Socio-economic Research - Dialogue Workshop - Legitimacy

Socio-economic Research

Legitimacy, Democracy and the EU Committee System, 6 March 2001

Workshop Agenda (PDF)

Participants' speeches

• Welcome and Introduction European Commission, DG Research

• Introduction to Research Project Guenther F. SCHAEFER

• Legitimacy, Democracy and the EU Committee System Torbjörn LARSSON, Andreas MAURER

• Presentation and Discussion of Preliminary Results:

  • Subproject 1: "Standing Committees of the European Parliament: The Clash of European, National and Party Interests" Christine NEUHOLD, Katharina POLSTER

  • Subproject 2: "The Role of Council Working Groups in the Production of European Problems and Policies" Andrew SMITH, Eve FOUILLEUX, Jacques DE MAILLARD

  • Subproject 3: "Policy Implementation and Comitology Committees: Differentiating between Policy Legislation and Policy Implementation" Georg HAIBACH, Alexander TÜRK, Guenther F. SCHAEFER, Marion STULFA

• Panel Discussion

• General Conclusions and Outlook on Future Work