- Donnerstag, 29. November 2012 16.30 – 18.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
The Coming Multi-Tiered Europe
The Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Panelists:
Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Charles Grant, Director, Center for European Reform
Volker Perthes, Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Introduction: Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution
Moderation: Justin Vaïsse, The Brookings Institution
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, eurozone countries have been forced to move toward much deeper political and fiscal integration. While the European Union (EU) has always accommodated a degree of internal diversity, this development could relegate member states that do not use the euro—most notably the United Kingdom—to the sidelines of the EU, and lead them to renegotiate the terms of their membership or perhaps even opt out altogether. More generally, the EU seems poised to become a multi-tier construction, with a high degree of integration in the core and a variable geometry of association in the periphery. However, differentiated European integration presents critical challenges to the common market and the economic fate of the continent, as well as its geopolitical might, especially in its eastern and southern neighborhoods.
On November 29, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host a discussion on the possible future configurations of the European Union and their impact on transatlantic relations. After the program, panelists will take questions from the audience.
Please click here to RSVP for this event.
For further information, please contact Sebastian Gräfe at Sebastian.Graefe@us.boell.org or (202) 462-7512.
Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Panelists:
Steven Erlanger, Paris Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Charles Grant, Director, Center for European Reform
Volker Perthes, Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
Introduction: Fiona Hill, The Brookings Institution
Moderation: Justin Vaïsse, The Brookings Institution
Under the pressure of the financial crisis, eurozone countries have been forced to move toward much deeper political and fiscal integration. While the European Union (EU) has always accommodated a degree of internal diversity, this development could relegate member states that do not use the euro—most notably the United Kingdom—to the sidelines of the EU, and lead them to renegotiate the terms of their membership or perhaps even opt out altogether. More generally, the EU seems poised to become a multi-tier construction, with a high degree of integration in the core and a variable geometry of association in the periphery. However, differentiated European integration presents critical challenges to the common market and the economic fate of the continent, as well as its geopolitical might, especially in its eastern and southern neighborhoods.
On November 29, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America and the Center on the U.S. and Europe at Brookings (CUSE) will host a discussion on the possible future configurations of the European Union and their impact on transatlantic relations. After the program, panelists will take questions from the audience.
Please click here to RSVP for this event.
For further information, please contact Sebastian Gräfe at Sebastian.Graefe@us.boell.org or (202) 462-7512.