Visegrad Insight Report and Brussels Debate on Civil Society in EU Defence Preparedness (visegradinsight.eu)

• Public debate on 3 November 2025, 15:30-16:45 CET, EESC building, Rue Van Maerlant 2, Brussels.
• Speakers: Alexandra Geese (Greens/EFA MEP, DSA negotiator) and Wojciech Przybylski (Visegrad Insight); moderated by Magda Jakubowska.
• Report feeds into four EU initiatives: Democracy Shield, Civil Society Strategy, Preparedness Strategy, and the next Multiannual Financial Framework.
• Based on spring 2025 scenario workshops and 2023-2024 EU Values Foresight work under the CERV programme.

"Visegrad Insight, the Warsaw-based think tank, is holding a public debate in Brussels on 3 November 2025 to discuss an upcoming report that identifies civil society as a missing element of European defence preparedness. The report contributes to four EU policy processes: the Democracy Shield, the Civil Society Strategy, the Preparedness Strategy, and the next multiannual EU budget. It draws on scenario workshops held in spring 2025 and earlier 2023-2024 work under the EU's CERV programme. Speakers include Greens/EFA MEP Alexandra Geese and Visegrad Insight editor-in-chief Wojciech Przybylski."