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Quo Vadis? Identity, Policy and the Future of the European Union

When
Monday
Where
CEPS Conference Room
Place du Congrès 1 - 1000 Brussels

Free participation in our meetings is a benefit of CEPS membership. Non-members may be admitted for Euro 50, paid in cash at registration. Representatives from the European institutions (Commission – Parliament – Council – EEAS – Committee of the Regions) & members of the press benefit from free entrance, too. A sandwich lunch will be served from 12.30 onwards.

CEPS Event

Quo Vadis? Identity, Policy and the Future of the European Union

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CEPR and CEPS invite you to this joint discussion forum on “Quo Vadis? Identity, policy and the future of the European Union”, marking the Brussels launch of the CEPR eBook (available to download here)

The motivation is clear: the EU project is in a big crisis, with the Brexit vote being only one of many disruptors. There rather seems a deeper identity crisis, The institutions and even the very idea of the EU are under fire, with feelings of disenfranchisement among large parts of the population driving support for populist movements across the continent. At the same time, the EU faces external threats from the East (Putin) and the West (Trump), both eager to weaken, if not destroy, European unity, including the EU.  It is no exaggeration to say that Europe, as a political entity, is facing its greatest existential challenge of the past 70 years.

Some key findings:

  • Muddling through won’t do – out-of-the-box thinking and bold moves are needed to get the EU project back on track
  • A radical rethinking of the EU’s governance structure is needed, where some policy areas require more and some policy areas less centralisation
  • In the absence of a European identity, reform efforts must start from the national level and national members should take greater responsibility for the decisions they take in relation to Europe 

 
 
Host
Cinzia Alcidi Cinzia Alcidi
Cinzia Alcidi

Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Economic Policy and Jobs & Skills Units

Speakers list
Thorsten Beck

Cass Business School and CEPR

Dennis Novy

Warwick University and CEPR

Geoffrey Underhill

University of Amsterdam