Jean Monnet International Summer Seminar
Top Level Summer Course on the EU History, Institutions and Role in the World
Seminar 1 – Draft Program as of 9th January 2009
DECISION MAKING, NEGOTIATIONS AND LOBBYING IN THE EU,
SIENA 22-26 June 2009
Venue: Collegio Santa Chiara – Via Valdimontone, 1 Siena.
Monday 22 June: Opening and Introduction to the European Decision Making
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Introduction to the Seminar: Prof. Luca Verzichelli and Dr. Federiga Bindi, Summer School Directors
The EU decision-making procedures: Dr. Federiga Bindi, Jean Monnet Chair, University of Rome Tor
Vergata and Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Tuesday 23 June: Negotiating in the European Commission
Agenda setting and negotiation in the European Commission: Dr. Stefano Grassi, General Secretariat of the
Commission
The European Commission: Can it be a supranational leader? Prof. Finn Laursen, Jean Monnet Chair,
Dalhousie University, Canada
Wednesday 24 June: Negotiating in the Council
Negotiating patterns and behavior in the Council in EU legislative procedures, Ann Rasmussen
Negotiating in the Council: the practitioner’s point of view Marco del Panta, Secretary General, European
University Institute
Thursday 25 June: Negotiating in the EU a political or technical process?
Regulatory Policies and Regulatory Institutions in Europe. Dr. Sabrina Cavatorto, University of Siena
Europeanization and European discourse. Dr. Nicolò Conti, University of Siena
Friday 26 June: Round Table on the results of the European Elections
Luciano Bardi, Pierangelo Isernia, Luca Verzichelli, Maurizio Cotta….
In collaboration with:
Centro di Ricerca sul Cambiamento Politico
University of Siena