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The Eurozone Crisis and the Democratic Deficit
14 June 2013, 12:00 am
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14 June 2013
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As EU institutions have expanded their competences into areas directly affecting national sovereignty, so have concerns over its alleged 'democratic deficit' deepened. The Eurozone crisis has arguably taken these concerns to a new level, given that most policy responses to date have privileged executive decisions over parliamentary scrutiny, technocratic solutions over democratic accountability. The crisis has thus also contributed to rising public disillusionment with established political systems at all levels. Historically, economic downturns may always have affected public confidence - but is the Eurozone crisis eroding trust in the Union in an unprecedented manner?
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3.15-3.30pm: |
Welcome |
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Kyle Galler, Principal Economic Policy Analyst, European Commission Representation in the UK |
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Richard Bellamy Professor of Political Science and Director, UCL European Institute |
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| 3.30-5pm | The Democratic Legitimacy of the EU: is Federalism the Solution or the Problem? |
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Chair |
John Peet Europe Editor, The Economist |
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Speakers |
Dario Castiglione Associate Professor of Politics, Exeter |
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Francis Cheneval Chair in Political Philosophy, University of Zurich |
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| Andrew Duff MEP | |
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Kalypso Nicolaïdis Professor of International Relations, Oxford |
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Andrew Walton Assistant Professor in Political Theory, St. Gallen |
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| 5-5.30pm | Break |
| 5.30-7pm | Social Justice and the Financial Crisis: Is the EU the Problem or the Solution? |
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Christine Reh European Politics, UCL School of Public Policy |
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Ulrike Guérot Senior Policy Fellow, European Council of Foreign Relations |
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Philippe van Parijs Hoover Chair of Economic and Social Ethics, Université Catholique de Louvain |
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Fritz Scharpf Emeritus Director, Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies |
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Stewart Wood House of Lords |
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Richard Bellamy Director, UCL European Institute |
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| 7pm |
Reception |
| PhD workshop |
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A closed workshop with PhD students from UCL, Yale, Oxford, Exeter, Zurich and St. Gallen and some of the above speakers will be held on 13-14 June .
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Context
This symposium is the concluding event in a year-long series on the Eurozone crisis and its effect on the democratic standards of the EU, which previously included policy roundtables, PhD workshops and public panel discussions. The series has been generously supported by the European Commission Representation in the UK.