Whilst there seems to be near-consensus that the European institutions suffer from a lack of democratic legitimacy, nothing similar can be said about the best way to address this problem. In a thought-provoking presentation that kicked off the fifth Conversation on the Future of Europe, Prof. Francis Cheneval (University of Zurich) laid out his proposal […]
For the third Conversation of 2020, EUSOL and the Robert Schuman Center were very happy to welcome Prof. George Papaconstantinou (EUI Transformation of Global Governance Project) who discussed some of the core theses of his recent book “Whatever it Takes? How to Move Ahead in Post-Crisis Europe” with a special focus on the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the […]
Under very different circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the second instalment of the 2020 edition of the Conversations on the Future of Europe resumed—via videoconferencing— on May 6. The organisers were especially grateful to our speakers, Dr. Cristina Costa (University of Durham), Dr. Mark Murphy (University of Glasgow), Dr. Guido Reverdito (Smith College, CAPA), and our […]
Conversations for the Future of Europe (experimental session) 6 May 2020 | 13:00-14:30 (CET) | via ZOOM Digital Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Education Digital technology has become central to education and training in Europe, placing digital competences as essential for life and work in an age of rapid digital changei. But now more […]
A series of online events tackling major EU challenges taking place from February to June 2020 Wednesday 13 May 2020 | 13:00 – 14:30 (CET) | via ZOOM Covid-19 has demonstrated that economic governance reform in the EMU remains more urgent than ever. In the Eurozone sovereign crisis, the severe asymmetric shock that hit the euro area revealed important gaps in […]