School Days

The Ukraine War and the EU

On May 12, 2022, more than 70 senior high school students from Saarland visited the Europa-Institut to discuss the topic "The Ukraine War and the EU". Together with the team of the Jean Monnet Chair for International Dispute Resolution and Rule of Law of Prof. Marc Bungenberg, the students dealt with the subtopics "Flight from Ukraine", "Sanctions against Russia", "Consequences under International Criminal Law" and "Ukraine's EU Accession" in 4 workshops. The welcoming speech was held by Dr. Hanno Thewes, Deputy Head of the Department "Europe and Interregional Cooperation" of the State Chancellery of Saarland. In the next weeks 4 more workshops of the Jean Monnet Chair will take place on and off campus. In total, about 250 students from Saarland will participate in the school day this year. 

On May 19, 2022, again more than 50 students - this time from the Berufsbildungszentrum Sulzbach and Merzig - visited the Europa-Institut to discuss international and European law aspects of the Ukraine war with the team of the Jean Monnet Chair led by Prof. Marc Bungenberg. In 4 workshops on the topics "Flight", "Sanctions", "International Criminal Law" and "EU Accession" the students:inside showed great interest in the discussions and shared the results of their workshops in the plenary afterwards. This time, Forum Magazine was also on site to report on the event "The Ukraine War and the EU". In the coming weeks, 3 more events on this topic will be held as part of the Jean Monnet Chair. 

On May 24, 2022, there was an "away game" for the chair team. Five staff members of the Europa-Institut and the Jean Monnet Chair of Prof. Dr. Marc Bungenberg went to Lebach to offer their workshops around the topic "The Ukraine War and the EU" at the Johannes Kepler Gymnasium for the third time. This time, too, the event was a complete success: after exciting discussions with the students on the topics of flight, sanctions, EU accession and international criminal law, the team happily drove back to Saarbrücken.

On June 13, 2022, the fourth school day of the Jean Monnet Chair of Prof. Dr. Bungenberg took place at the Europa-Institut in Saarbrücken. This time, students from TWG Dillingen visited us to discuss the Ukraine war and the role of the EU. After a short introduction to the topic, the students worked on important aspects of international law and European law in four interactive workshops and then presented them in front of the whole group in plenary. 

On June 21, 2022, the fifth and last school day of the Jean Monnet Chair of Prof. Dr. Bungenberg at the Europa-Institut on the topic of the Ukraine war took place in Saarbrücken. This time, the participating students came from the Oberstufenverbund Türkismühle and the BBZ Homburg. After a general introduction to the topic, the students were divided into four workshops and at the end presented their work in the plenum. 

We would like to thank all participants for these successful events!