EU’s future patterns of differentiation, dominance and democracy

As a part of the launch of the Research Horizon 2020 Project EU Differentiation, Dominance and Democracy (EU3D) this debate will outline Europe’s challenges and discuss possible ways for dealing with them.The European Union has gone through a very tumultuous decade, having had to grapple with the Eurozone crisis, the refugee crisis and a less predictable and rule-bound global context. The EU that emerged from the crises has become more differentiated and faces strong centrifugal pressures not only from Brexit but from a pan-European ‘new’ nationalist or ethnic nationalism that is deeply Eurosceptic. Historically differentiated integration has been an important mechanism for handling Europe’s diversity. Today it is not clear if differentiation is part of the problem or part of the solution.

Program
Greetings
Fabiano Schivardi Luiss Vice Rector in Charge of Research

Chair
Giovanni Orsina Director Luiss School of Government

Speakers
Giuliano Amato Italian Constitutional Court, former Italian Prime Minister
Danuta Hübner Member of the European Parliament
Turkuler Isiksel Professor Columbia University
Yves Mény former President European University Institute and Luiss
Jean-Claude Piris former Director-General of the Council Legal Service, Council of the EU
Sergio Fabbrini Professor and Dean of the Political Science Department Luiss
John Erik Fossum EU3D Coordinator, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo

Luiss, Roma