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The future of AI under discussion at the European Commission

Claude Wachtelaer — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:52:40 +0000

On 8 June 2026, Commissioner BRUNNER, responsible for Article 17, organised a dialogue meeting on the social and ethical impact of artificial intelligence. The participants represented both non-denominational and religious groups. We were represented by Hedy BLILI GOUYOU and our Past President Guy T’HOOFT, who, with the help of our working group, drafted an analytical paper which made a strong impression, according to the feedback we received the following day during the symposium at the European Parliament.

The documents relating to this meeting are available here:

Abstracts – Article 17 seminar – 8 June 2026

AI_Act_Berlaymont_Speech_EN version_Blili-Gouyou

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Europe facing the future, digital technology and defence

Guy T hooft — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 11:24:50 +0000

View the poster in French here

To register: send an email to info@aepl.eu

View the poster in Français here

To register: send an email to info@aepl.eu

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Luxembourg European Meeting

Guy T hooft — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:50:29 +0000

All the speakers are lined up for our event on Saturday 21 October! From 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m., we'll be debating, with passion and conviction, how to tackle climate change, with (in alphabetical order):

– Marc AngelMEP (Luxembourg), Vice-President of the European Parliament

– Franziska Bast, a student at the Franco-German University of Saarbrücken (Germany), and a member of Fridays for Future (Saarland) and Greenpeace (Metz)

– Tom Baulerprofessor of ecological economics and co-director of the Institut inter-facultaire des transformations socio-écologiques (iiTSE) at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium)

– Michel Bourban, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Twente (Netherlands), specialising in the ethical issues raised by climate change

– Vincent Courboulaya lecturer in computer science at La Rochelle University (France), specialising in digital responsibility

– Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Employment and Social Rights

– Valérie Trouetpaleoclimatologist, professor at the University of Arizona (USA), scientific director of the Climate Centre (Belgium)

– Claude TurmesMinister for Energy and Regional Planning (Luxembourg)

There will be plenty of time for debate with the audience. Registration will open in September. We look forward to seeing you there!

Click here for the website.

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Meeting with the President of the European Parliament

bastien@cconcept.lu — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:50:11 +0000

The meeting scheduled for 5 June 2023 was postponed by Mrs Metsola a few days before it was due to take place.

A new request will be made by AEPL. No new date has yet been set.

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AEPL General Meeting 2023

bastien@cconcept.lu — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 08:25:48 +0000

When :
Sunday March 5th 2023

Address:
40, rue Washington
1050 Brussels
Belgium

The agenda :

Welcome by the Chairman - Approval of the minutes of the 2022 AGM
2022 Activity Reports
Election of new Board members
2022 Treasurer's Report - 2023 Budget
Auditors' report 2022 (+ Appointment 2023)
Approval of the 2022 financial statements
Discharge of directors for 2022

Minutes of the AGM here

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