What role for the European Parliament in the COVID-19 crisis?

Date: Tuesday 1 December 2020

Time: 13:00-14:30 (CEST)

Place: Online

The COVID-19 crisis poses a particular problem for parliamentary democracy: internally, the European Parliament needs to adapt to a sudden process of digitalisation and remote participation; externally, the crisis disrupts legislative processes and the capacity to shape policy. Therefore, the COVID-19 crisis is a test to the institutional resilience of the European Parliament and its capacity to play a relevant role. This webinar offers an opportunity to discuss how the digitalisation of the EP has affected internal procedures and the role of different actors – from MEPs to EP staff. It also offers an opportunity to reflect about how the lockdown has shifted the Position of the EP in the inter-institutional triangle and how it might affect its parliamentary role in the long term. This is particularly important in view of the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe.

Co-Chairs:

Ariadna Ripoll Servent and Alfredo de Feo

Speakers:

Klaus Welle – Secretary General of the European Parliament

Jan Olbrycht – Member of the European Parliament, European People’s Party

Adrienne Héritier – Emeritus Professor, EUI

Olivier Rozenberg – Associate Professor, Science Po Paris

This event will be online. Registered participants will receive the meeting ID and password on the day of the event.

Please follow the Link to the registration