MOREEU : MORE EU TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS
What budget, resources, fiscal and borrowing powers for the EU?
International Conference organised by the Jean Monnet Network “MoreEU: More EU to overcome the
crisis” (coordinated by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and involving CEU-San Pablo University in Spain,
Warsaw University in Poland, Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal and Notre Europe – Jacques
Delors Institute in France) in cooperation with the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the
University of Florence, and with CesUE - International Centre for European and Global Governance
University of Florence – Polo di Scienze Sociali, Florence, 12-13 November 2015
Sala delle tesi
November 12
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Registration to the conference
2.30 pm
Welcome greetings
Franca Alacevich, Direttore del Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, University of
Florence
Prof. Anna Loretoni, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
3.00 pm Session 1
The EU Budget, its review and reform proposals
Chair: Valeria Fargion, University of Florence
D’Alfonso Alessandro, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), Reforming the
financing of the EU budget: an outlook
Sapala Magdalena, European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), Review of the Mff
2014-20. A round-up of key issues at stake
Cristina Fasone, European University Institute, The role of the European and national
parliaments with a EU reformed budget
Discussant: Jeronimo Maillo, University CEU San Pablo, Madrid
4.40 pm
Coffee Break
5.00 pm Session 2
The EU budget aims and accountability
Chair: Rita Pires Caldada, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Cieślukowski Maciej, Poznań University of Economics (Poland), The Sustainable European
Union own resources system
Rossella Bardazzi, Maria Grazia Pazienza, University of Florence, Carbon taxation and
European Budget: the solution to an long-lasting conundrum?
Pantazatou Katerina, University of Luxembourg, Fiscal capacity of the EU: Democratic,
Feasible and Necessary?
Discussant: Pawel Borkowski, University of Warsaw
November 13
9.00 am Session 3
Towards a Eurozone reform?
Chair: Giuseppe Martinico, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Woźniakowski Tomasz P., European University Institute, Sovereign Debt Crises and Fiscal
Power: Lessons from the Early US Federation for the Euro Area Today
Ioannidis Michael, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
(Heidelberg), Eurozone’s Future: From Transfer to Convergence
Nicoli Francesco, Università di Trento, From Governance to Government : options for a
smooth transition ahead of 2025
Discussant: Pier Virgilio Dastoli, President CIME
10.30 am
Coffee Break
10.45
Session 4
Towards a Eurozone budget and fiscal and borrowing capacity?
Chair: Stefan Collignon, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Federico Fabbrini, University of Copenhagen, From Fiscal Constraints to Fiscal Capacity: The
Future of EMU and its Challenges;
Alberto Majocchi, Università di Pavia, New resources for a Eurozone additional budget.
Fontana Olimpia e Vannuccini Simone, CSF e Università di Jena, European Central Bank and
European Investment Bank: a new stance for monetary and fiscal policy
Discussant: Eulalia Rubio, Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute
12.45 am
Buffet Light Lunch
2.00 pm
Round Table: What budget, resources, fiscal and borrowing
____________________.powers for the EU and/or the Eurozone?
Chair: Roberto Castaldi, CesUE and eCampus University
Mercedes Bresso, MEP, Spinelli Group
Antonia Carparelli, European Commission
Maria Chiara Carrozza, MP
Miguel Maduro, Former Portuguese Minister
Marco Piantini, EU Affairs Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister
Lia Quartapelle, MP
Francesca Utili, Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance
4.30 pm
Conference conclusion