This year's lecture

The British-Luxembourg Society
Sir Winston Churchill Memorial Lectures

Over the years we have had the privilege to host this annual event and invite a series of eminent speakers from the British political, economic or cultural world. 

Past speakers have included: The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister; The Rt. Hon. Neil Kinnock, former Vice-President of the European Commission; The Rt. Hon. Christopher Patten, former European Commissioner for External Relations; The Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd CBE MP, former British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Eddie George, former Governor of the Bank of England.

The speakers gave a lecture on their topic of choice, generally but not always a European theme.

The 2020 lecture will be given by The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes, CH,
Chancellor of the University of Oxford and former European Commissioner for External Affairs.

He will speak on
“The challenges facing the European Union
and the United Kingdom”.

The lecture will take place at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, Rue Alcide de Gasperi, Luxembourg Kirchberg

on Tuesday28th April at 17:30 for 18:00

and will be followed by a reception.

 Registration is now open   (click here)