Comarcal del Baix Empordà, Joan Loureiro. In addition, the director general of the Representation of the Government Abroad and of the European Union, Gerard Vives, will perform the closing ceremony.

The days also had a children's workshop and a closing concert by the Black Music Big Band Junior, at 6:30 p.m., on the occasion of the European Year of Youth.

The day can be followed on social networks through the hashtags #europaenblau2022 #somleuropaquefem and streaming on this YouTube channel link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slriZIFsJeM   

This second edition has the support of Calonge and Sant Antoni City Council, the Representation of the European Commission in Barcelona, ??the Office of the European Parliament in Barcelona, ??the Regional Council of Baix Empordà, the Europe Direct Girona center (UdG) and the Catalonia Europe Foundation, among others.

You can consult the conference program in the attached document.