22nd Conference on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe

The European Union: the Threat of Disintegration

from 15-17 September 2016

Conference Convenors: EuroMemo Group in cooperation with Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (Local Organizing Team: Luis Lopes, Margarida Antunes, Júlio Marques Mota)

The EuroMemo Group conference 2016 was jointly hosted with the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra, from 15-17 September 2016 (Thursday-Saturday).

The programme was as follows:

Thursday afternoon: The state of the Union (chair: Luís Lopes, University of Coimbra)

• Maria Teresa dos Reis Pedroso de Lima Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Director, Faculty of Economics): Welcome Address
  

• Hans-Jürgen Bieling (University of Tübingen): Political State of the Union
  

• Catherine Mathieu (OFCE/Science Po): Economic State of the Union
  

• Ricardo Cabral (University of Madeira): The politico-economic situation of Portugal
  

Friday morning: The second day was dedicated to key themes of EU policy within five different workshops workshop programme and papers.

• Macroeconomic and developmental policies to challenge austerity and uneven development
  

• EU monetary and financial policies: reaching its limits?
  

• Migration, the refugee crisis and the possible breakup of the Schengen Agreement
  

• Right-wing & economic nationalism in Europe: origins and responses
  

• EU-external relations: destabilising the neighbours
  

Friday afternoon: Plenary on policy proposals from workshops (chair: Werner Raza, EuroMemo Group) and special plenary 'Disintegration or Refoundation of the European Union?' (chair: Margarida Antunes, University of Coimbra)

• Cédric Durand (Paris 13 University): Wither social Europe
  

• Fabio De Masi (MEP GUE/NGL)
  

Saturday morning: Planning meeting: EuroMemorandum 2017 and other activities