Debating Europe

 In 2011 the European University Institute (EUI) launched Debating Europe, a high-level initiative focused on debating the process of European integration and the major issues confronting contemporary European society. This programme is embedded in the Institute’s research topics and projects and consists of public events involving high-profile external academics, decision-makers and opinion leaders, alongside junior and senior academics from the EUI research community.

In 2012, the Institute hosts a Debating Europe lecture on the final Wednesday of each month. Each lecture is followed with a formal reaction by a discussant, after which the floor is open for what we aim to be a multi-dimensional, controversial, and lively debate.

 

Upcoming events:

The 22 February lecture "The EU Sovereign Debt Crisis: Constitutional Perspectives" is delivered by Allan Rosas, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (17h00-18h30, Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia), discussant Miguel Maduro.

 

 

On 7 March Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Finance, will give a lecture on "Europe - Economic and Institutional Perspectives"; discussant:   Elena Carletti

 

 

On 28 March a lecture, entitled "The Open Society and its Immigrants. Avoidance, Conflict and Accommodation in Europe",  will be delivered by Paul Scheffer (University of Amsterdam); discussant: Rainer Bauboeck.

 

 

Further lectures in 2012 will include:

11 April: Plilippe C. Schmitter (EUI emeritus professor), "Are Politicization and (eventually) Democratization, Problems or Solutions for the Future of European Integration?"; discussant: Bruno de Witte

 

 

2 May: Jean Quatremer (Brussels correspondent of Libération) / Etienne Davignon (former vice-president of the European Commission),  "Effets de la crise del la zone euro sur le processus d'integration"; discussant: Stefano Bartolini

 

 

30 May: Jean-Paul Fitoussi (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris); discussant: Elena Carletti

 

 

15 June: Jaques Delors (President Notre Europe, Former President of the European Commission)

 

 

26 September: Martin Wolf (Chief economics commentator of the Financial Times), "Euro Crisis: Symptoms, Sources and Solutions"; discussant:  Josep Borrell

 

 

31 October: Ulrich Beck  (Munich University / London School of Economics), "Europe at Risk: The Cosmopolitan Turn"

 

28 November: David O’Sullivan  (Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service)

 

 

(date to be announced): Timothy Garton Ash  (Oxford University) 

 

(date to be announced): Simon Hix  (London School of Economics)

 

In addition to the regular monthly lecture, the Debating Europe programme will also host other invited speakers, conferences and workshops.

In line with the Convention setting up the EUI, Debating Europe offers a primary platform for the exchange and discussion of ideas and experiences meant to reflect on and impact the European policy debate.

  

Contact: Dr. Fabian Breuer , Office of the President, +39 055 4685 871

 

 

Past events:

6 October 2011, inaugural Debating Europe event by the Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and President of the European Parliament ret. Hans-Gert Pöttering , MEP.

12 October 2011,  public lecture by His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic, Aníbal António Cavaco Silva .

11 November 2011, lecture on the occasion of the Official Opening of the 2011-2012 Academic Year by Herman van Rompuy , President of the European Council.

6 December 2011, public lecture on "the Future of Europe and the EU Neighborhood" by Aleksander Kwaśniewski , current President of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconcialiation