Organised by the Collins Institute (Ireland)
Moderator and kick-off speaker: Eoin Drea, Senior Research Officer, Martens Centre
Panel Speakers:
Sieglinde Gstöhl, Professor, College of Europe, Bruges
Paddy Harte, Chair, International Fund for Ireland
Johan Bjerkem, Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre

Brexit will impose a set of serious challenges for the future of the European Union.
As key advocates in the development of the single market, EU enlargement and global trade, the absence of Britain as a member of the EU will confront Brussels with strategic choices. Will Brexit negatively impact the subsequent evolution of the Single Market? Is Europe a weaker player in global trade negotiations without Britain? Will a non-British EU influence how Brussels projects its power in its surrounding neighbourhood? For member states within the EU, are new strategic alliances necessary to ensure there remains an impetus for further development? Based on the specific experience of Ireland, what lessons can smaller EU states, in particular, also obtain from the Brexit experience since 2016?