EUSA & ECPR CONFERENCE

The Implementation of the Lisbon Treaty: Institutional and Policy Implications

European University Institute
Villa La Fonte, Conference Room
27 April 2010

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 27 April 9:15

• Welcome Adrienne Héritier and Luciano Bardi
• Panel One
  The Lisbon Treaty: Overall Institutional Changes
  • The Politicization of Europe Post Lisbon: Will the Sleeping Giant Awaken?
    Craig Parsons
  • The Coming Out of the Top: The Strengthened Leadership Role of the European Council
    Wolfgang Wessels
  • Lisbon: Be Careful What You Wish For - Risks/Institutional Pathologies that may Emerge under the New Treaty Framework
    Dan Kelemen
• Panel Two
  The Lisbon Treaty: Representative and Direct Democracy
  • Why the EP Won in Lisbon: Efficiency or Legitimacy?
    Berthold Rittberger
  • The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on Europarties
    Luciano Bardi
  • Lisbon and the Advances on Democratising the EU: the Citizens’ Direct Legislative Initiative
    Carlos Closa Montero
• Lunch Break
• Panel Three
  The Lisbon Treaty: Legislative-Executive Relations
  • Institutional Implications of the Lisbon Treaty. Legislative Executive Relations
    Amie Kreppel
  • The European Parliament and Comitology under the Lisbon Treaty
    Adrienne Héritier
• Panel Four
  The Lisbon Treaty: Policy and International Implications
  • The Limits of the Lisbon Treaty and the Current Crisis of the Euro in Greece?
    Neil Fligstein
  • The Implications of the Lisbon Treaty on Foreign Policy-Making: the Dilemma of Compoundness
    Sergio Fabbrini
  • The Implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Transatlantic Relations
    Erik Jones
• Concluding Discussion