How to Overcome the EU’s Legitimacy Crisis?
On May 10, 2021, I took part in a webinar organized by the RECONNECT Horizon 2020 project—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).
Social Europe: Decentralising and Democratising While Reforming European Economic Governance
In a recent piece for Social Europe, I make the case that the Conference on the Future of Europe needs to address how EU governance can be refitted to end the crisis of legitimacy.
Biden’s First 100 Days
I was recently asked by the Institute of Peace in Vienna, where I am on the Executive Board, to comment on the successes and challenges in the first 100 days of President’ Biden’s administration.
Democratic Legitimacy in Times of Emergency
On Wednesday, April 21, 2021 I gave a talk entitled “Democratic Legitimacy in Times of Emergency: Eurozone Crisis and the Covid-19 Pandemic.” It was a one hour videoconference presentation for the seminar series International Relations in the North East at Northumbria University, Newcastle on Tyne.
Keynote Speech for Trade Union Movement in Germany
On Monday, April 19, 2021, I gave a keynote speech for a series of online events organized by the trade union movement in Germany together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Hans Böckler Foundation.
An Economy that Works for the People: Beyond Brexit and Covid-19
On Monday, April 12, 2021, I was a speaker on a panel entitled “The New EU Economic Policy after Covid-19 and Next Generation EU” as part of the day-long high level conference “An Economy that Works for the People: Beyond Brexit and Covid-19.”
Discursive Institutionalism Presentation for Norwegian University Consortium
On March 8, 2021, I gave a presentation entitled “Discursive Institutionalism: Analyzing the Power of Ideas and Discourse in Institutional Context” for a research seminar series on Law, Democracy and Welfare (RDV) hosted by a university consortium in the West of Norway.
Comment in Le Monde
I was co-signer (with seven other experts) to a comment in the French newspaper Le Monde that argued that to ensure that the ECB does more with regard to its secondary objectives, the ECB needs political guidance from the European Parliament and arguably the Council.
Book Talk for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS)
On March 15, 2021, I gave gave an online Book Talk on European’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS).
Honorable Mention for the Best Book of 2021 by the European Union Studies Association
I am thrilled that Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone (OUP 2020) was awarded an Honorable Mention for the best book of 2021 by the European Union Studies Association (EUSA).
Book Presentation at the University of Brussels
On February 22, I gave a presentation “Legitimacy Lost and then Regained? From the Eurozone Crisis to the Covid-19 Pandemic”for the CEVIPOL seminar series on “Legitimacy” at the University of Brussels.
Book Presentation at University of Sheffield
On February 15th, I took part in a virtual discussion of my new book Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone for SPERI, the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield.
Book Roundtable at Manchester University
On February 10, I took part in a virtual book round table with Profs. Featherstone and Papaconstantinou, organized by the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence (JMCE) at the University of Manchester.
Interview in Agenda Publica
I was interviewed recently by Hernán Garcés for the Spanish weekly Agenda Publica of El País.
Talk at European Institute of the London School of Economics
On Friday, January 29, I gave a talk for the European Institute of the London School of Economics entitled: “EU Legitimacy and Member-State Politics: Lessons from the Eurozone and Coronavirus.”
Interview in De Groene
At the end of November 2020, I did a long interview with Irene van der Linde for the Dutch weekly De Groene Amsterdammer.
#60 FEPS Talks: Democratic Legitimacy of EU Crisis Management
I had the chance to talk about my book on the latest episode of FEPS Talks with David Rinaldi, FEPS Director of Studies & Policy.
Talking about Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy on Social Europe Podcast
I recently had the chance to discuss Europe’s crisis of legitimacy and the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis – the subject of my latest book, Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone, on the Social Europe Podcast.
Quote in Wall Street Journal on EU's Covid-19 Recovery Fund
I was quoted on the paradigm shift in EU’s Covid-19 rescue package compared to the EU’s policy approach after the 2008 financial crisis in a Wall Street Journal article by Paul Hannon entitled, “Europe Seeks to Boost Pandemic-Damaged Economy by Spending.”
Honorary Professorship at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome
I have just been awarded an Honorary Professorship in the Department of Political Science at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, for a three-year term.