Report 2010 | Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

Report 2010

Quelles marges de financement pour l'Europe dans les contraintes budgétaires actuelles?

Madariaga Report - 22 February 2010

Against a backdrop of crisis in the Eurozone, and as the EU gains in competences under the Lisbon Treaty, where can alternative sources of finance be found to ensure that the EU plays its role and drives policies that meet these challenges?

To answer this question, the Madariaga Foundation held a Citizen's Controversy on 22 February with Hervé Jouanjean, Director General for DG Budget, European Commission, and Jean-Luc Dehaene, MEP (EPP), Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament's Budget Committee.

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The WTO Ministerial Conference: Was it Worth a Try?

Madariaga Report - 27January 2010

The Doha Round, launched in 2001 in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center, has seen its agenda shrink and its conclusion postponed at each ministerial conference. Are the negotiations moving towards a workable deal or are they heading for an impasse? Will the crisis complicate the conclusion of the Doha Round?

To answer these questions, the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation held a Citizen's controversy on 27 January with Esperanza Durán, Executive Director of AITIC (Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation), and Denis Redonnet, Head of Unit for WTO and OECD cooperation at DG Trade, European Commission.

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What's Wrong with Social Democracy in Europe?

Madariaga Report - 22 January 2010

A decade ago, social democratic parties were in power in 12 of the 15 EU Member States. They only govern 7 of the 27 EU countries today. Assumptions that the economic crisis would work in their favour proved flawed in light of the June 2009 European election results, which confirmed social democracy’s unrelenting decline in most EU countries. What are the causes for this retreat? At a time when Europe is at risk of being deserted by its citizens, will social democracy be able to play its fully-fledged role and breathe life back into the concept of democracy? Can it call into play the European dimension to counter the crisis and thereby recover its credibility? To debate these issues, the Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation held a Citizen’s Controversy on 22 January 2010 with Philippe Marlière, Reader in French and European Politics at University College London, and Ernst Stetter, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS).

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