Programme

14:00-14:10 | Welcome Kolja Raube (RECONNECT, KU Leuven)

14:10-14:50 | Habsburg Lessons for a Resilient, Democratic EU – Keynote by Caroline De Gruyter, Author and Journalist and Q&A

14:50-15:20 | RECONNECT Findings and Recommendations and Treaty Changes to Strengthen Democracy in Europe Ben Crum (University of Amsterdam) and Sylvia Kritzinger (University of Vienna)

15:20-16:30 | Looking Ahead: Towards a more Democratic EU – Panel Discussion with, inter alia, Claudia Chwalisz (OECD, Deliberative Toolbox Unit), Pieter De Wilde (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Christine Landfried (University of Hamburg), Claudia Landwehr (University of Mainz), Julien Navarro (Lille Catholic University), Tom Theuns (Leiden University), Oliver Treib (University of Muenster)

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This event is part of RECONNECT’s Final Conference, which will take place over three days, each day focussing on one of the topics at the heart of RECONNECT, and their interconnections – Day 1: Stronger Rule of Law for a Stronger EU (19 April), Day 2: Democratic Renewal for a More Resilient EU (20 April), Day 3: The Future of the European Union (21 April). Day 1 and Day 2 will take place online, while Day 3 will be fully in-person in Brussels, with the possibility to follow a live-stream online.