Thread by @dice_h2020

We're about to go live🔴 for the @IdeaEu/@IAIonline event on #Differentiation, #Democracy, and #CoFoE

We'll be highlighting some great highlights from the panel here!

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#InDivEU @tepsaeu #EU3D @arena_uio

"Any modality of cooperation among Member States, non-Member States, and sub-State entities in non-homogenous ways"

- @NicolePirozzi from @IAIonline/@IdeaEu introduces the panel by defining #Differentiation from the EUIDEA perspective

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"#CoFoE gives EU citizens a unique opportunity to debate the #FutureofEurope, and leaders should be ready to face uncomfortable truths about the current functioning of the EU"

- @NicolePirozzi from @IAIonline/@IdeaEu

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"What is essential is to make this process rest on an active and constant engagement of citizens and societies in the European Union"

- @NicolePirozzi from @IAIonline/@IdeaEu highlights the importance of the #CoFoE

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We now turn to Sergio Fabbrini from @UniLUISS to give a shot roadmap on the issue of #DifferentiatedIntegration

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"We need to distinguish between DI caused by a lack of capacity for a Member State to implement a certain policy, and DI caused by a sovereignty reflex"

- Sergio Fabbrini from @UniLUISS

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What are the implications of #Differentiation for #Democracy?

"it has raised sovereignty-based cleavages"

- Sergio Fabbrini from @UniLUISS

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"Until the 1990s, we didn't worry about sovereignty issues, these emerged in the last decade"

- Sergio Fabbrini from @UniLUISS

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We now turn to @JohnErikFossum, who starts by outlining the approach of @EU3Dh2020 towards #Differentiation and #democracy

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"#DifferentiatedIntegration is a deviation from the traditional definition of political #differentiation: the EU is distinctly differentiated"

- @JohnErikFossum from @EU3Dh2020/@arena_uio

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"Democracy REQUIRES differentiation at the very base level. It relies on expertise and knowledge, and that can only be provided to the fullest extent by differentiation"

- @JohnErikFossum from @EU3Dh2020/@arena_uio

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"The purpose of @EU3Dh2020 is to distinguish between forms of #differentiation that are favourable to #democracy, and those forms of #differentiation that are unfavourable to #democracy

- @JohnErikFossum from @EU3Dh2020/@arena_uio

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"It needs to be flagged that there is a genuine reform agenda coming from the #CoFoE

- @JohnErikFossum from @EU3Dh2020/@arena_uio

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"We need to see how the #CoFoE connects with the discussions among the @Europarl_EN and among the publics of Europe, or whether it ends up resembling an ongoing @EU_Commission consultation"

- @JohnErikFossum from @EU3Dh2020/@arena_uio

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And now, @BrigidLaffan from @EUI_EU to give the #InDivEU perspective: "whenever reform to the EU is discussed, #DifferentiatedIntegration always makes its way onto the agenda"

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"Historically, DI is driven by enlargement, and by the expansion of Treaty competencies into core state powers"

- @BrigidLaffan from #InDivEU/@EUI_EU

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"Most DI in the EU is multi-speed, and the vast majority of instances of DI end up expiring after some time: we don't pay enough attention to this feature of DI in the EU"

- @BrigidLaffan from #InDivEU/@EUI_EU

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"The Eurozone is the biggest example of multi-tied DI in the EU"

- @BrigidLaffan from #InDivEU/@EUI_EU

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"What role could #DifferentiatedIntegration play? Well, in most policy areas like #RuleofLaw, it is not an option"

- @BrigidLaffan from #InDivEU/@EUI_EU

We are now enjoying a vibrant Q&A session between our experts and the audience 💪

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Thanks for coming to our event on #Differentiation, #Democracy, and #CoFoE

Thanks to @IdeaEu and @IAIonline for hosting the event, and to our speakers Sergio Fabbrini, @JohnErikFossum, @BrigidLaffan, and moderator @bonomimat!

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