EU faces plethora of challenges post-election, BSF panel hears

Bled, 3 September - The EU faces even bigger challenges than in the Commission's and Parliament's previous term, heard a Bled Strategic Forum panel on Tuesday. Competitiveness, the technological dominance of the US and China, and inadequate defence spending were highlighted as some of the key concerns along with incomplete integration and political gridlock.

Bled The Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking? Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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The Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking?
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Bled Guillaume Klossa, executive president of French think-tank EuropaNova, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Guillaume Klossa, executive president of French think-tank EuropaNova, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU.
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Bled Rastislav Chovanec, state secretary at the Slovak Foreign Ministry, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Rastislav Chovanec, state secretary at the Slovak Foreign Ministry, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU.
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Bled The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking? Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking?
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Bled The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking? Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking?
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Bled The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking? Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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The audience at the Bled Strategic Forum panel titled Post-Election EU - Acting or Sleepwalking?
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Bled Elmedin Konaković, foreign minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Elmedin Konaković, foreign minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the Bled Strategic Forum panel debate on post-election EU.
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