The European Semester and Euro Area Governance: The Italian Case
Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Pisa
21- 22 November 2019
Sala Conferenze Polo Piagge
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21 NOVEMBER 2019
15:45 – 17:15 Il Semestre europeo. Cos’è? Perché è stato introdotto? Che implicazioni ha per l’Italia? (ITALIANO)
Saluti: Pompeo Della Posta (Università di Pisa), Amy Verdun (University of Leiden; University of Victoria), Silvio Bianchi Martini (Direttore, Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università di Pisa)
Chair: Annette Bongardt (CICP, University of Évora, & Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto)
Davide Berti e Luca Rufolo (neolaureati, Università di Pisa)
Dimitri Lorenzani (Commissione europea, DG Affari economici e finanziari)
Francesco Felici (Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze)
Pietro Tommasino (Banca d’Italia)
Coffee break 17:15 – 17:45 (Sala Studio, Piano Terra Polo Economia)
17:45 – 19:30 Academic presentations on the European Semester – Part 1 (ENGLISH)
Chair: Daniel F. Schulz (University of Agder)
Nicole Baerg (University of Essex) and Mark Hallerberg (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin) ‘‘Explaining Instability in the Stability and Growth Pact: The Contribution of Member State Power and Euroskepticism to the Euro Crisis”.
David Bokhorst (Dutch Second Chamber, The Hague) “The application of the European Semester in Italy: the case of liberalisation of professional services”.
Fabio Bulfone (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne) and Arianna Tassinari (European University Institute) “Under Pressure. Electoral Politics, State-Business Relations and Labour Market Reforms in Southern Europe 2008-2018”.
Fabrizio Di Mascio (University of Turin) “The dynamics of EU influence and fiscal consolidation in Italy and Spain”.
Discussants:
Mark Dawson (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin)
Stefania Baroncelli (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
20:30 – 22:30 Dinner (location to be announced, for conference speakers)
22 NOVEMBER 2019
9:00-10:30 Academic presentations on the European Semester – Part 2 (ENGLISH)
Chair: Francisco Torres (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Jörg Haas (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin) “Economic policy coordination in the euro area: do reform characteristics drive implementation under the European Semester?” [
Reinout van der Veer (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) “Enforcing the unenforceable: Politicisation and the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact”.
Camilla Mariotto (University of Innsbruck) “Implementing the EU economic rules: member states’ compliance with the country-specific recommendation”.
Discussants:
Michele Chang (College of Europe, Bruges)
Paul Schure (University of Victoria)
10:30-11 Coffee-Break (Sala Studio, Piano Terra Polo Economia)
11-12:45 Roundtable – The European Semester in Practice in Italy (ENGLISH)
Chair: Marcello Signorelli (Università di Perugia)
Pasquale Tridico (Presidente INPS)
Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”)
Antonia Carparelli (European Commission Delegation in Rome)
Nicoletta Teodosi (European Anti-Poverty Network)
Patrick Vesan (Università della Valle d’Aosta)
12:45 – 13:00 Book presentation: Michele Chang, Frederico Steinberg and Francisco Torres (eds), The Political Economy of Adjustment Throughout and Beyond the Eurozone Crisis, Routledge, November 2019.
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch for conference participants (Sala Studio, Piano Terra Polo Economia)
14:30 – 16:30 Academic Roundtable on the benefits, implications and critical aspects of the European Semester with a specific view to Italy: are the CSRs well received? (ENGLISH)
Chair: Amy Verdun (University of Leiden and University of Victoria)
Lorenzo Codogno (London School of Economics)
Roberto Tamborini (University of Trento)
Enrico Marelli (University of Brescia)
Fabio Masini (University of Roma Tre)
Roberto Di Quirico (University of Cagliari)
16:30-17:00 Coffee-Break (Sala Studio, Piano Terra Polo Economia)
17:00 – 19:00 Il Semestre europeo e il dialogo fra la Commissione europea e il governo italiano (ITALIANO) – La cittadinanza è caldamente invitata a partecipare
Salutati, Prof. Carlo Petronio (Prorettore vicario, Università di Pisa)
Chair: Pompeo Della Posta (Università di Pisa)
Keynote speakers:
Giovanni Tria (Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, già Ministro dell’Economia e della Finanze)
Marco Buti (Direttore Generale DG ECFIN, Commissione europea)
Discussione:
19:00-19:30 Drinks (Sala Studio, Piano Terra Polo Economia)
20:30-22:30 Dinner (location to be announced, for conference speakers)
Organisers: Dr. Amy Verdun (averdun@uvic.ca), Dr. Valerie D’Erman (vjderman@uvic.ca)
