The EDP in Belgrade for a European Serbia: legality, free media, fair elections
During the two days of 18–19 September in Belgrade, the European Democratic Party delivered a clear message
At a time when the worst nightmares would like to nail us to our fears, to our weaknesses: this is the time to dream. And to fight of the realisation of our dreams, which are also the fairest and most pragmatic answers to the challenges of our time. There are times when an entire generation is called upon to prove itself equal to the challenges of history. We are living one of these moments: let us reform the Union to unite Europe.
Born on 25 March 1968 in Sogliano al Rubicone, Emilia-Romagna (Italy) PhD in Public Law from the University of Bologna.
He also holds a DEA in political science and a master’s degree in international relations from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the Université libre de Bruxelles and a Doctorat honoris causa in literature and philosophy, University of Fribourg.
Sandro Gozi studied Law in Bologna and International Relations at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He also holds a doctorate in public law from the University of Bologna. Former diplomat, he also tought European Politics and Institutions in several European and American Universities. He worked 10 years in the European Commission and from 2000 to 2004 He was member of the cabinet of Commission President Romano Prodi. In 2006, he was appointed advisor on European affairs to the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, and between 2006 and 2013 he was member of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Democratic Party’s parliamentary group on the European Union Policy Committee. He also chaired the Immigration and Schengen Parliamentary Committee. He was president of the Italian Delegation and vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He has served as Italian Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Renzi and Gentiloni governments (2014-2018) and was subsequently appointed advisor to the former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in 2019. He has been decorated with the french orders of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” and “Officier des Palmes Académiques” and he holds a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Literature and Philosophy of the University of Fribourg. Elected in 2019 in France, Sandro Gozi is today a Member of the European Parliament in the Renew Europe Group, Renew coordinator in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and of the Committee of Regional Development. He is also Secretary General of the European Democratic Party. On 8 March 2024, he was nominated as the EDP’s lead candidate at the Florence Convention.
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During the two days of 18–19 September in Belgrade, the European Democratic Party delivered a clear message
European Movement in Serbia, in collaboration with the European Democratic Party, is organising a public debate entitled “Serbia’s European Hour – Lost Time or New Opportunity?”
Gli eurodeputati PDE a Parigi con Gozi, Bayrou e Barrot: priorità per Strasburgo, riforma della governance, caro-vita, transizione ecologica e ruolo globale dell’Europa
Il Segretario Generale del PDE ed europarlamentare di Renew Europe replica alla lettera del Presidente serbo: “Non sono i cittadini a compromettere il percorso europeo della Serbia, ma il suo governo, con violenze, menzogne e attacchi alla libertà”.
As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen international cooperation between democratic forces, the EDP recently hosted a transatlantic dinner discussion in Paris, bringing together key figures from European and American centrist politics.
Trent'anni fa, a Srebrenica, più di 8.000 uomini e ragazzi bosniaci sono stati assassinati dall'esercito serbo bosniaco. Nel 2007, la Corte internazionale di giustizia ha giudicato che tali atrocità costituivano un genocidio. Tra il 1992 e il 1995, la guerra in Bosnia ha causato oltre 100 000 morti, migliaia di donne sono state violentate e più di due milioni di persone sono state cacciate dalle loro case. In questa solenne occasione di commemorazione di uno dei capitoli più bui della storia recente dell'Europa, il partito ALDE, i membri della LIBSEEN nella regione, l'ADLE all'Assemblea parlamentare del Consiglio d'Europa, il Partito Democratico Europeo, l'Internazionale Liberale, LYMEC, Renew Europe al Comitato delle regioni, Renew Europe al Parlamento europeo e YDE: Giovani Democratici Europei si uniscono per onorare la loro memoria e pubblicano la seguente dichiarazione: