Under the lead of Prof. Brigid Laffan (EUI) and Frank Schimmelfennig (ETH Zürich), the conference brought together leading European academics and EU practitioners to discuss differentiated integration as one of the possible scenarios for the Future of Europe. We discussed the causes and consequences of differentiated integration, its application in concrete policy areas such as the EMU and the EU’s relations with neighbouring countries, member states’ integration preferences, as well as policy and regulatory alternatives to differentiated integration.
We discussed differentiated integration from a number of perspectives, in five key panels:
- What drives differentiated integration and how does DI affect the EU as a polity?
- Deepening Eurozone integration: towards an ever more differentiated Union?
- What do governments, parties and citizens think of DI?
- How to build close relations with neighbouring countries while preserving the integrity of the Single Market?
- Are flexible implementation and experimentalist governance viable alternatives to DI to manage diversity in the EU?
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Opening Remarks | InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel Luciá Mokra (Chairperson of the TEPSA Board) and Frank Schmmelfennig (InDivEU Scientific Lead) formally open the conference and two-day discussion on Differentiated European Integration.
Keynote Speech by Enrico Letta | InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel Frank Schimmelfennig (InDivEU Scientific Lead) introduces the conference’s Keynote Speaker Enrico Letta, President of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Prime Minister of Italy.
What drives Differentiated Integration? | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel moderated by Katrin Auel (IHS Vienna), Frank Schimmelfennig (InDivEU Scientific Lead) discusses with Bruno de Witte (European University Institute), Marta Migliorati (The Hertie School & European University Institute) and Micaela del Monte (European Parliament) the questions: what drives differentiated integration? And how does DI affect the EU as a polity?
Deepening Eurozone Integration | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel moderated by Michele Change (College of Europe), Paolo Chiocchetti (European University Institute), Markus Jachtenfuchs (The Hertie School), Danuta Maria Hübner MEP, and Irena Pereša (European Commission) discuss the question: deepening Eurozone integration: towards an ever more differentiated Union?
What do Governments, Parties and Citizens think of DI? | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel moderated by Ilke Toygür (Elcano Royal Institute), Stefan Telle (European University Institute), Marta Lorimer (London School of Economics), Catherine de Vries (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Università Bocconi), and Richard Corbett (European Parliament) discuss the question: what do governments, parties and citizens think of DI?
Q&A: External Differentiated Integration and the Single Market | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel moderated by Brigid Laffan (InDivEU Coordinator), Paolo Chiocchetti (European University Institute), Michael Keating (University of Aberdeen), and Christian Frommelt (Liechtenstein Institut) discuss the question: how can we build close relations with neighbouring countries while preserving the integrity of the Single Market?
Flexible Implementation, Experimentalist Governance and DI | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this panel moderated by Sandra Lavenex (University of Geneva), Sebastiaan Princen (Utrecht University), Jonathan Zeitlin (University of Amsterdam), Irena Andrassy (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the EU), and Carsten Schierenbeck (European Commission) discuss the question: are flexible implementation and experimentalist governance viable alternatives to DI to manage diversity in the EU?
Closing Remarks | #InDivEU Final Conference
In this concluding session the InDivEU leadership (Brigid Laffan, InDivEU Coordinator; Frank Schimmelfennig, InDivEU Scientific Lead) are joined by TEPSA Secretary-General Jim Cloos to formally close the Final Conference of the Integrating Diversity in the European Union (InDivEU) project.
