{"id":27077,"date":"2024-05-29T14:39:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/z6frttwr.ordoiuris.io\/aktualnosc\/an-empire-of-europe-or-a-europe-of-nations-hermann-tertsch-lorenzo-bernasconi-jean-messiha-and-jerzy-kwasniewski-discuss-the-planned-reform-of-the-eu-treaties\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:35:25","slug":"an-empire-of-europe-or-a-europe-of-nations-hermann-tertsch-lorenzo-bernasconi-jean-messiha-and-jerzy-kwasniewski-discuss-the-planned-reform-of-the-eu-treaties","status":"publish","type":"informacje","link":"https:\/\/ordoiuris.pl\/en\/press-newsdesk\/an-empire-of-europe-or-a-europe-of-nations-hermann-tertsch-lorenzo-bernasconi-jean-messiha-and-jerzy-kwasniewski-discuss-the-planned-reform-of-the-eu-treaties\/","title":{"rendered":"An Empire of Europe or a Europe of Nations? Hermann Tertsch, Lorenzo Bernasconi, Jean Messiha, and Jerzy Kwa\u015bniewski discuss the planned reform of the EU treaties"},"content":{"rendered":"

A European discussion panel conducted by the Ordo Iuris Institute as part of a conference on the future of Europe organized by TVMN<\/a> in Warsaw on May 20. The 50-minute-long discussion was centered on the project of reform of the EU treaties adopted by the European Parliament last November and then approved by the Council of the EU in December. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It was moderated by Ordo Iuris Communication Director Olivier Bault and it gathered four participants from four different countries:<\/p>\n

– Hermann Tertsch from Spain, who has been an MEP for Vox since 2019 and is vice-chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group. Hermann Tertsch is a journalist by profession, now a member of the editorial board of La Gaceta de la Iberosfera, which is a right-wing website centered on Spain and Latin America. In the past, Hermann Tertsch has been a correspondent in Central Europe for major Spanish media outlets, where he has also occupied top positions, such as that of deputy editor-in-chief of El Pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n

– Lorenzo Bernasconi from Italy, who is a research fellow at the Machiavelli Center, a major conservative think tank in Italy. Lorenzo Bernasconi is also an advisor to the Minister for Economy and Finance in the government of Giorgia Meloni and he is a former civil servant in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

– Jean Messiha from France, who is a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament on behalf of Eric Zemmour\u2019s Reconquest party. Jean Messiha is a former civil servant at the Ministry of Defense in France, a former member of the political bureau of Marine Le Pen\u2019s National Rally, Eric Zemmour\u2019s spokesman during the last presidential election in France, and a well-known commentator and columnist.<\/p>\n

– Jerzy Kwa\u015bniewski from Poland, who is the president of the board of the Ordo Iuris Institute, the chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Collegium Intermarium, a private Polish university, and a lecturer of public international law as well as an attorney and managing partner at the Parchimowicz & Kwa\u015bniewski law firm. Jerzy Kwa\u015bniewski is often listed as one of Europe\u2019s most influential lawyers. In the past decade, he was appointed to advisory councils of four consecutive ministers of justice, both liberal and conservative. Jerzy Kwa\u015bniewski is also the editor and one of the authors of the \u201cWhy do we need sovereignty?\u201d report on EU reforms<\/a> published by the Ordo Iuris Institute.<\/p>\n

The Ordo Iuris Insitute is Poland\u2019s and Europe\u2019s most active legal think-tank on the conservative side. It is active not only within Poland\u2019s borders but also at the international level, in particular in the European Union and Council of Europe institutions as well as at the UN.<\/p>\n