XXX SUMMER COURSE COMPLUTENSE UNIVERSITY OF

THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Monday, July 10th

10:00 h. OPENING REMARKS

Rafael Simancas. Course Director and Professor of Political Theory. Rey Juan Carlos University Madrid. Hedwig Giuto. FEPS Senior Policy Advisor Gero Maass. Delegate in of Friedrich Ebert Foundation

ECONOMY

10:15 h. EFFECTS AND ALTERNATIVES TO AUSTERITY Antón Costas. Professor of Applied Economics. University.

12:00 h. TRADE AGREEMENTS IN QUESTION? Meritxell Batet. Professor of Constitutional Law . Pompeu Fabra University. Member of the Joint Commission for European Union in the Spanish Parliament.

16:00 h. Roundtable: THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION: THE FUTURE OF THE COMMON CURRENCY

Jonás Fernández. Socialist Member of the European Parliament. Björn Hacker. Professor of Economic Policy. Applied Sciences Berlín University. Pedro Saura. Professor of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis. University of Murcia. Socialist Spokesman in the Commission of Economy and Competitiveness of the Spanish Parliament. Moderate: David Rinaldi , FEPS Senior Economic Advisor

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Tuesday, July 11th

POLITICS

10:00 h. THE POPULIST AND NATIONALIST THREAT Ralf Melzel. Doctor in Modern History and Director of the Project “Against the far right” of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

12:00 h. TOWARDS A EUROPEAN FEDERATION? Soraya Rodríguez. Socialist Member of Parliament and President of the Joint Commission for the European Union in the Spanish Parliament.

16:00 h. Roundtable. DEMOCRACY AND EFFECTIVENESS IN EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

Federico Fabbrini. Professor of European Legislation. University of the City of Dublin. Juan Moscoso. Economist. Professor. University of Deusto. Former Socialist Spokesman in the Commission of Economy and European Union of the Spanish Parliament Carlos Carnero. Director of Alternativas Foundation. Former ambassador on special mission for projects in the framework of European Integration. Moderate: Ander Gil , Socialist Spokesman in the Senado.

Wednesday, July 12th

SOCIAL EUROPE

10:00 h. A EUROPEAN STATUTE OF WORKERS Yolanda Valdeolivas. Dean of the Faculty of Law. Autónoma University of Madrid.

11:00 h. Extraordinary Conference for all Summer Courses

16:00 h. Roundtable. THE SOCIAL UNION

Carmen Barrera. Secretary of Policies, Employment and Social Security of Spanish Trade Unión, UGT. Raymond Torres. Special Adviser to the Director-General of the ILO on Employment policies and the future of work. Manuel Escudero. Federal Executive Secretary for Economic Policy and Employment of PSOE. Moderate: Manuel de la Rocha , Economist of Foundation Alternativas.

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Thursday, July 13th

INTERNACIONAL

10:00 h. A COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY Trinidad Jiménez. Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and Former Ministre of Health. Patxi Aldecoa. Professor of International Relations. Complutense University of Madrid.

12:00 h. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS IN THE TRUMP ERA Carlos Werstendorp. President of the Reflection Group of the European Council to identify and respond to the challenges for the EU by 2020/2030. Former Foreign Minister. Former ambassador to the United States

16:00 h. Roundtable: THE CRISIS OF REFUGEES AND THE FUTURE OF SCHENGEN

Joaquin Arango. Professor of Sociology. Complutense University of Madrid. Pere Joan Pons. Socialist Member of Parliament and Member of the Joint Commission for European Union in the Spanish Parliament Estrella Galán. Secretary General of the Spanish Commission for Refugees. Moderate: Luc André Diouf, Federal Executive Secretary to Refugees of PSOE.

Friday, July 14th

THE FUTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

10:00 h. THE EUROPEAN SOCIALIST PARTY Iratxe García Pérez. Federal Executive Secretary to EU of PSOE and Socialist Spanish’s Speaker in the European Parliament.

12:00 h. THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Cristina Narbona. President of PSOE. Professor and former Minister of Environment.

13:00 h. CLOSURE