Global Freedom of Expression

18 September

Free Expression in a Time of Uncertainty – a European Perspective

  • 6:00pm-8:00pm
  • ROOM 1501, School of International and Public Affairs
    420 West 118th st.
    New York, NY 10027
    United States

Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EU Commission, in conversation with Anya Schiffrin, Director of SIPA’s TMaC specialization.

Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the EU Commission, will discuss ongoing challenges to freedom of expression in Europe and how to tackle them. This talk is particularly timely given ongoing moves against freedom of expression and the media in Hungary, Poland and Turkey, as well as worries about dis/misinformation campaigns throughout Europe