EUDO – european union democracy observatory 2012 Dissemination Conference

The Euro Crisis and the State of European Democracy Badia Fiesolana – Via dei Roccettini 9 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) - Italy

Programme

Florence, 22-23 November 2012

Thursday, 22 November 2012 \\ Handling of the Euro Crisis Plenary Sessions (Theatre)

09.00-09.30

Registration

09.30-09.45 Welcome Stefano Bartolini | Director of Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI Alexander H. Trechsel | Director of EUDO, EUI



Panel I - The Euro Crisis and European Institutions

Chair: Alexander H. Trechsel | EUI 09.45-10.05 Adrienne Héritier | EUI (co-author with Yannis Karagiannis) Governing the Euro Crisis: Institutional Change Through the Backdoor? 10.05-10.25 Bruno de Witte | EUI & Maastricht University International Treaties on the Euro and the EU Legal Order 10-25-10.45 Chiara Zilioli | European Central Bank The European Central Bank: a Fiscal Policy-Making Institution?

10.45-11.15 Discussion

11.15-11.45 Coffee break



Panel II - The Euro Crisis and National Institutions

Chair: Bruno de Witte | EUI & Maastricht University 11.45-12.05 Daniel Thym | University of Konstanz National Constitutional Limits to the Deepening of Economic Union 12.05-12.25 Carlos Closa | Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC The Ratification of the New Fiscal and Macroeconomic Governance Treaties: Changing EU Constitutional Rules

12.25-13.00 Discussion

13.00-14.15 Lunch break





Parallel Sessions (Theatre and Sala del Capitolo)

Panel III-1 - National Parliamentary Debates and National Constitutional Issues (Theatre)

Chair: Adrienne Héritier | EUI 14.15-14.40 Aleksandra Maatsch | Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC Are We All Austerians Now? An Analysis of Parliamentary Parties’ Positioning on Anti-Crisis Measures 14-40-15.05 Catherine Moury | CIES-IUL (co-author with Elisabetta De Giorgi and João Pedro Ruivo) Governing Portugal in Hard Times: Incumbents, Opposition and International Lenders 15.05-15.30 Nikos Skoutaris | London School of Economics On Sovereign Debt Crisis and Sovereignty: a Constitutional Law Perspective on the Greek Crisis 15.30-15.55 Richard Rose | University of Strathclyde The Eurocrisis and Popular Commitment

15.55-16-15 Discussion

Panel III-2 - Democratic Contestation and Policy Responses (Part I) (Sala del Capitolo) Chair: Mark Franklin | EUI 14.15-14.40 Ben Crum | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The Democratic Dilemma of Monetary Union 14.40-15.05 Felix Roth | Centre of European Policy Studies Has the Financial Crisis Shattered Citizens’ Trust in the National and European Governmental Institutions? - Evidence for the EU from 1999 to 2010 15.05-15.30 Alexia Katsanidou | GESIS The Euro Crisis and new Dimensions of Contestation in National Politics 15.30-15.55 Simon Hug | Geneva University The European Parliament after Lisbon (and before)

15.55-16.15 Discussion

16.15-16.45 Coffee break Panel IV-1 - New Institutional Balance within EU (Theatre) Chair: Carlos Closa | Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC 16.45-17.10 Wim van Aken | HEC-Ulg (co-author with Lionel Artige) A Comparative Analysis of Reverse Majority Voting. The Reinforced Stability and Growth Pact and the Fiscal Compact 17.10-17.35 Thomas Beukers | EUI The Eurozone Crisis and the Legitimacy of Differentiated Integration 17.35-18.00 Mark Dawson | Hertie School of Governance Floris de Witte | London School of Economics Constitutional Balance in the European Union after the Euro-Crisis 18.00-18.25 Giulio Peroni | University of Milan The Crisis of Euro and the New Role of The European Central Bank

