Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone
On Tuesday, November 15, I gave the European Horizons Lecture at the University of Michigan. The lecture was organized by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies.
How to Build the Trust of EU Citizens - Tatra Summit 2016
I was in Bratislava, Slovakia from October 27-30 to participate in the Tatra Summit 2016. The theme of the conference was the current crises facing the European Union.
Grexit, the Euro Crisis, Brexit, and the Future of the European Unio
Last week, I participated in a conference at the Fletcher School at Tufts University on Greece and the Eurozone entitled “Greece’s Turn? A Litmus Test for Europe.”
European Democracy vs. National Democracy
On Friday, October 7, the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted a conference—What Democracy?—to explore the lexicon of democracy.
With Britain’s exit from the European Union, France sees an opening
I was quoted today in the Washington Post in an article by Paris reporter James McCauley on opportunities for France in the wake of Brexit:
The Rise of the Fringe: A Threat to Democracy?
I was quoted in Kaitlin Lavinder’s article on The Cipher Brief on the rise of Euro-skepticism and the growing popularity of candidates who are political outsiders.
European Democracy in a Parlous State
See my op-ed at The Cipher Brief on the state of European Democracy after Brexit.
Brexit and the EU: A New Deal for All the EU or No Deal at All?
I argue on the Governance Blog that only by seeing the Brexit vote as a wake-up call to reinvent the EU will the EU itself actually overcome the many challenges it faces.
The Issue Remarkable for Its Absence: The Resilience of Neo-Liberalism in Europe
I wrote about the absence of discussion around neoliberalism, the real problem facing the UK and Europe, for the Cambridge University Press blog.
The New EU Governance: New Intergovernmentalism, New Supranationalism, and New Parliamentarism
I was was in Brussels on June 16 to give a talk at a seminar hosted by the Open Society European Policy Institute and the Istituto degli Affari Internazionali based on my contribution to the IAI’s essay collection Govering Europe: How to Make the EU more Efficient and Democratic.
Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone
I was in Mannheim on June 6 to give a talk entitled: "Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone" at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).
Rethinking the Future of the European Union
On May 20 I was in Paris to give a talk in French on: “Rethinking the future of the European Union: Differentiated integration with more of Europe and more of the Member-States?”
German Dominance of the Eurozone?
On May 19, I was in Rome to participate on a panel entitled: German Dominance of the Eurozone? as part of the conference: Germany and Italy in the European Union: Divergence or Convergence?, organized by the Luiss School of Government and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
The Search for Europe: Contrasting Approaches
I was in Madrid on May 5 at the invitation of the BBVA Foundation to discuss my contribution on the EU’s impact on national democracy for their new collection of essays: The Search for Europe: Contrasting Approaches.
Vivien Schmidt in El Español on “The Seven Challenges Facing Europe”
Spanish readers: Here is the link to an article on “The Seven Challenges Facing Europe,” for which I was interviewed along with Christopher Bickerton, published yesterday in El Español.
Vivien Schmidt in Hungarian Press
I was interviewed recently by Hungarian news outlet HVG (World Economy Weekly) on Europe’s refugee fears and populist responses to threat of terrorism on both sides of the Atlantic.
Vivien Schmidt Presentation on the Euro Crisis of Governance at Dublin European Institute
A recap of my recent lecture at UCD Dublin’s Eurozone Crisis Seminar Series drawing on a report I prepared for the European Commission.
Vivien Schmidt Delivers Kleh Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture on the Eurozone Crisis to BU Alumni in London
Last week I travelled to London to deliver the Kleh Family Foundation Dtinguished Lecture on “The Eurozone Crisis: A Problem of Economics or Politics.” Over 100 people attended the sold-out event at the Boston University London Center in South Kensington.
State of Play Video Promo
Watch this short video promoting the sixteenth edition of Social Policy in the European Union: State of Play, in which I have a major chapter.
Schmidt Speaks at State of Play 2015
I spoke recently at State of Play 2015, a daylong conference highlighting the state of social policy in the European Union held on Sept. 23 at the headquarters of the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, Belgium.