Parliaments in the European Union after Lisbon
Crowne Plaza Hotel Maastricht
23-24 February 2012
The aim of this two-day conference is to contribute and take forward current debates on the impact of the Treaty of Lisbon on the role of parliaments in the European Union. The multi-disciplinary approach brings together scholars from law, comparative politics and public administration and combines academic debate with input from practitioners within the panels.
Confirmed speakers include: Alain Delcamp, Secretary General of the French Senate; Jens-Peter Bonde, former Member of the European Parliament; Lord John Roper, member of the British House of Lords, Michael Shackleton, Head of the UK Information Office of the European Parliament and Hans Hegeland, Committee Secretary in the Swedish Parliament.
The conference is organised jointly by the Montesquieu Institute Maastricht and the Observatory of Parliaments after the Lisbon Treaty (OPAL), with financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the City of Maastricht. The Montesquieu Institute Maastricht is supported by the Province of Limburg.
