CRITICAL EUROPEAN THINKING - THE STATE OF THE UNION: TIME FOR A CHANGE

Critical European Thinking is a seminar series whose main purpose is to offer a biting analysis of the European environment. The discussion will focus on the roots and the consequences of the long-lasting economic crisis that has hit Europe. The approach will not be limited to the economic interpretation, but will suggest socio-political insights as well, since this broader perspective is an essential feature to think and understand critically such a complex topic.

The third seminar of the  Critical European Thinking  seminar series is scheduled for Friday 8 April  at 15:30 Aula 3, and will host two speeches

Is a Progressive and Federal Union Possible for Europe?
by Sergio Cesaratto

We can assess two alternative perspectives of the nature of the Euro area crisis. On one hand, there are those who argue that the crisis is akin to a traditional balance of payment crisis. On the other, there are those who attribute the crisis to obstacles to more resolute intervention by the European Central Bank. I argue that a balance of payments crisis is conceivable in a stateless monetary union like the euro zone, possibly concealed by Target 2.

Five Presidents’ Report – “Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union”. The Ordoliberal Framework of a Post-Democratic Society
by Marco Baldassari

The relationship between national law and “external constraint” is a field of analysis that allows to consider the growing distance between popular sovereignty and supranational institutional representation, as well as, the legal and political implications that a “stateless currency” entailed for the Italian Constitution. The analysis of the Five Presidents’ Strategic report “Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union”, represents a good example on this regard.