Thinking beyond the Euro-Crisis II: Constitutional Transformations

Nicolaidis, Kalypso

Thinking Beyond the Euro-Crisis: Concepts, Justifications, Innovations

Friday, March 14, 2014: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM

Diplomat (Omni Shoreham)

Questions to be discussed in this panel include the following: Can Southern Europe in the sovereign debt crisis emulate the German model of the 21^st century – or does it increasingly look like the Weimar Republic of the early 20^th? On what theoretical grounds do national courts justify rescue packages or state austerity budgets? Why do they uphold restructuring procedures in some cases (Greek courts?), while striking fiscal government provisions down in others (Portugal)? Did euro-rescue policies in response to sovereign debt crisis trigger a reparliamentarization of Euro-politics or, eventually, undermine parliamentary democratic norms and practices in the post Lisbon EU, most notably in debtor states but also in creditor countries? How has European level constitutionalism mutated in response to these challenges, and how would we need to rethink the question of guardianship of constitutionalism in an evolving multilevel Euro-polity?

Chair:

Renaud Dehousse

Discussant:

Kalypso Nicolaidis

The Economic Crisis and the Courts
Lina Papadopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

A Re-Parliamentarization of European Politics? The German Bundestag and the Euro-Crisis
Timm Beichelt, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

Parliamentary Democracy and the Euro-Crisis: Between Multi-Level Parliamentarism and Reciprocal Multi-Level Ignorance
Andreas Maurer, University of Innsbruck

Constitutional Mutation: The Crisis and Governance of EU Macro-Economic and Fiscal Policies
Carlos Closa, Institute For Public Goods, Madrid

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