Vergadering EP-commissie: Constitutionele zaken, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT                                                                    2009 - 2014

Committee on Constitutional affairs

PUBLICHEARING The reform of the European electoral law

4 December 2014, from 09.00 am to 12.00 am

Brussels – Building Altiero Spinelli - Room 1 G 3

*** Programme ***

09h00             Welcome speech and opening remarks by the Chair, MEP Danuta Hübner

09h05             Democratic legitimacy in the European Union: taking a new look at the

composition and electoral procedure of the European Parliament,

Andrew Duff, Former Member of the European Parliament and AFCO Rapporteur on electoral reform

09h25             Debate

09h40              Reinforcing uniformity in the European Electoral Act: Interim advances in 2019

towards systematic double-proportionality in 2024 Friedrich Pukelsheim, Professor em. at the Institute for Mathematics, University of Augsburg

10h00             Debate

10h15             What effects turnout, and what can be done regarding turnout?

Brendan O'Leary, lauder Professor of Politic Science & Director of the Penn Program in Ethnic conflict; University of Pennsylvania

10h35             Debate

10h50             Making European elections more European: a difficult challenge

Roberto D'Alimonte, Professor at LUISS University Guido Carli in Rome

11h10             Debate

11h25             The European electoral law reform: looking for clarity?

Yves Bertoncini, Director of Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute in Paris

11h45             Debate and concluding remarks by the Chair

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