Program

Official welcome

Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur, President, Europa-Kolleg Hamburg

I. Introduction

• Europe, the EU and Questions of Identity - Martin Conway, Oxford University
• The Copenhagen Declaration of 14 December 1973 - The Document and its Interpretation - Michael Gehler, Foundation University of Hildesheim

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Discussion

9:30 am – 11:00 am

II. The Major Founding States and the Copenhagen Declaration of 14 December 1973

• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The Federal Republic of Germany - Guido Thiemeyer, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf(National)
• European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: France - Sylvain Schirmann, University of Strasbourg                         
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: Italy -Maria Eleonora Guasconi, University of Genova      

2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

III. The Benelux countries and the Copenhagen Declaration of 14 December 1973

• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: Belgium - Kim Christiaens, KADOC, Catholic University Leuven
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The Netherlands - Jan van der Harst, University of Groningen
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: Luxembourg - Siebo Janssen, Ruhr-University Bochum

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

IV. Northern Enlargement and the Copenhagen Declaration of 14 December 1973

• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The United Kingdom - Gabriele Clemens, University of Hamburg
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: Denmark - Thorsten B. Olesen, Aarhus University
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: Ireland - Mervyn O'Driscoll, University College Cork

V. The European Institutions and the Copenhagen Declaration of 14 December 1973

• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The European Parliament - Mechthild Roos, University of Augsburg   
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The European Commission - Birte Wassenberg, University of Strasbourg
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The European Council - Piers N. Ludlow, London School of Economics 
• (National) European Discourse(s) and the Copenhagen Declaration: The European Court of Justice - Brigitte Leucht, University of Portsmouth     

11:30 am

VI. Discussion