Spring Lecture Series
“Parliaments in European and Global Governance”
Schedule
Dr. Kolja Raube, KU Leuven: “Introduction: The role of parliaments in European
governance”
Date: Monday, 9 February, 10:00-11:00
Venue: Auditorium Zeger Van Hee, DVI 91.56
Professor Dr. Ben Crum, Free University of Amsterdam: Depoliticisation versus
Accountability – Is there a role for parliaments in ‘Euro-governance’’
Date: Monday, 9 February 2015, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3, room 00.15
Mr. Klaus Welle, General Secretary of the European Parliament: The European
Parliament as a democratic gatekeeper – Evolutions and future challenges
Date: Friday, 13 February 2015, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Auditory Jean Monnet (AP 01.30)
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The lecture series is organised in the framework of the “Spring Lecture Series ‘Parliaments in European and Global
Governance’ in the context of the Jean Monnet Network ‘Interparliamentary Cooperation in the EU's external action
– Parliamentary Scrutiny and Diplomacy in the EU and beyond’ (PACO). A full overview of the lecture series, including
also lectures on Parliaments in Global Governance can be found on the website of the Leuven Centre for Global
Governance Studies www.ggs.kuleuven.be. The PACO-network brings together three inter-related teaching and
research areas: EU external relations, inter-parliamentary cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy and is co-funded
by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union. For more information on this network, please visit our website:
www.paco-project.eu
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Professor Dr. Julie Smith, Member of the House of Lords, University of
Cambridge: Which role for national parliaments after Lisbon?
Date: Friday, 20 February 2015, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Auditorium Zeger Van Hee, DVI 91.56
Dr. Alexandre Stutzmann, Head of AFET Secretariat, European Parliament:
Which role for the European Parliament in the EU’s External Action?
Date: Monday, 9 March 2015, 10:00-12:00
Venue: Auditorium Zeger Van Hee, DVI 91.56
Professor Nicola Lupo, LUISS, School of Government, Rome: Opportunities and
challenges of interparliamentary cooperation in the light of the EU’s
"composite" Constitution?
Date: Monday, 16 March 2015, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3, room 00.15
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Wagner, University of Amsterdam: Which role for
parliaments in CFSP? – The new inter-parliamentary conference on CFSP/CSDP
Date: Monday, 23 March 2015, 16:00-18:00
Venue: Kleine Aula, MTC 3, room 00.15
Professor Dr. Amie Kreppel, University of Florida: Is the EU looking more and
more like a state? Parliamentary democracy in the EU after Lisbon
Date: Friday, 22 May 2015, 16-18
Venue: Auditorium Zeger Van Hee, DVI 91.56
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