Program semináře

EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AT THE CROSSROADS
International Conference from the Perspective of Political Science, Economics and Law

Prague, March 16 - 17, 2007
Czernin Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Loretánské nám. 5, Prague 1

The idea of the conference is to draw attention to recent issues concerning the development of the EU through discussions in three sessions. The conference has four main aims: a) to provide a broad picture from three perspectives (political, legal, economic); b) to allow Czech scholars to discuss these issues in the Czech environment; c) to enable motivated students to take part in this discussion; and d) to draw attention of policy-makers to the complex character of these issues and show that the Czech academic discourse is part of a broader setting which provides an important impetus for political discourse and policy-making on the European level. We believe that such an event – organized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome – will attract due attention of both academia and the broader audience.

Registration at the conference


Programme – Friday, March 16, 2007:

9:00 - 10:00
Registration
 
10:00 – 11:00

Opening of the Conference

  • Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic, Prof. Václav Hampl, Rector of Charles University, Prague

 
11:00 – 13:30

Session 1: EU Governance – How the European Union Is and Should Be Governed?

  • Institutional and Policy Reform and Relationship to Indicators of the Political Environment
  • Ricardo Rovelli, University of Bologna
  • The EU Today: Global Challenges and Priorities
  • Vladimír Dlouhý, Charles University and Goldman Sachs
    Presentation
  • What's Wrong With the EU, and How to Fix It?
  • Simon Hix, London School of Economics
    Presentation
  • Making the European Court System More Effective
  • Hjalte Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen, Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochere, University of Paris II
 
13:30 - 15:00
Lunch
 
15:00 – 18:00

Session 2: EU Dynamics – What are the Underlying Forces?

  • The European Welfare State
  • Tito Boeri, Bocconi University, Milan
  • Labour Market Regulation
  • Martin Werding, CESifo Munich
  • Negotiating the European Constitution: Actor Cleavages and Negotiation Outcomes
  • Madeleine Hosli, University of Leiden
    Presentation
  • EU regulatory Framework and Growth
  • Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, University of Heidelberg
  • Country of Origin Principle - Pros and Cons
  • Luboš Tichý, Charles University, Prague
  • Eastern Enlargement and Decision Making in the EU
  • Běla Plechanovová, Charles University, Prague
    Presentation
 
 
 
 

Programme – Saturday, March 17, 2007:

9:30 – 12:00

Session 3: The EU Leviathan and Globalization - Is the EU Able to Take Over the Vital Functions of the Nation-State in the Changing Environment of the Globalised World?

  • European Taxation and Harmonisation of Taxes
  • Sijbren Cnossen, University of Maastricht
  • The EU’s International Role and Its Impact on the Evolution of the EU Constitutional Structure: A Discourse on Analytical Perspective
  • Petr Drulák, Institute of International Relations, Prague
  • System of Legislation and Its Modernization
  • Ingolf Pernice, Humboldt University Berlin
  • Communitarization of the Third Pillar
  • Jiří Zemánek, Charles University, Prague
  • National Sovereignty and Its Decline
  • Paul Craig, Oxford University
 
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
 
13:00 – 15:00

Panel Session: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go From Here?

  • Sijbren Cnossen, Jutta Limbach, Riccardo Rovelli, Dušan Tříska, Petr Drulák, Simon Hix, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Petr Pithart
 
 
 
 

Language of the conference: English, simultaneous Czech-English and English-Czech translation.


Conference partners:

The Euro Forum is a joint project of the Institute of Economic Studies FSV UK and the Bison & Rose agency.