AftertheCrisis,EuropeataCrossroads

When on March 29, 2017, British Prime Minister Teresa May sent a letter to European

institutions triggering negotiation for the so-called Brexit, it was clear to any observer that

Europewaslivingahistoricalmoment.Forthefirsttimesincethesixfoundingmembersagreed

onformingtheCoalandSteelCommunityin1951,theEuropeanUnionwillshrinkinsize.

The economic crisis that started in 2008 is changing the face of Europe forever. The

projectinitiatedbyJeanMonnetin1950hasgonethroughseveralcrisesbefore,butfromeach

of them it had emerged stronger and more cohesive. Today the European Union faces

unprecedented challenges. The crisis of the Eurozone, a compound of policy mistakes and

institutional flaws, has stopped the process of convergence between the core and the

periphery. Furthermore, persisting unemployment and stagnant incomes have fed populism

andburiedtheveryconceptofsolidarityonwhichtheEuropeanUnionhadbeenbuilt.

Facing thisunprecedented challenge, Europe is at a crossroads. Thediscussion is today

polarized between on one side the proponents of a renewed push towards economic and

politicalintegrationandontheothersidethosewhocallforthereturnofthesovereignState.

TheBrexit referendumand the increasingly loudopponentsof theeurowithin theEurozone

showthatasoftodaytheEuropeanpeoplearetemptedtotakethelatterroad.Therecovery

thatisunderwaythereforeneedstobeexploitedtoputinplacethereformsthatEuropeneeds

tobetterfunctionintheglobalworld.

The two-weeks intensive course on “After the Crisis: Europe at a Crossroads” is targeted at

master and advanced undergraduate students in public affairs. It aims first and foremost at

providing studentswith an understanding of the EuropeanUnion’s institutional and political

features,atoolboxthatisnecessarytounderstandthestrengthsandweaknessesofthisunique

politicalendeavor.This in-depthunderstandingof theEUwill thenallowtobettergrasp,and

discuss,thechallengesaheadfortheprocessofEuropeanintegration.

The faculty is composed of professors with different backgrounds involved in teaching

andinmanagingEuropeanStudiesprogramsatthemasterandundergraduatelevelatSciences

Po,oneoftheleadingEuropeaninstitutionsinpublicaffairs.Theywillusedifferentpedagogical

tools (lectures, groupwork, role-playinggames) toensure thatby theendof the twoweeks

studentswill have understood: how the EuropeanUnion came to be as important as nation

States in shaping the lives of European citizens; how its institutions took their current form;

how thedecision-makingprocessesof thishybridandunprecedentedexperimentwork;how

thecrisishas shaken these institutionsand triggeredaprocessofdisintegration.Thecourses

will touchonheadline-making topics suchasBrexit, the refugeecrisis, the fightbetween the

European Commission and high-tech giants (Apple,Microsoft, Google), the Greek crisis. But

teacherswill also focuson socio-economic issues thathighlight theEuropeanpeculiarity and

leadershipintheglobalworldsuchasgenderequality,theCommonAgriculturalPolicy,andthe

welfarestate

FacultyShortBios

FrancescoSaraceno(CourseCoordinator)

FrancescoisDeputyDepartmentDirectoratOFCE-SciencesPo,whereheteachesinternational

andEuropeanMacroeconomics.HeholdsPh.DsinEconomicsfromColumbiaUniversityandLa

Sapienza University of Rome. His main research interests include the relationship between

inequality and macroeconomic performance, European macroeconomic policies, and the

interaction between structural reforms, fiscal andmonetary policies.He published in several

international journals, and just published a book on the importance of macroeconomics to

understandtoday’sworld.

In2000hebecamememberoftheCouncilofEconomicAdvisorsfortheItalianPrimeMinister's

Office. In 2002 he moved to Paris to work at OFCE, the Research Center in Economics of

Sciences-PoParis.He is inchargeof theEconomicsandPublicPolicy streamof theMasterof

EuropeanAffairsatSciences-Po.HealsoisAcademicDirectoroftheSciencesPo-Northwestern

European Affairs Program. He is member of the Scientific Board for the LUISS School of

EuropeanPoliticalEconomy(SEP),inRome,wherehealsoteachesEuropeanmacroeconomics.

He regularly does consulting and executive trainings, and he is involved in the institutional

dialogueonmacroeconomicpolicyintheEU.HeadvisestheInternationalLabourOrganization

(ILO) on macroeconomic policies and employment. For his achievements, he has been

appointedasmemberof theScientificCommitteeofConfindustria, the Italianentrepreneurs’

association.HemaintainsablogonEuropeanmatters, and regularly intervenes in thepublic

debateontheEUeconomy.Twitter:@fsaraceno.

