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Workshop
The European Rescue of the European Union: The Socio-Economic Malaise of Integration
WP 7 - The Political Economy of the European Union
 León, 9-10 September 2011
Organised by Agustín J. Menéndez, University of León
Workshop summary (D80) (pdf)
RECON has articulated three different conceptions of the purpose and point of European integration in polity terms. At the same time, work package 7 has contributed a second dimension by means of tackling the conceptions of distributive justice that different visions of European integration gravitate towards.
This workshop aims at exploring the analytical, axiological and policy implications of this bi-dimensional understanding of the socio-economic constitution of the European Union by means of contrasting two of the main planks of the European socio-economic constitution: the four economic freedoms and the fiscal and monetary constitutional principles under which asymmetric European monetary union has proceeded. This leads to rendering explicit the highly political character of the European socio-economic constitution and articulating a research and policy agenda that pays proper attention to questions of democratic legitimacy and political stability.
Workshop outline
The workshop takes place in the framework of RECON's work package 7 'The Political Economy of the European Union'. Read more on the research objectives of WP 7, and on the overall research objectives of RECON.
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Programme
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Friday, 9 September 2011
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09:30-11:00
11:00-11:15
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Registration and opening
RECON at five
Erik Oddvar Eriksen, ARENA, University of Oslo
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11:15-12:35
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Keynote Speech
Historical memory, historical oblivion, historical amnesia in European integration (paper)
Hagen Schulz-Forberg, Aarhus University
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12:35-13:00 |
Debate
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First Session: Theoretical Framework | |
13:00-13:20 |
The European rescue of the European Union
Edoardo Chiti, Pedro Texeira and Agustín José Menéndez, University of León | |
13:20-14:00 |
Debate
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Second Session: Economic Freedoms: Vanguard of European Integration or Il Topolino Morto Partorito dalla Montagna?
Discussant: Fernando Losada, University of Helsinki
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16:00-16:20
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Recalibrating economic freedoms
Mads Andenæs, University of Oslo
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16:20-17:00
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Debate | |
17:00-17:20 |
Weighing and balancing: Proportionality as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (paper)
Agustín José Menéndez, University of León | |
17:20-18:00 |
Debate | |
18:00-18:30 |
Coffee break | |
18:30-18:50 |
Third model (paper)
Christian Joerges, ZERP, University of Bremen |
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18:50-19:30
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Debate
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Saturday, 10 September 2011
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Third Session: Asymmetric Monetary Union: Towards Fiscal Union or The House that the Euro Unmade?
Discussant: Lars Blichner, University of Bergen
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10:00-10:20
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Good governance of monetary policy? (paper 1 - paper 2)
Michelle Everson, Birkbeck, University of London | |
10:20-11:00 |
Debate | |
11:00-11:20
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The size that fits no-one: European monetarism reconsidered
Jeremy Leaman, Loughborough University
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11:20-12:00 |
Debate | |
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Fourth Session: What to do, Spinelli?
Discussants: Nicola Scotto
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16:00-16:20 |
Rearranging the levels of governance in Europe (paper)
David Mayes, University of Auckland | |
17:00-17:20
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The democratic European Republic (paper)
Stefan Collignon, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa | |
18:00-18:15 |
Closing
Edoardo Chiti, Agustín José Menéndez, Pedro Teixeira
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For more information, please contact Agustín José Menéndez: menendez[at]unileon.es
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