Greece and the EU: contrasting views towards a
reformed agenda
Expert workshop on the transformation of the Greek and
European political scenes after the Euro crisis
18 December 2015, Barcelona
Sala Jordi Maragall, CIDOB. Elisabets 12, 08001 Barcelona
Organised by CIDOB in partnership with ELIAMEP, with the support of Europe for Citizens Programme
09.00
Welcome remarks
Jordi Bacaria, Director, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
Thanos Dokos, Director, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
09.15
Session 1: From Greece to Europe - A new European and foreign policy agenda
The aim of this session will be to explore the European and foreign policy agenda of the
Greek government and the major political forces, as well as Greece’s political and
economic demands to its European counterparts. Participants will analyse to what extent
the demands of the Greek government have influenced the European policies to deal with
the crisis and balanced mainstream pro-austerity policies. They will also address the
geopolitical dimension of the crisis and Greece’s closer ties with non-Western powers.
Chair: Nick Malkoutzis, Deputy Editor, Kathimerini
Thanos Dokos, Director, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Dimitrios Katsikas, Head of the Crisis Observatory, Hellenic Foundation for European and
Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
Effie Pedaliu, Visiting Fellow, LSE IDEAS
10.45h
Coffee Break
11.00h
Session 2: New alliances to change Europe
The second session will be aimed at exploring the alliances that the Greek government has
put forward with mainstream and new political forces in order to achieve the reform agenda
explored in the previous session. Participants will discuss the European foreign policy of
the Greek government and other political forces, both under a government-to-government
perspective and the relations with European institutions and among European political
forces, including new left movements in other Southern European states.
Chair: Pol Morillas, Research Fellow, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
George Pagoulatos, Athens University of Economics and Business and Member of the
Board of Directors, (ELIAMEP)
Ernest Urtasun, Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Greens/European
Free Alliance
Filippa Chatzistavrou, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign
Policy (ELIAMEP)
12.30h
Lunch
13.30h
Session 3: From Europe to Greece - Forging a new political and economic order in
light of the Greek crisis
This session will put forward the view from Brussels with the aim to analyse the political
and economic reforms that have been discussed at the European level to deal with the
Greek crisis and to overcome the structural inefficiencies of the political and economic
governance of the Eurozone and the European Union at large. It will review the initiatives
of Member States and the policy proposals of European institutions, both from a political
perspective to tackle the democratic legitimacy deficit and an economic one aimed at
redesigning the foundations of the Eurozone.
Chair:
Carme Colomina, Journalist, ARA newspaper
Gabriele Giudice, Head of Unit, DG ECFIN, European Commission
Cinzia Alcidi, Head of Economic Policy Unit, Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Eleni Panagiotarea, Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign
Policy (ELIAMEP)
15.00h
End of the workshop