DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE

Deliberative fora on the Future of the EU

The Conference on the Future of Europe is an initiative that seeks a new agreement on the future of European democracy by engaging a two-year inter-institutional discussion and a citizens debate during 2020–2022. According to both the Parliament and the Commission’s timeline, the Conference is to be launched the 9th May 2020 (in the 70th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration), with a view to completion thereof by summer 2022. This blog will be updated with news related with the Conference on the future of Europe. The aim of this is to have all the information of this Conference gathered and updated to engage a discussion.

Europe after coronavirus

A series of ten podcasts by the Jean Monnet OpenEUdebate network. Each podcast features debates among experts from academia, civil society and politics on the effect of the pandemic on different scenarios for the future of the European Union.
06.04.2020 Luis Bouza García (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Álvaro Oleart (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

After the failure of the European Council, a dynamic compromise between Germany/The Netherlands and the 8 states advocating «coronabonds» is urgently needed.

23.03.2020. Pau Torres Menéndez, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

The Conference on the Future of Europe. A table to discuss the future or another attempt at vertical communication from Brussels?

27.01.2020. Luis Bouza García, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid