Why Europe Matters - a documentary film screening

The Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law & the European Legal Studies Center Present a film screening: Why Europe Matters - a new documentary film on Europe’s challenges and opportunities.

Monday, April 20, 2026
6:30 - 8:30 pm
WJW L107 (Basement)

Dinner will be served

Please RSVP

In the stranglehold of Putin’s Russia, Trump’s America, and Xi’s China, the conversation about Europe’s future is often dark. Rising nationalism, climate change, social injustice and a sluggish economy add to Europe’s woes. From London to Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Helsinki and Warsaw, this documentary gives voice to some of Europe’s thought leaders as they grapple with the threats and challenges facing the continent. Their diagnosis is sombre — but the prognosis is not.

The answer, they argue, is a stronger Europe. And it is within reach. When it comes to Europe’s future, optimism and pessimism must give way to activism — in the conviction that a stronger Europe not only must, but can be built.

The short trailer is available here. After a 45-minute screening, there will be a discussion on Europe’s future led by Professor Anu Bradford, with commentary from Ioannis Adamantidis, Ludovica Barba, Paul Sautereau du Part, and Carl Schmidt.

This event is co-sponsored by:
The Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law
& The European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School