18.25-18.45 Discussion

Panel IV-2 - Democratic Contestation and Policy Responses (Part II) (Sala del Capitolo) Chair: Luciano Bardi | EUI and University of Pisa 16.45-17.10 Klaus Armingeon | University of Berne The Politics of Fiscal Responses to the Crisis of 2008-2009 17.10-17.35 Pablo Iglesias-Rodríguez | EUI Civil Society Stakeholders and Financial Regulation after the 2007-2010 Financial Crisis 17.35-18.00 Amandine Crespy | Université Libre de Bruxelles (co-author with Vivien A. Schmidt) The Discursive Double Game of EMU Reform: the Clash of Titans between French White Knight and German Iron Lady

18.00-18.25 Steven Van Hecke | University of Leuven Wojciech Gagatek | University of Warsaw Never Waste a Good Crisis? Europarties, Governance and Democracy in the EU

18.25-18.45 Discussion

Friday, 23 November 2012 \\ The Euro Crisis and Democracy Parallel Sessions (Theatre and Sala del Capitolo)



Panel I-1 - Challenges for European Democracy (Theatre) Chair: Helen Wallace | London School of Economics and Political Science 09.15-09.35 Damian Chalmers | London School of Economics and Political Science New European Fiscal Governance as a Challenge for Democracy 09.35-09.55

Giulio Napolitano | Roma Tre The Global Governance of Financial Stability and its Democratic Control

09.55-10.15

Elena Carletti | EUI Banking Union: Why and How?



10.15-10.45 Discussion

Panel I-2 - Changes in National Fiscal Policies and Democratic Challenges of Austerity (Sala del Capitolo) Chair: Jo Shaw | University of Edinburgh 09.15-09.35 Elena Griglio | LUISS Guido Carli Cristina Fasone | Luiss Guido Carli The Setting up of the Fiscal Councils and the Perspectives for the National Parliaments. Comparing Belgium, Germany and the UK 09.35-09.55 Federico Fabbrini |Tilburg Law School The Fiscal Compact, the “Golden Rule” and the Paradox of European Federalism 09.55-10.15 Ulrike Liebert | European University Institute Fiscal versus Democratic Deconsolidation? Dilemmas for Citizenship in the EU under Austerity Rule

10.15-10.45 Discussion

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

Panel II-1 - Challenges for European National Democracies (Theatre)

Chair: Sergio Fabbrini | LUISS Guido Carli 11.15-11-35 Luciano Bardi | EUI and University of Pisa Party Government at the European Level: between Responsiveness and Responsibility 11.35-11.55 Violeta Ruiz Almendral | Tribunal Constitucional Limits to the Budgetary Powers of National Parliaments 11.55-12.15 Helen Wallace | London School of Economics and Political Science The Role of National Governments and Leaders in the Euro Crisis

12.15-12.45 Discussion

Panel II-2 - Legal and Constitutional Issues of Fiscal Compact and ESM Treaty (Sala del Capitolo) Chair: Claire Kilpatrick | EUI 11.15-11.35 Roberto Baratta | Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union Legal Issues of the Fiscal Compact. Searching for a Mature Democratic Governance of the Euro 11.35-11.55 Jonathan Tomkin | Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7 Contradiction, Circumvention and Conceptual Gymnastics: The impact of the adoption of the ESM Treaty on the State of European Democracy

11.55-12.15 Karolina Zurek | Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS) and Södertörn University Unions within the Union: Contested Authority over Regulatory Responses to the Financial Crisis in Europe

12.15-12.45

Discussion



12.45-14.00

Lunch

14.00-14.30 Alexander H. Trechsel | EUI & Claudius Wagemann | Goethe University Frankfurt Towards an Assessment of European Democracy



Panel III - Paths towards a Renewal of Democracy in Europe

Chair: Rainer Bauböck | EUI 14.30-14.50 Anna Triandafyllidou | EUI Intra EU-Mobility and EU Citizenship in Times of Crisis 14.50-15.10

Claire Kilpatrick | EUI EU Fundamental Social Rights and Citizen Mobilisation in the Euro Crisis

15.10-15.30 Hanspeter Kriesi | EUI Edgar Grande | University of Munich The Euro Crisis: A Boost to Politicization of European Integration?

