Cres – ESI at Europe’s Futures symposium
6 June 2025
Kristof (far left) with Nikola Dimitrov, Ivan Vejvoda, Isabelle Ioannides and Zoran Necev. Photo: IWM
ESI’s Kristof Bender participated in the annual symposium of the Europe’s Futures programme, a joint initiative by the IWM Vienna and Erste Foundation, which took place on the Croatian island of Cres from 4 to 8 June 2025.
In a session chaired by Ivan Vejvoda (IWM), Kristof gave a presentation at a panel about “The Push for Enlargement”. Other panellists were former Macedonian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Nikola Dimitrov, Isabelle Ioannides from the European Parliament and Zoran Nechev of the Institute for Democracy Societas 'Civilis Skopje’.
- ESI proposal: Offer the four freedoms to the Balkans, Ukraine, and Moldova
- Kristof Bender, EU Enlargement and Europe’s Future. How to Revive One of the EU’s Most Successful Policies, essay, 14 September 2023
- Vienna coffeehouse conversations with Ivan Vejvoda, New Approaches to EU Enlargement with Kristof Bender, 28 June 2023
- ESI proposal: End the turtle race
- Programme