Agenda 

Workshop organised by the Centro Studi sul Federalismo (Turin), the Istituto Affari Internazionali (Rome) and Notre Europe (Paris) on 3 November 2010 at the University of Turin with the strategic partnership of the Compagnia di San Paolo and the support of the Italian Representation of the European Commission (tbc).

Programme

09.15 – 09:30   WELCOME ADDRESS: Lucio Battistotti - Director, European Commission, Office of Rome  

09.30 – 09:45 INTRODUCTION                                   
Aim of the Initiative Gianni Bonvicini – Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Rome

• Umberto Morelli – Centro Studi sul Federalismo (CSF), Turin
• Gaetane Ricard-Nigoul – Notre Europe, Paris  

09.45 – 11.00 FIRST SESSION
The European Political Parties after Lisbon (Notre Europe)                                     

Rapporteur: Julian Priestley, Notre Europe,                                    

Discussants:  

11.00 – 11.15   Coffee break 

 11.15 – 12.30    SECOND SESSION
The European Citizens’ Initiative: challenges and threats (CSF) 

Rapporteur: Umberto Morelli, Centro Studi sul Federalismo Discussants: 

12.30 – 13.15     Lunch buffet  

13.15 – 14.30     THIRD SESSION
National Parliaments: the rise of awareness (IAI) 

Rapporteur: Raffaello Matarazzo, Istituto Affari Internazionali  

Discussants:

• Elke Thiel, University of Bamberg,
• Jean-Victor Louis, University of Brussels 

14.30 – 14.45             Coffee break  

14.45 - 15.30    CONCLUDING REMARKS
The growing responsibility of the European Parliament towards the European citizens                                                          

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa – Notre Europe, Paris