ImolaStreho

ImolaisAssociateProfessorattheLawschoolandAssociateResearcherattheCentred’études

européennesatSciencesPo,Paris,whereshe isViceDeanof itsGraduateschool.Herworks

focus on trade in services in the EU and in particular the evolution of the European legal

framework in the freedomof serviceprovision.She ispartof theASEAN Integration through

law research project at CIL of NUS, working on a comparative study of the liberalization of

services in the regional and multilateral organization frameworks. She is part of the FOLIE

researchproject,shewillbeworkingonthestudents,asarichandevolvingcategoryofformof

life.

Before joining Sciences Po, till 2008, she was référendaire at the European Court of

JusticeinLuxembourg.From2000-2002,shewasEmileNoëlFellowatHarvardLawSchooland

atNYUSchoolofLawwhereshewasfoundingexecutivedirectoroftheJeanMonnetCenter.

She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) and LLM from the

CollegeofEurope.ImolahastaughtEUlawattheCollegeofEurope,attheCentralEuropean

UniversityofBudapest,attheInstitutoEmpresaLawSchoolinMadrid,theCatolicaUniversity

LawSchoolinLisbon,theNationalUniversityofSingaporeandtheUniversityofMelbourneLaw

SchoolandParisSorbonneUniversitéAbuDhabi.AtSciencesPo,sheteachesattheLawSchool

andattheSchoolofPublicaffairs.

BrunoVindel

Bruno is working presently as a project manager in the “Financial Institutions and Private

Sector”divisionoftheAgenceFrançaisedeDéveloppement(AFD).Heisresponsibleforback-

stoppingseveralprojectsinAfricaandAsia,amongwhichprojectsco-financedwithEU.Bruno

holds a diploma in agricultural economics and belongs to the French corps “Ponts, Eaux et

Forêts”.HehasservedasheadoftheagriculturalsectorattheSecretariatforEuropeanAffairs

(1988-1989) andwas agro-industry expert atUNIDO (1991-1992). He headed the agriculture

andprivatesectordivisionattheMinistryofForeignAffairsfrom1993to2001andwasthen

Directorforevaluation,foresightandeconomicstudiesattheMinistryofAgriculturefrom2002

to2008.HeteachesattheInstituteofPoliticalSciencesofParissince1992(directorofseminar

ontheEuropeandecision-makingprocess).

ProgrammeSchedule

Session115:30-18:30hrs

Session219:00-22:00hrs

Monday,June18,2018

FrancescoSaracenoGeneralIntroductionBrunoVindelIntroductiontotheseminar(2hourMorningVideoConference)

ImolaStrehoOriginsoftheEuropeanProject:EndsandmeansofEuropeanIntegrationTheEUInstitutionalArchitecture

Tuesday,June19,2018

ImolaStrehoTheConstitutionalisationoftheEULegalOrderSources,CompetencesandGeneralPrinciples

ImolaStrehoEUInstitutionsattimesofCrisis

Wednesday,June202018ImolaStrehoTheEUexternalaction

ImolaStrehoTheEUMarketIntegration/EUTradePolicy

Thursday,June21,2018

BrunoVindellectureEuropeandecision-makingprocess:howitworksinpracticeattheEuropeanUnioninstitutionslevelTheco-decisionprocedure

ImolaStrehoWhataboutthepeople?

Friday,June22,2017

BrunoVindelRole-game:European Parliament Exchange ofviews and starting negotiation ofamendments

BrunoVindelRole-game:COREPERSimulationofthenegotiationatCOREPER(CommitteeofPermanentRepresentatives)

Monday,June25,2018BrunoVindelRole-game:EuropeanParliamentVoteoffirstreadingamendments

FrancescoSaracenoEconomicPolicyintheHistoryofEconomicThought

Tuesday,June26,2018BrunoVindelRole-game:CouncilofMinisterDecisionona“commonposition”

FrancescoSaracenoTheTheoryofOptimalCurrencyAreas

WednesdayJune27,2018FrancescoSaracenoInstitutionsforEuropeanEconomicGovernance

FrancescoSaracenoTradeandCompetitionPolicies

Thursday,June28,2018FrancescoSaracenoTheEurozoneCrisis

Friday,June29,2018 FrancescoSaracenoFutureChallenges

FinalExam

FurtherProgrammeInformationTuitionfee:$25,000.00pesosDuration:50hoursAttendance is compulsory for all the programme sessions. All the studentsmust attend 100% of theclassesinordertogettheCertificateofAchievement.Pleasearriveslightlybeforethescheduletimes,asallsessionswillstartontimeandstudentwillnotbeadmittediftheyarrivemorethan10minuteslatetotheclassroom.At the end of the programme the student will receive a Diploma endorsed by Science Po andUniversidadPanamericanawithcurricularvalue.PaymentThrough: