'Austerity, solidarity, stability? How economic and monetary union affects the new member states'

The event is a roundtable discussion between government officials of the European Union's (EU) New Member States (NMS) and academics about the impact of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the prospect or reality of euro area accession on their countries.The context of the financial crisis, EU coordination and legitimacy problems, and the intensification of nationalist populism are issues of concern. The event will bring together perspectives and views from policy-makers active in the field of EU socio-economic governance and academics. It will review the current state of play in NMSs in relation to the euro crisis including the wider European debate about institutional reforms and budgetary constraints. Finally, the increasingly troubling tension between debates about institutional and policy reform at the transnational level and rising populism and nationalism within the domestic arena will be debated.

Participants will include civil servant representatives and policy expertsfrom the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. The keynote speakeris Professor Erik Jones (SAIS Bologna)
Participants will include civil servant representatives and policy experts from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. The keynote speaker is Professor Erik Jones (SAIS Bologna). The event is open to the public.