{"id":27104,"date":"2024-09-20T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/z6frttwr.ordoiuris.io\/aktualnosc\/the-ordo-iuris-and-heritage-foundation-conference-in-warsaw-only-nation-states-not-a-superstate-can-ensure-europes-security-and-prosperity\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:56:08","slug":"the-ordo-iuris-and-heritage-foundation-conference-in-warsaw-only-nation-states-not-a-superstate-can-ensure-europes-security-and-prosperity","status":"publish","type":"informacje","link":"https:\/\/ordoiuris.pl\/en\/press-newsdesk\/the-ordo-iuris-and-heritage-foundation-conference-in-warsaw-only-nation-states-not-a-superstate-can-ensure-europes-security-and-prosperity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ordo Iuris and Heritage Foundation conference in Warsaw: Only nation-states, not a superstate, can ensure Europe\u2019s security and prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 European Union institutions are continuing their work on reforming the bloc\u2019s treaties.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 If pushed through, the planned changes will lead to a far-reaching reduction in the sovereignty of the EU member countries.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 This was the central topic of an international conference organized in Warsaw on September 19 entitled \u201cOn the Threshold of the State of Europe. Economy, Defense, Ideology and the Protection of Sovereignty in a Transatlantic Perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The conference was organized by Poland\u2019s Ordo Iuris Institute in cooperation with The Heritage Foundation, a leading think-tank in the United States and one of the most influential centers of conservative thought in the world.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The conference was attended by politicians, academics, social activists and journalists from Poland, Spain, France, Great Britain, Italy, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, and the US.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The participants in the discussion panels addressed issues such as climate policy, transatlantic economic cooperation, security and defense, the dangers of introducing gender ideology into social policy, and how to build international relations while respecting national sovereignty.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The conference took place at the headquarters of the Association of Polish Journalists in Warsaw.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 After the conference, its participants met to discuss the draft amendment of the European Union treaties that was passed by the European Parliament last fall. They also decided to undertake joint activities to inform the public in all the EU member states concerning the planned changes.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The reform of the EU treaties that is underway is moving in the direction of significantly depleting the powers of the bloc\u2019s individual states in key areas such as defense, social policy, health care, climate policy, and the economy. A major step in this direction was the European Parliament\u2019s November 2023 resolution on the proposed treaty changes. Earlier this year, this issue was the focus of <\/span>a special Ordo Iuris report<\/a><\/span><\/strong> entitled Why Do We Need Sovereignty? Ten Areas of the Surrender of National Sovereignty in Light of the European Parliament\u2019s Resolution on Proposals for the Amending of the Treaties<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These potential changes in the EU were discussed by the participants in the Ordo Iuris and Heritage Foundation\u2019s joint conference, both from European and American perspectives. The event was opened by Jerzy Kwa\u015bniewski, the President of the Ordo Iuris Institute, and James Carafano, Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Kwa\u015bniewski noted that work on treaty reform has not received much attention in the European Union, even though, as he pointed out, the European nation-states are just one step away from throwing out most of their own independent decision-making powers. Carafano spoke about the ongoing electoral battle in the United States, which will no doubt have an impact on what happens in Europe as well. As he stressed, however, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections in the US, he believes that relations and cooperation between conservative circles on both sides of the Atlantic will only strengthen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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