For the second consecutive year, the Institute of European Studies (IEE) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the European Political and Governance Studies Department (POL) of the College of Europe organise a series of debates on the future of Europe.

In an international context of increasingly competing narratives, public diplomacy is widely considered as full-fledged foreign policy tool. Nevertheless, its potential is still partially untapped. The European Union, thanks also to its large network of Delegations, has in recent years significantly improved its global outreach to raise awareness on its policies, its economic power, its commitment to multilateralism and a rules-based world order. But at the same time, the EU is more and more confronted with new challenges.