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On the 24th of February 2022, the Russian army launched an attack on Ukraine in violation of international law. Since then, we have been horrified by the suffering of the people in Ukraine. After the invasion, the German chancellor Olf Scholz spoke of a “turning point in the history of our continent”. The political consequences so far include a change in the defense policy of Germany and the EU with extensive arms deliveries and massive rearmament plans. These measures confront the peace movement with new challenges. How can we overcome the current status of shock? How can Germany and the EU support Ukraine in the most effective way as to end the war as quickly as possible? We want to discuss these and other questions as a way to provide impulses for a more comprehensive public debate.
We look forward to the discussion with you and our panel guests.
When? 10 June 2022, 6-9pm
Where? Roter Salon, Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, 10178 Berlin
Programme
6 pm Registration
6.30 Welcome
6.40 The War in Ukraine: Voices from Ukraine (video statement)
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Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ukranian Pacifist Movement, Kyiv
7 pm The War in Ukraine from the Perspective of our Neighbours
Short inputs from NGOs from different European countries
- Laura Lodenius, Finland
- Andreas Weibel, Group for a Switzerland without an Army, Switzerland
- Laetitia Sedou, ENAAT-office Brussels, Belgium
- Dr. Samuel Perlo-Freeman, Campaign Against Arms Trade, GB
7.45 The War in Ukraine - a Turning Point in the History of our Continent?
Panel Discussion
- Sara Nanni, Member of the German Bundestag, spokesperson on defence policy of the parliamentary group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (online)
- Oscar Prust, Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Ingar Solty, Consultant for Peace and Security Policy at the Institute for Social Analysis of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Wendela de Vries, Stop Wapenhandel, Netherlands
- Zhanna Mylogorodska, Allianz Ukrainischer Organisationen
9 pm End
Registration is not required. Admission is free of charge. The event will be held in English.
The event is being held in the context of the annual conference of the European Network Against Arms Trade (ENAAT). ENAAT was founded in 1984 and involves groups and individuals who see the arms trade as a threat to peace, security and development. It is made up of 20 national campaign and research groups from 13 European countries and 3 European or international organisations.
