How democratic is the European Union? How democratic can it be, and how democratic should it be?
The RECON project has addressed these questions through studies of a number of policy fields and institutional mechanisms.
The key question of the project is how to strengthen democracy in the EU.
These research results are of great relevance for the ongoing process of reforming European and national institutions.
Part I: Taking stock of EU democracy
(Running time 1h24m, 40.5 MB)
Speakers:
Welcome
Erik O. Eriksen
RECON Scientific Coordinator, ARENA, University of Oslo
Angela Liberatore
European Commission, DG Research
A constitutional future for Europe?
John Erik Fossum
ARENA, University of Oslo
A European representative democracy?
Christopher Lord
ARENA, University of Oslo
Contesting Europe
Pieter de Wilde
Social Science Research Center, Berlin
New patterns of Euroscepticism?
Aleksandra Maatsch
CEuS, University of Bremen
Intellectual debates on Europe
Justine Lacroix
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Commentators
Andrew Duff, Member of the European Parliament
Lisbeth Kirk, Editor-in-Chief, EUobserver
Part II: Democratic challenges
(Running time 1h17min, 35.4 MB)
Speakers:
Security - beyond democracy?
Helene Sjursen
ARENA, University of Oslo
Gender democracy?
Sara Clavero
CAWP, Queen's University Belfast
Financial crisis caused by European governance?
Agustín J. Menéndez
University of León
International trade and the conflict of laws
Christian Joerges / Karolina Zurek
ZERP, University of Bremen / Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies
Commentator
Theofanis Christoforou, European Commission Legal Service