15.30-16.00 Discussion

16.00-16.30 Coffee break 16.30-18.00 Roundtable Euro-Crisis, Demo-Crisis? Chair: Nick Thorpe |BBC Cécile Barbier | Observatoire social européen Sergio Fabbrini | LUISS Guido Carli Stephen Booth | Open Europe Luís Miguel Poiares Maduro | EUI Roberto Gualtieri | European Parliament

Participants Jacopo Francesco Alberti

University of Milan, Italy

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Stephan Albrechtskirchinger European University Institute, Italy

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Klaus Armingeon

University of Berne, Switzerland

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Jean-Thomas Arrighi

European University Institute, Italy

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Julie Bailleux

European University Institute, Italy

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Baiba Baltvilka

European University Institute, Italy

Roberto Baratta

Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union, Belgium

Cécile Barbier

Observatoire social européen, France

Luciano Bardi

University of Pisa and European University Institute, Italy

Stefania Baroncelli

Free University of Bozen, Italy

Stefano Bartolini

European University Institute, Italy

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Rainer Bauböck

European University Institute, Italy

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Carl Fredrik Bergström

Uppsala University, Sweden

Valentina Bettin

European University Institute, Italy

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Thomas Beukers

European University Institute, Italy

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Stephen Booth

Open Europe, UK

Karolina Boronska-Hryniewecka European University Institute, Italy

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Andrea Bosco

University of Florence, Italy

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Oriane Calligaro

European University Institute, Italy

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Enrico Calossi

European University Institute, Italy

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Elena Carletti

European University Institute, Italy

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Elisa Cencig

University of Florence, Italy

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Furio Cerutti

University of Florence, Italy

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Damian Chalmers

London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

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Roberto Cisotta

LUMSA University, Italy

Carlos Closa

Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC, Spain

Michele Comelli

Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy

Daniela Corona

European University Institute, Italy

Amandine Crespy

Brussels Free University, Belgium

James Cross

European University Institute, Italy

Ben Crum

Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mattias Dahlberg

Uppsala University, Sweden

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Luigi Daniele

Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy

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Mark Dawson

Hertie School of Governance, Germany

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Bruno de Witte

European University Institute and Maastricht University, Italy/NL

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Floris de Witte

London School of Economics, UK

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James Gerard Devaney

European University Institute, Italy

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Danilo Di Mauro

European University Institute, Italy

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Roberto Dominguez

European University Institute, Italy

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Antoine Duval

European University Institute, Italy

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Hanna Eklund

European University Institute, Italy

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Ander Errasti Lopez

Universitat Pompeu i Fabra, Spain

Tatjana Evas

European University Institute, Italy

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Sergio Fabbrini

LUISS School of Government, Italy

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Federico Fabbrini

Tilburg Law School, The Netherlands

Valeria Fargion

University of Florence, Italy

Cristina Fasone

LUISS School of Government, Italy

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Mark Franklin

European University Institute and MIT, Italy/USA

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Wojciech Gagatek

University of Warsaw, Poland

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Viorelia Gasca

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Adriano Giovannelli

University of Genova, Italy





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Marie-Therese Gold

University of Tilburg, The Netherlands

Robert Goodhead

European University Institute, Italy

Edgar Grande

University of Munich, Germany

Elena Griglio

Italian Senate of the Republic, Italy

Roberto Gualtieri

European Parliament, Belgium

Adrienne Héritier

European University Institute, Italy

Simon Hug

University of Geneva, Switzerland

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Swen Hutter

European University Institute, Italy

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Anna Hyvärinen

