IV Summer Course Sofia Corradi on the European Union: Elections, external action and European economy

The European Parliament’s office in Barcelona, the Representation of the European Commission and CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) organise the fourth edition of the Sofia Corradi Summer Course on the European Union. The three days will be monographic sessions with theoretical and practical perspectives. The sessions will be divided between an intervention by a keynote speaker from the European Commission or the European Parliament, followed by a dialogue with a journalist; and a roundtable with CIDOB researchers; members of the European institutions; and independent experts.

The aim of this summer course is to provide participants with a complete perspective on the debates and challenges of the European Union in the short, medium and long term, and with analytical tools so that they can analyse and understand the European reality and become active members in it. Those who attend the full course in person will receive a certificate of participation.

The course will address the domestic and international challenges the European Union is facing. The first day will take stock of the elections to the European Parliament held from June 6 to 9. The second session will debate EU foreign policy and the state of transatlantic relations in the wake of this crucial electoral year -with the focus on the US elections- and the consequences of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. The last session will analyse the state of economy, the internal market and European competitiveness, considering the reports by Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi, and long-term challenges for the European economy.

Registrations and more information: https://www.eusummercourse.eu/en/ 

Participants

Judith Arnal

Investigadora sénior asociada, CEPS; consejera independiente, Banco de España

Oriol Aspachs

Director de Economía Española, CaixaBank

Diego Badell

Profesor de Relaciones Internacionales, UAB; investigador asociado, IBEI

Sergi Barrera

Jefe de la Oficina de Parlamento Europeo en Barcelona

Carlos Closa

Profesor de Investigación, CCHS, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

Jaume Duch

Director general de Comunicación y Portavoz, Parlamento Europeo

Fernando Hervás

Jefe de Unidad Adjunto, Joint Research Centre, Comisión Europea

Borja Lasheras

Miembro del gabinete del Alto Representante para la Política Exterior y la Seguridad de la UE

Elena Lazarou

Jefe en funciones de la Unidad de Políticas Exteriores, Servicio de Investigación, Parlamento Europeo (online)

Sandra León

Profesora de Ciencia Política y Directora del Instituto Carlos III-Juan March, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)

Pol Morillas

Director, CIDOB

Beatriz Navarro

Corresponsal en Bruselas, La Vanguardia

Eric Philippart

Sherpa del ex Primer Ministro italiano Enrico Letta para el Informe de Alto Nivel sobre el futuro del Mercado Único

Héctor Sánchez Margalef

Investigador, CIDOB

Eduard Soler i Lecha

Profesor agregado de Relaciones Internacionales, UAB; investigador sénior asociado, CIDOB

Manuel Szapiro

Director, Representación de la Comisión Europea en Barcelona

Corina Stratulat

Directora adjunta, European Policy Centre (EPC) (online)

Ariadna Trillas

Periodista, revista Alternativas Económicas