European Forum on the future of political parties
EUROPE’S NEW PARTY LANDSCAPE?
FIESOLE/FIRENZE, SEPTEMBER 19/20, 2019
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
Individual arrival
19:45 Meeting in the Hotel lobby
20:00 Dinner at N.N.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
8:45 Meeting in the Hotel lobby
9:15 Welcome and introduction Hanspeter Kriesi, EUI Tobias Mörschel, FES Italy
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9:30 The European party landscape after the European elections - an overview
key questions - What changes can be observed in the European party landscape - similarities and differences (north-south-east-west)? - Can European megatrends be identified? - Where and why were social democratic parties (not) successful? - Where and why were populist parties (not) successful? - why were the (right-wing) populist parties in the European elections in some countries not as successful as expected? - why do some (especially conservative and right-wing) parties succeed in successfully resisting the trend towards shrinking to ever smaller milieu parties?
Input - Sigrid Roßteutscher, University Frankfurt - Guillem Vidal, EUI Florence
Chair: Ernst Hillebrand, FES Poland
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 The impact of the rise of populist parties on party competition in Europe
key questions - How does the populist advance influence the agenda of the established parties in central fields such as social affairs, Europe, migration/integration, civil rights, etc.? - What developments can be observed in social democratic parties in particular? - How is competition between the established parties developing? Do centripetal or centrifugal factors predominate in the sense of a renewed stronger differentiation of positions? - How is party competition changing - what is the role and impact of social media?
Input - Paul Taggart, University of Sussex - Catarina Froio, Sciences Po Paris
Chair: Gero Maass, FES Spain
13.00 Lunch Break
14.00 Reactions/Answers of Social Democratic/Progressive Parties to the Changes in the Party Landscape
key questions - How should social democratic/progressive parties deal with the new dynamics in party competition? - What are the answers of progressive parties to the populist challenge? - European experiences/successes and failures in dealing with right-wing and left-wing populist parties
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• Kaisa Penny, Director Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, Finnland • Sven Mikser, MEP Brussels, former Minister for Foreign Affairs Estonia • Jean-Marc Germain, Parti Socialiste, France • Laura Ballarin Cereza, PSOE, Spain • Roberto Gualtieri, MEP, Partito Democratico Italy (tbc)
Chair: Christian Krell, Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Brühl
15.45 Wind up Hanspeter Kriesi, EUI
16.00 End of conference
Departure
Minutes: Beate Martin, FES Budapest Michael Braun, FES Italy
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Participants
Braun, Dr. Michael, FES Italy
Bremer, Dr. Björn, Max-Planck-Institut Köln, Germany
Cereza, Laura Ballarin, Adviser PSOE Brussels, Spain
Chwedoruk, Prof. Dr. Rafał, University of Warsawa, Poland
De Sio, Prof. Dr. Lorenzo, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy
Evans, Prof. Dr. Geoffrey, University of Oxford, Great Britain
Faas, Prof. Dr. Thorsten, Free University Berlin, Germany
Freitas, Maria, FEPS Brussels, Belgium
Froio, Dr. Caterina, Assistent Professor Sciences Po Paris, France
Germain, Jean-Marc, International Secretary Parti Socialiste, France
Greskovits, Prof. Dr. Bela, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Gualtieri, Roberto, Member of the European Parliament, Italy
Gudzinskas, Dr. Liutauras, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Hillebrand, Dr. Ernst, FES Poland
Ignazi, Prof. Dr. Piero, Università di Bologna, Italy
Krell, Prof. Dr. Christian, Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Germany
Kriesi, Prof. Dr. Hanspeter, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy
Krouwel, Prof. Dr. André, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maass, Dr. Gero, FES Spain
Martin, Beate, FES Hungary
Misker, Sven, Member of the European Parliament, Estonia
Morin, Chloé, Ispsos, Paris, France
Mörschel, Dr. Tobias, FES Italy
Penny, Kaisa, Director Kalevi Sorsa Foundation, Finnland
Roßteutscher, Prof. Dr. Sigrid, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Schulte-Cloos, Dr. Julia, University Wien, Austria
Taggart, Prof. Dr. Paul, University of Sussex, Great Britain
Vidal, Dr. Guillem, University München, Germany
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Technical Information
• Accommodation in Fiesole
Conference participants will stay in Hotel Villa la Stella - Casa per Ferie, Via Iacopone da Todi, 12, Fiesole which is relatively close to the European University Institute.
• How to get from the Airport to the Hotel
The easiest way to reach the accommodation is by taxi. In order to get to the Hotel Villa Stella it takes approx. 10 km and 25-30 minutes by taxi, which are stationed in front of the terminal or can be contacted directly under the following numbers: +39 0554242 - +39055 4390 - +39055 4798). For those participants who arrive at the same time with other participants, we will organize a transfer from the airport/train station to the hotel. Mrs. Julia Amaddeo will contact directly these persons for whom a transfer is organized and inform them about it.
• Reimbursement of taxi fares
For the refund, please make sure that a receipt is issued for the cash expenditure. You can send the receipt and your account details (IBAN, SWIFT-Code) to Mrs. Julia Amaddeo (Piazza Capranica 95, 00186 Roma, [email protected]) following the event to get the expenditures reimbursed.
• How to reach the EUI from the Hotel
The hotel Villa Stella is located in walking distance to the EUI (1,5 km). Also, a public bus can be used (line 7, stop Di San Domenico 06 until Di San Domenico 1, direction Fiesole Piazza Mino), reducing the walking distance to 600 m.
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Contact Info: Tobias Mörschel: +39 345 245 8371, [email protected] Julia Amaddeo: +39 06 82 09 77 90, [email protected] FES-Office: +39 068 209 77 90, Piazza Capranica 95, 00186 Roma
Hotel: Villa la Stella - Casa per Ferie Via Iacopone da Todi, 12, 50133 Firenze +39 055 5088018
EUI Via della Badia dei Roccettini, 9, 50014 San Domenico, Fiesole FI Maureen Lechleitner + 39 055 4685 244 (Int. 2244), [email protected]
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