Embassy of Ireland Copenhagen: “Ireland & Denmark marking 50 years of EU membership – a Golden Jubilee?”

11 November 2022
Irish-Danish journalist Clare MacCarthy, and panelists Noelle O Connell (CEO of European Movement Ireland), and Claus Grube (former Permanent Secretary of the Danish MFA, and former Permanent Representative to the EU).
The audience listening to the panel discussion.

Embassy Copenhagen co-hosted an EU50 event on Thursday 10 November with the European Parliament Liaison Office in Denmark, at Europa House in Copenhagen.

The event was entitled ‘Ireland & Denmark marking 50 years of EU membership – a Golden Jubilee?’, with a panel discussion moderated by Irish-Danish journalist Clare MacCarthy, and panelists Noelle O Connell (CEO of European Movement Ireland), and Claus Grube (former Permanent Secretary of the Danish MFA, and former Permanent Representative to the EU).

The lively discussion covered Ireland’s and Denmark’s respective journeys in the EU, and how the “marriage” was doing after 50 years.