Recalibrating executive-legislative relations in the European Union

A workshop on recalibrating executive-legislative relations in the European Union at the Maastricht University Campus Brussels.

Programme

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DAY 1:

• 13:30 – 13:45: Opening address by Thomas Christiansen and Diane Fromage, Maastricht University
• 13:45 – 15:00: Panel 1: Executive-legislative relations in the European integration process
  • Chair: Diane Fromage (Maastricht University)
  • Peter Bursens (Antwerp University) - The EU’s multilevel parliamentary system: escaping from the trilemma of market integration, national democracy and national sovereignty
  • Claudia Wiesner (Hamburg University) - Representative Democracy in Times of Austerity: New Challenges in the EU Multi-level System
  • Discussant: Mendeltje van Keulen (Tweede Kamer)
• 15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break
• 15:30 – 17:30: Panel 2: Recalibration of executive-legislative relations at EU level
  • Chair: Christine Neuhold (Maastricht University).
  • Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (Technical University of Munich) - A Cacophony of Voices? Preference Cohesiveness of Multiple Principals and the Commission's Discretion in Trade Negotiations
  • Elena Griglio (LUISS Guido Carli University) - The divided accountability of the European Council and the Council: solving the puzzle through collective parliamentary oversight
  • Marco Urban (University of Lausanne) - Interinstitutional Agreements’ influence on the competences of the EP in the procedure for negotiating and concluding International Agreements
  • Wolfgang Weiss (Speyer University) - The European Parliament’s Role in the Operation of Trade Agreements
  • Discussant: Thomas Fich (European Commission)

DAY 2:

• 9:00 – 10:00: Panel 3: National case studies of recalibration of executive-legislative relations.
  • Chair: Thomas Christiaensen (Maastricht University)
  • Diane Fromage (Maastricht University) - Transposition and implementation of EU law and the provoked shift in the balance of powers at national level
  • Jan Grinc (Charles University) & Robert Zbíral (Masaryk University) - De-parliamentarisation thesis and national strategies of EU law implementation: Does the executive/legislative divide matter?
  • Discussant: Tim de Bondt (Belgian Senate)
• 10:00 – 10:30: Coffee break
• 10:30 – 12:30: Panel 4: Recalibrating the Multi-level parliamentary field.
  • Chair: Anna Herranz-Surrallés (Maastricht University).
  • Cristina Fasone (LUISS Guido Carli University) & Maria Romaniello (IMT Lucca) - National and regional parliaments on EU trade agreements: democratic facilitators or veto players?
  • Péter Márton (Central European University) - In pursuit of democratic input legitimacy in EU trade agreements: The role of European Parliaments
  • Katharina Meissner (University of Vienna) & Guri Rosén (University of Oslo) - Exploring interaction between national parliaments and the European Parliament in EU external affairs
  • Charikleia Vlachou (Université d’Orléans) - Democratic accountability of European agencies: is there a role for national parliaments?
  • Discussant: Pekka Nurminen (European Parliament)
• 12:30 – 12:45: Concluding remarks and next steps by Anna Herranz-Surrallés (Maastricht University)

FEE

no participation fee will be requested (limited seats available)

VENUE

UM Campus Brussels: Avenue de l'Armée 10, 1040 Brussels                                                  

How to get to UM Campus Brussels by metro:

from the Central train station take the purple metro line 1 leading to Stockel (not line 5 to Herrmann-Debroux) and get off at ‘Montgomery’. Take exit ‘Boulevard de Saint-Michel / Rue Tervuren 1-171 and then turn right. Walk in the direction of the Arch (Arcade du Cinquantenaire) and enter the second street on your left. This is the Avenue de l’Armée/ Legerlaan and after 10 meters the UM Campus Brussels will be on your left side.