BETKOSOL Final Conference - The European Financial Interest and the Next Generation EU

The final BETKOSOL conference aims to present the results obtained during the research conducted in the previous eighteen months. The Conference will include a day in which two discussion sections will be held with the national and international panelists who participated in the research. The second day will instead be dedicated to the discussion between European and national institutions during a round table coordinated by the members of the BETKOSOL team.

Day One: 26 May 2022, 9:00 am -7:00 pm CEST

9:00 am Welcome Addresseses
Stefano Manzocchi Deputy Rector for the Research, Luiss University
Antonio Punzi Head of the Department of Law, Luiss University

Introduction to the Conference
Paola Severino Vice President of Luiss University and President of the National School of Administration

9:30 am The Protection of the EU Financial Interests and the BETKOSOL Project
Aldo Sandulli Professor of Administrative Law and P.I. of the Betkosol Project, Luiss University

10:00 am Section I: European and Comparative Perspectives

Keynote speaker
Giacinto della Cananea Professor of Administrative Law, Bocconi University of Milan
The new finances of the EU

10:30 Panel 1: Comparative Constitutional Law perspective
EU and new resources: Integration through budgetary policies?

Chair
Takis Tridimas Professor of European Law, King’s College of London

Speakers
Cesare Pinelli Professor of Constitutional Law, Sapienza University of Rome
Respect for the Common Values to the Member States and Protection of the EU Financial Interests

Francesco Bilancia Professor of Public Law, Gabriele D›Annunzio University of Chieti and Pescara
The financial interest of the EU and the transformation of the European rule of law

Nicola Lupo Professor of Public Law, Luiss University
Parliaments and implementation of the NGEU: parliamentary oversight and European resources

11:40 am Coffee Break

12:00 pm Panel 2: European Public Law perspective
The reinforcement of EU budget: ordinary and extraordinary measures

Chair
Sergio Fabbrini Professor of Politics and International Relations, Luiss University

Speakers
Robert Schütze Professor of European and Global Law, Durham University and Professor of Comparative Public Law, Luiss University
Next Generation EU: What changes for the EU multilevel Constitution?

Luisa Torchia Professor of Administrative Law, Roma Tre University
Changes in the European governance and in Administrative Law after the NGEU and the Italian RRF
Cristina Fasone Professor of Comparative Public Law, Luiss University
NGEU: towards a federal budget?

1:30 pm Lunch

3:00 pm Section II: Criminal and Administrative Law
The protection of EU financial interests and the impact on European and national criminal law

Keynote speaker
Gert Vermeulen Professor of International and European Criminal Law, University of Gent
The protection of EU financial interests and the impact on European and national criminal law

3:30 pm Panel 1: European Law perspective: criminal and administrative coordination
European institutions and new challenges in the centralized protection of the EU financial interest: EPPO and OLAF

Chair
Antonino Gullo Professor of Criminal Law, Luiss University

Speakers
Danilo Ceccarelli Deputy European Public Prosecutor’s Office
The EPPO in action: main legal and operational obstacles protecting the financial interests of the EU
Valsamis Mitsilegas Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security, Queen Mary University of London
The EPPO and the Rule of Law

Maurizio Bellacosa Professor of Criminal Law, Luiss University
The role of the EPPO in the protection of the EU financial interests: challenges and issues

Maurizia De Bellis Professor of Adminiatrative Law, Tor Vergata University of Rome
New Resources and Old Problems: Strengthening the Role of OLAF for the Protection of EU Financial Interests

5:00 pm Coffee Break

5:30 pm Panel 2: National Law perspective
The reinforcement of EU budget: ordinary and extraordinary measures

Chair
Bernardo Giorgio Mattarella Professor of Administrative Law, Luiss University

Speakers
Alexander de Becker Professor of Social and Labour Law, University of Gent
Alessandro Nato Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Luiss University
The Belgian case

Hilde Caroli Casavola Professor of Administrative Law, University of Molise
Eva Rulands BETKOSOL Research fellow, Luiss University
The German case

Maciek Serowaniec Professor of Constitutional Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Natalia Daśko Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
The Polish case

Marta Simoncini Professor of Administrative Law, Luiss University
Emanuele Birritteri BETKOSOL Research fellow, Luiss University
The Italian case

6:30 pm Concluding Remarks
Marco D’Alberti Professor of Adiministrative Law, Sapienza University of Rome

DAY TWO: 27 May 2022, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm

9:30 am Breakfast

10:00 am Opening Remarks
Dr. Giovanni Kessler Hors Classe Advisor, European Commission

10:30 am Round Table
Emergencies and institutional protection of the EU financial interest

Chair
Gianni Riotta Director of School of Journalism, Luiss University
Charlotte Arwidi OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office
Paolo Borrelli Guardia di Finanza
Claudio Canetri Regione Lazio
Stefano Castellani European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Cruciano Cruciani National Anti Fraud Coordination Service (A.F.CO.S.)
Fortunato Lambiase National School of Administration
Marco Loretti European Investment Bank
Antonio Matonti Confindustria
Pietro Russo European Court of Advisors

1:00 pm Final Greetings