MCEL opening event
The event will feature:
Sabrina Roettger-Wirtz, Assistant Professor of EU Law at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University;
Iris Goldner Lang, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and holder of the UNESCO Chair on Free Movement of People, Migration and Inter-Cultural Dialogue at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law;
Bruno de Witte, Professor of European Union law at Maastricht University and
Natasa Athanasiadou, Assistant Professor in International and European Law at Maastricht University and Cabinet Member at the EU Commission.
Description
The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis posed, and are still posing, unprecedented challenges to the European Union (EU) and its Member States. These events and the consequent response of the EU have significantly affected the political priorities, the integration tools and, ultimately, the legal system of the EU. The effects of Covid-19 on EU law are substantial and multifaceted, touching upon different policies and areas of EU integration. In this MCEL Opening Event of the Academic Year 2021-2022, the speakers will showcase some of the effects the Covid-19 pandemic had on EU law by analysing the responses of the EU to the health and economic crises and their implications in legal and political terms.
Programme
9.00 – 9.10 Welcome and introduction by Ellen Vos
Panel I: The EU’s Response to the Health Crisis
9.10 – 9.30 “The EU’s response to COVID-19: overview and outlook”
by Sabrina Roettger-Wirtz
9.30 – 9.50 “'Laws of Fear’ and Free Movement of Persons in the EU in the Time of COVID-19”
by Iris Goldner Lang
9.50 – 10. 10 Discussion
10.10 – 10.20 Break
Panel II: The EU’s Response to the Economic Crisis
10.20 – 10.40 “The recovery plan: the legal engineering of an economic policy shift”
by Bruno de Witte
10.40 – 11.00 “The institutional dynamics of the adoption of the Recovery Plan”
by Natassa Athanasiadou
11.00 - 11.20 Discussion
11.20 – 11.30 Closing by Annalisa Volpato
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