The event consisted of two panel discussions. In the first panel, EU3D researchers Magdalena Góra, Jagiellonian University, Tiziano Zgaga, University of Konztanz joined and Guillaume McLaughlin from the European Parliament. They discussed the upcoming EU3D report on Parliamentary debates about the future of Europe.
Magdalena Góra presented the findings from the report on how 11 national parliaments and the European Parliament have debated the future of Europe from 2015 until 2021. Then, Tiziano Zgaga presented the findings for the case of Italy, in particular regarding the debates about the future of European fiscal policy and migration policy. Lasty, Guillaume McLaughlin expressed his views on the research, and on the role of European political parties and the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Rebecca Christie, non-resident fellow at Bruegel, moderated the lively discussion that followed, with questions from the audience on the strengthening of national parliaments and the interactions between national parliaments and the European parliament.
In the second panel moderated by Giuseppe Porcaro, Bruegel, Martin Moland, University of Oslo, Henrik Müller, University of Dortmund, and Sara Wheaton, Politico, discussed two EU3D publications on media narratives.
Martin Moland presented the EU3D research paper analysing news reports about differentiation in the European Union, while Henrik Müller highlighted the important findings from the co-authored report on media narratives about EU reform in European business newspapers. Finally, Sara Wheaton commented on the findings and shared her experience working for Politico in the United States and Europe. A round of questions about the role of social media and newsletters in narrating the EU and the need for politicisation of the EU followed.
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The event was organised on 28 March 2023 by Bruegel as part of the EU3D future of Europe Debate series.
