Launch Conference

Observing European Democracy

On 3 and 4 December 2009, a major conference took place at the EUI to launch EUDO. It brought together representatives of each of the EUDO Observatories as well as other academic experts, policy-makers, civil-society representatives and media exponents. See the Programme .  

Introduction: Launching EUDO

• Yves Mény (EUI) 
  Welcome (listen to the audio )
• Stefano Bartolini (EUI)
  Welcome (listen to the audio )
• Alexander H. Trechsel (EUI)
  What is EUDO? Rationale, Structure and Prospects
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation )

 Watch the abstract video of the introduction  

Panel 1: Institutional Change and Reforms

• Bruno de Witte ( EUI)
  The Community Method: Resilient or Declining?
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Jean-Paul Jacqué (Council of the European Union)
  After Lisbon: A More Democratic Council?
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Francis Jacobs (European Parliament)
  The European Parliament and National Parliaments: Democratic Rivals?
  (listen to the audio )
• Adrienne Héritier (EUI)
  Continuous Institutional Change in the European Legislation:Codecision and Comitology
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation )
• Discussion
  (listen to the audio )

Watch the abstract video of Panel 1   

Panel 2: Public Opinion, Political Elites and Media

• Mark Franklin  (EUI) and Alexander H. Trechsel  (EUI)
  Strategies for Overcoming Low Response Rates in Public Opinion Research in Europe
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation ) 
• Susan Banducci  (University of Exeter)
  The Changing Role of the Media in EU Elections
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation ) 
• Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich)
  Restructuring the National Political Space in Western Europe:The Supply-Side of National Electoral Politics
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation ) 
• Floriana Sipala (European Commission)
  The Green Paper of the European Commission on the Citizens’ Initiative
  (listen to the audio )
• Discussion
  (listen to the audio ) 

 Watch the abstract video of Panel 2  

 Panel 3: Political Parties and Representation

• Peter Mair (EUI)
  (listen to the audio )
  and Luciano Bardi (EUI)
  (listen to the audio )
  Observing Political Parties and Representation
  
• David Farrell (University College Dublin)
  Observing Political Parties as both Public and Private Institutions
  (listen to the audio  and watch the powerpoint presentation ) 
• Aleks Szczerbiak (University of Sussex)
  Observing European Political Parties: Perspectives from the Post-Communist States
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Lapo Pistelli (Italian Parliament)
  Observing Political Parties: An Insider’s View
  (listen to the audio )
• Discussion
  (listen to the audio )  

 W atc h the abstract video of Panel 3  

Panel 4: Citizenship 

• Jo Shaw (University of Edinburgh)
  The Resonance of EU Citizenship for Nationality Laws
  (listen to the audio )
  Rainer Bauböck (EUI)
  Comparing Citizenship in Europe
  (listen to the audio )  
• Renaud Dehousse (Sciences Po, Paris)
  EU Citizenship and Political Participation
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Christian Joppke (American University of Paris)
  Citizenship in Europe: De- Versus Re-Nationalization
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Mirjam Škrk (University of Ljubljana)
  European Human Rights Law and its Constraints on National Regulation for Citizenship
  (listen to the audio )
• Discussion
  (listen to the audio ) 

Watch the abstract video of Panel 4  

Roundtable : An Idea for European Democracy  

Chair: Alexander H. Trechsel (EUI)
(listen to the audio )  
 

• Giuliano Amato (EUI)
  (listen to the audio )  
• Josep Borrell (European Parliament)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Carlo Casini (European Parliament)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Jean-Claude Eeckhout (European Commission)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Thomas Grunert (European Parliament)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Alexis Lautenberg (Swiss Ambassador to the UK)
  (listen to the audio )        
• Paolo Ponzano (EUI)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Niccolò Rinaldi (European Parliament)
  (listen to the audio ) 
• Childerik Schaapveld (Council of Europe)
  (listen to the audio )
   

Watch the abstract video of the Roundtable