Jean Monnet ad Personam Professor in EU Law and Government, Director General, UPF-Barcelona School of Management; CES Local Affiliate & Seminar Co-chair, Harvard University
October 12, 2017
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Goldman Room, Adolphus Busch Hall
The Euro zone crisis exposed weakness in the administrational structure
of EU Member States, particularly those financially most vulnerable.
When receiving financial assistance from the EU and the IMF, domestic
administrations have faced a new legal and institutional landscape. They
had to negotiate with the Troika and implement the corresponding
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) under the pressure of strict deadlines
and “conditionality” clauses. This seminar will assess how “debtor” EU
Member States faced the challenges of coordination, implemented the
structural reforms required in the MoU and more generally, how they
re positioned themselves in the European arena. From a comparative and
multidisciplinary perspective, the panelists will discuss the outcome of
the Euro zone crisis in terms of redistribution and centralization of
political power within domestic governing frameworks.