Philoxenia

SIR IVAN ROGERS | ENDLESS BREXIT

How the Difficult Process of Leaving the EU Shapes the Future of the United Kingdom and the European Union

In conversation with Tessa Szyszkowitz Sir Ivan Rogers will discuss what Britain should do in the second phase of the negotiation process to manage a new trade deal with the European partners. And what kind of relationship would be in the European interest. 

Sir Ivan Rogers was the UK Permanent Representative to the European Union from 2013 to 2017. As one of Britain’s most distinguished civil servants he advised both Tony Blair as Principal Private Secretary as well as David Cameron on European and Global affairs. Since his resignation from Theresa May’s government he started advising think tanks on Brexit and European politics.“

Tessa Szyszkowitz, journalist and author of Echte Engländer, Picus Verlag, September 2018 

Philoxenia is a lecture series curated by the London based Austrian journalist and author Tessa Szyszkowitz. In the past years fear, xenophobia and right wing populism seem to have upstaged rationality in large parts of the world. Donald Trump was elected to the White House, Britain voted in a referendum to leave the European Union and populist movements in Europe undermine the unity of the European Union. But counterforces are assembling to think about alternatives to fear and xenophobia as driving forces of political processes. Philoxenia wants to do just that: Welcome guests to exchange thoughts in order to find answers together to the challenges of the 21st century.