UM Star lecture (in Dutch) in the Hague by Esther Versluis, on 7 February

On Thursday 7 February Esther Versluis will give the UM Star Lecture: ‘European Union or European variations? On the future of European integration.’. The lecture takes place at Dudok in the Hague from 19.30 – 22.30. Please register beforehand.

This year is the anniversary of the Star Lectures, it has been 5 years since the first lectures were organised.

Through the UM Star Lectures, which take place in 14 cities and 5 countries at the same time, Maastricht University hopes to inspire its alumni by providing an opportunity to hear professors shed scientific light on topical issues.

Abstract

Time and again the EU is confronted with complex policy problems and crises. Examples are the financial crisis, the refugee crisis, the outbreak of diseases such as Ebola, or the Brexit. Often the EU does not manage to respond to such situations timely and adequately, and we increasingly hear pleas for a more differentiated European integration. The French president Macron wants to steer the EU via ‘concentric circles’, or a ‘core Europe’. In its latest report, the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) speaks of much-needed ‘European variations’. It seems that the future of integration lies in some form of multi-speed Europe. In this lecture, Professor Versluis discusses the pros and cons of this route to European integration. She will illustrate that for some complex problems a multi-speed answer might be the only possibility, while for other types of policy issues it is only likely to create more problems. (Lecture is in Dutch)

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