{"57387":{"#nid":"57387","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The New European Parliament: Politics and Power in Today\u0027s EU","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EVideoconference with the President of The European Parliament\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe invite you to join us (via video conference) in this Transatlantic Leaders Forum Event with Jerzy Buzek - President of the European Parliament.  The discussion title is \u0027The New European Parliament: Politics and Power in Today\u0027s European Union\u0027\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E*Please RSVP to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ansley.hynes@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAnsley Hynes\u003C\/a\u003E - space is limited* \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJerzy Buzek has been President of the European Parliament since July 2009. He is the first figure from a Central and Eastern European country to be elected to a major European Union post. A founding member of the Polish Solidarity movement, he served as prime minister of Poland from 1997 to 2001. Dr. Buzek, an engineer by training, is Professor at Opole University of Technology in Poland. His priorities as EP President include strengthening Transatlantic relations, promoting closer links with Europe\u0027s Eastern partners, improving energy security, defending human rights, and successfully introducing the new legislative and budgetary powers extended to the European Parliament under the Lisbon Treaty. Whilst in Washington, on his first visit to the U.S. as EP President, he will be meeting with senior Administration and Congressional leaders, as well as opening the European Parliament\u0027s new liaison office in the city.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"We invite you to join us (via video conference) in this Transatlantic Leaders Forum Event with Jerzy Buzek - President of the European Parliament.  The discussion title is \u0027The New European Parliament: Politics and Power in Today\u0027s European Union\u0027","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Video Conference Transatlantic Leaders Forum Event with Jerzy Buzek"}],"uid":"27184","created_gmt":"2010-05-25 13:19:32","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:45","author":"Jene Gladstone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-29T15:15:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-29T16:45:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-29T16:45:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-29 19:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-29 20:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-29 20:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\/euce\/flyers\/Invite_Buzek.pdf","title":"See Invite"}],"groups":[{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"9336","name":"Buzek"},{"id":"612","name":"EUCE"},{"id":"3866","name":"forum"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"3177","name":"politics"},{"id":"9337","name":"videoconference"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EAnsley Hynes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEUCE\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ansley.hynes@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Ansley Hynes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-6237\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}