RECONNECT Workshop: Re-conceptualizing Authority and Legitimacy in the EU. New Architectures and Procedures to Reconnect the Union with its Citizens
RECONNECT is a four-year multidisciplinary research project on Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law aimed at understanding and providing solutions to the recent challenges faced by the European Union (EU). With an explicit focus on strengthening the EU’s legitimacy through democracy and the rule of law, RECONNECT seeks to build a new narrative for Europe, enabling the EU to become more attuned to the expectations of its citizens. RECONNECT brings together 18 academic partner institutions from 14 countries.
Acknowledging that the attempt to strenghten the rule of law and democratic principles over the past decade has not succeeded in fostering the legitimacy of European institutions, scholars and policy makers will reflect on the key concepts challenged by the current EU crises – legitimacy, authority and sovereighty – and what should European institutions deliver and be held accountable for. What caused the current erosion of legitimacy that European institutions are witnessing? How can citizens be placed at the center of a new narrative of legitimacy rebuilding? The answers to those questions should pave the way for the advancement toward a reconnection of EU institutions with the citizens.
Programme
Institutional greetings
Fabiano Schivardi LUISS Vice Rector for Research
Welcome addresses
Leonardo Morlino LUISS and Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Keynote lecture
Speaker
Giuliano Amato Italian Constitutional Court
Chair
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
10:30-11:00 | Coffee break
Panel - Revisiting the notion of authority
Chair
Leonardo Morlino LUISS
Speakers
Joseph Corkin Middlesex University London “Authority, Sovereignty and Supranationalism”
Daniele Gallo LUISS “The Principle of Conferral and the Division of Competences between the EU and the Member States: Old and New Challenges”
Aldo Sandulli Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples “The Rule of Law in Action in the EU: an Administrative Law Perspective”
Bernardo Giorgio Mattarella LUISS “Strengthening Authority in the EU: Access and Transparency Make the EU a Win-win Game?”
Julien Navarro Lille Catholic University "Electoral Accountability and EU Authority: The Case of the European Parliament’s Elections”
Discussant
Cristina Fasone LUISS
