Expert workshop on the transformation of the Greek and European political scenes after the Euro crisis.
The aim of the workshop is to analyse the transformation of the narratives on Europe and Greece as a consequence of the Greek crisis and the reform proposals that have been put forward both in Athens and Brussels. A departing premise of the workshop is that the Greek crisis has led to the transformation of the political discourse on Europe of the main political forces in Greece and the Syriza government, which has also tried to transform the policies and priorities of the Eurozone after the crisis. Similarly, the European Union has a different vision of itself in the aftermath of the Greek crisis and has put forward a series of reforms to reshape the economic and financial foundations of the Eurozone and the Union at large.
Jordi Bacaria, Director, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
Thanos Dokos, Director, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
The aim of this session will be to explore the European and foreign policy agenda of the Greek government and the major political forces, as well as Greece’s political and economic demands to its European counterparts. Participants will analyse to what extent the demands of the Greek government have influenced the European policies to deal with the crisis and balanced mainstream pro-austerity policies. They will also address the geopolitical dimension of the crisis and Greece’s closer ties with non-Western powers.
Chair: Nick Malkoutzis, Deputy Editor, Kathimerini
Thanos Dokos, Director, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Dimitrios Katsikas, Head of the Crisis Observatory, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Effie Pedaliu, Visiting Fellow, LSE IDEAS
The second session will be aimed at exploring the alliances that the Greek government has put forward with mainstream and new political forces in order to achieve the reform agenda explored in the previous session. Participants will discuss the European foreign policy of the Greek government and other political forces, both under a government-to-government perspective and the relations with European institutions and among European political forces, including new left movements in other Southern European states.
Chair: Pol Morillas, Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
George Pagoulatos, Athens University of Economics and Business and Member of the Board of Directors, (ELIAMEP)
Ernest Urtasun, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Filippa Chatzistavrou, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
This session will put forward the view from Brussels with the aim to analyse the political and economic reforms that have been discussed at the European level to deal with the Greek crisis and to overcome the structural inefficiencies of the political and economic governance of the Eurozone and the European Union at large. It will review the initiatives of Member States and the policy proposals of European institutions, both from a political perspective to tackle the democratic legitimacy deficit and an economic one aimed at redesigning the foundations of the Eurozone.
Chair: Carme Colomina, Journalist, ARA newspaper
Gabriele Giudice, Head of Unit, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Cinzia Alcidi, Head of Economic Policy Unit, Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Eleni Panagiotarea, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
