The French Ambassador H. E. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes Visited The University

Friday, 14 November 2014 12:25

The French Ambassador to Bulgaria H. E. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes visited again the university and delivered to students a public lecture on the European Union Stability. The event carried out in the Ceremonial Hall was organized by the Students Council and the International Relations Research Students Association (IRRSA).

In the beginning of his lecture H. E. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes explained the term “stability” and made a historical review of the European Union enlargement. He outlined that from the geographic point of view the EU had never been stable as he examined the change of balance by the agreements and decisions made in the community. The French Ambassador pointed out that the EU has been structurally unstable and made the conclusion that Europe has been living in a mobile equilibrium. Europe wants a strong and stable Europe but we can`t accept the stability as a fact.

H. E. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes

By specific examples the lecturer illustrated some successful attempts to be found a balance between the narrow national interests in the name of the common European interest. Indicative is the activity of Jacques Delors who was a President of the European Commission from 1984 to 1994 and succeeded to contribute to the EU unification due to his programme and to the fact that he managed to get the support for it by the member-states and by the European Parliament, outlined the Ambassador.

Our common club is a democratic and legal community based on the will of people but also on the law. For us it is the fundamental thing of which depends not only the common but also the individual future. We can`t stand in our own corners regarding such major powers as the USA and China, we have to unite because separately we are small compared to them, outlined the Ambassador.  

Students in the Ceremonial Hall

Thankfulness to the lecturer H. E. Xavier Lapeyre de Cabanes was expressed by the Chairman of the Students Council Antoan Shotarov and the Chairman of IRRSA Georgy Valev. They announced to students that in the future the French Ambassador would come regularly to visit the university and deliver lectures on the most actual topics.

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