On Saturday, November 14, the Third Conservative Forum (Konzervativní fórum) will take place at the National House in Vinohrady in Prague. The motto of this year’s edition is “Sovereignty. Home. Continuity.” The speakers include attorney Jerzy Kwaśniewski, President of the Ordo Iuris Institute, who will deliver a speech titled “Building Conservative Institutions: Experiences from Poland.”

The forum is organized by the Czech Free Speech Defense Society (SOSP). The organization presents the event as the largest gathering of Czech conservatives and patriots. This year’s edition is the first to feature broad participation of guests from abroad. The organizers expect around 250 participants.

The forum will be opened by SOSP co-founder and director Vlastimil Veselý. His speech is titled “Has the Conservative Revolution in the Czech Republic Already Begun, or What Are We Still Waiting For?” Three guests from abroad will take the floor in the morning:

  • András László, a Member of the European Parliament and President of the Patriots for Europe Foundation, will ask whether the EU is an enemy of national conservatism and will present lessons from Hungary for the countries of the Visegrád Group.
  • Roger Köppel, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Swiss weekly Die Weltwoche, will deliver a speech titled “Saving Europe from the European Union.”
  • Thomas Fazi, a writer and journalist, will discuss the EU’s propaganda machine and the use of censorship to influence elections.

In the afternoon, a panel will be held on the sovereignty of member states and the future of the European Union. Its participants will be Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka, Deputy Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies Patrik Nacher, and political philosopher Petr Robejšek. They will talk, among other things, about migration, the Green Deal, censorship, and the competitiveness of small economies in an era of growing protectionism.

Jerzy Kwaśniewski’s speech will open the afternoon part of the forum, devoted to creating a conservative social base. The Ordo Iuris President will present the topic “Building Conservative Institutions: Experiences from Poland.” Right after him, István Kiss, Executive Director of Hungary’s Danube Institute, will present experiences from Hungary. This will be followed by a panel titled “National Identity and the Building of a Conservative Social Infrastructure.” Its participants will speak about protecting the family, the Christian faith, and education free from ideology. They will also ask whether rules on the foreign funding of political non-governmental organizations, modeled on the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), are needed. They will also discuss the building of conservative think tanks, media, schools, and cultural institutions.

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