University of Turku, Finland

Pablo Iglesias-Rodríguez

European University Institute, Italy

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Daniel Innerarity

European University Institute, Italy

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Daniela Jaros

European University Institute, Italy

Alexia Katsanidou

GESIS, Germany

Lamin Khadar

Edinburgh University, UK

Claire Kilpatrick

European University Institute, Italy

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Hanspeter Kriesi

European University Institute, Italy

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Malte Kroeger

European University Institute, Italy

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Wilhelm Lehmann

European Parliament, Belgium

Nele Leosk

European University Institute, Italy

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Ulrike Liebert

European University Institute, Italy

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Michael Longo

Victoria University, Australia

Alexis Lubow

European University Institute, Italy

Nicola Lupo

LUISS Guido Carli, Italy

Aleksandra Maatsch

Institute of Public Goods and Policies, CSIC, Spain

Miguel Maduro

European University Institute, Italy

Luisa Maggio

European Parliament, Belgium

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Afroditi-Ioanna Marketou

European University Institute, Italy

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Georgia Mavrodi

European University Institute, Italy

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Leandro Moura da Silva

Embassy of Brazil in Rome, Italy

Catherine Moury

Universidade Nova, Portugal

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Federica Mucci

University of Rome Torvergata, Italy

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Ferdinand Mueller-Rommel European University Institute, Italy Giuseppe Napoletano

Banca d’Italia, Italy

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Giulio Napolitano

Roma Tre University, Italy

Petr Novak

European Parliament, Belgium

Tessa Paci Innocenti

European University Institute, Italy

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Takis Pappas

European University Institute, Italy

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Vesselin Paskalev

European University Institute, Italy

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Giulio Peroni

University of Milan, Italy

Ernst-Ulrich P etersmann

European University Institute, Italy

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Teodora Petrova

European University Institute, Italy

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University of Trento, Italy

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Sara Poli

University of Pisa, Italy

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Paolo Ponzano

European University Institute, Italy

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Zane Rasnača

European University Institute, Italy

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Aidan Regan

European University Institute, Italy

Richard Rose

University of Strathclyde, UK

Felix Roth

Centre of European Policy Studies, Belgium

Violeta Ruiz Almendral

Spanish Constitutional Court, Spain

Natalia Rusak

Chodkowska University, Poland

Sanna Liisa Kaarina Salo

European University Institute, Italy

Pierre Schlosser

College of Europe, Belgium

Steve Schwarzer

TNS-Opinion, Belgium

Jo Shaw

University of Edinburgh, UK

Markus Siewert

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Francisco Silva Torres

Oxford University, UK

Nikos Skoutaris

London School of Economics, UK

Daniel Stattin

Uppsala University, Sweden

Pierre Thielboerger

Ruhr University, Germany

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Nick Thorpe

BBC, Hungary

Daniel Thym

University of Konstanz, Germany

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Jonathan Tomkin

Law Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7, Ireland

Carlo Tovo

Bologna University, Italy

Alexander H. Trechsel

European University Institute, Italy

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Anna Triandafyllidou

European University Institute, Italy

Wim van Aken

HEC-Ulg, Belgium

Ilse van den Driessche

Dutch Senate, The Netherlands

Marijn van der Sluis

European University Institute, Italy

Steven van Hecke

University of Leuven, Belgium

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Pieter-Augistijn van Malleghem University of Leuven, Belgium

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Maarten Peter Vink

European University Institute, Italy

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Claudius Wagemann

Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Helen Wallace

London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

Rebecca Wolffberg

European University Institute, Italy

Benoît Woringer

European Commission, Belgium

Tomasz Wozniakowski

European University Institute, Italy

Fiamma Zambrini

Regione Toscana, Italy

Alkistis Zavakou

European University Institute, Italy

Chiara Zilioli

European Central Bank, Germany

Thilo Zimmermann

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

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Karolina Zurek

Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies (SIEPS) and Södertörn University, Sweden

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