Thread by @dice_h2020

Welcome back to DAY 2 of the #InDivEU Final Conference!
We start with a panel on 'What do governments, parties and citizens think of DI?'

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Our speakers for the first panel of the day are:
✅Stefan Telle, @EUI_Schuman
✅Marta Lorimer, @LSEnews
✅Catherine de Vries, @VUamsterdam
✅Richard Corbett, @Europarl_EN

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#DifferentiatedIntegration is most often used in relation to treaty change, enlargement or crises that require major response. Actions are policy oriented and ad hoc character rather than strategic.

- Stefan Telle, @EUI_Schuman, on salience on #DI among governments
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Involuntary exclusion using #DI is perceived quite negatively by pollical actors.

- @_mlorimer, @LSEnews, gives an overview of her research on whether political parties see #DI as a fair scheme of cooperation at the #InDivEU Final Conference.
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On cleavages with regards to #DI, there is a geographical cleavage - richer and older vs. poorer and newer MS. Experience from DI plays a role both for richer and poorer states.

- @_mlorimer, @LSEnews at the #InDivEU Final Conference.
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We do see that ideology shapes #DI opinions and citizens know more than in the past. They look at political actors when forming their own position.

- @CatherineDVries on public opinion on #DifferentiatedIntegration
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In the EU, we don't have a two-tier system. We have different groups opting-out from different policy areas, always a minority of states. In the end, everybody participates in the core EU business, i.e the single market.

- @RichardGCorbett at the #InDIvEU Final Conference
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We now move to the Q&A session of the panel moderated by @IlkeToygur.

Coming up next ⏰ 11:30 🎙️Panel 4
'How to build close relations with neighbouring countries while preserving the integrity of the Single Market?'
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We resume the #InDivEU Final Conference with Panel 4 focusing on External Differentiation and chaired by @BrigidLaffan.
Welcome to our speakers:
✅Paolo Chiocchetti
✅Michael Keating
✅Christian Frommelt
LIVE 📹
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In contrast to the building scenarios for all states when discussing internal EU differentiation, the focus when analysing external differentiation is on separate countries.

- @p_chiocchetti presents the feasibility of three possible scenarios for external differentiation
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The 3 scenarios for external differentiation according to @p_chiocchetti
✔️Extended family = EU enlargement
✔️Close-knit community = external integration
✔️Good fences make good neighbours = external disintegration
Take a look at some figures on #DI👇
indiveu.eui.eu/2021/11/04/fac…
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What is the outlook after #Brexit? We don't really know. Possible scenarios for the UK:
✔️Decides to differentiate
✔️Deregulates for the sake of it
✔️Continues to align with EU regulations but pretends it's not

- Michael Keating at #InDivEU Final Conference
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Some of the integration challenges for EEA countries:
🔹Maintaining autonomy and ensuring efficiency
🔹Keeping pace with EU legislative developments
🔹Empirical research on the EEA

- Christian Frommelt, @LieInstitu, at #InDivEU Final Conference

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It's time for the Q&A session on External Differentiation.

Coming up next⏰14:30 CET is the final #InDivEU panel on🎙️'Are flexible implementation and experimentalist governance viable alternatives to #DI to manage diversity in the EU?'
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We are back for the last panel of the #InDivEU Final Conference.

Our speakers are:
Sebastiaan Princen, @UtrechtUni
Jonathan Zeitlin, @UvA_Amsterdam
Irena Andrassy, @CroatiaInEU
Carsten Schierenbeck, @EU_Commission
Moderated by Sandra Lavenex

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Flexible implementation means that Member States are given the room to make certain choices when implementing policies. It has always been part of EU law.

- Sebastiaan Princen, @UtrechtUni, on what is flexible implementation and how it relates to #DifferentiatedIntegration
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Both #DI and flexible implementation (FI) address similar concerns & there is an association between the two. However, DI is mainly used by individual MS on certain policies, while FI addresses broader concerns, sometimes concerning all MS.

- Sebastiaan Princen, @UtrechtUni
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#DifferentiatedIntegration in itself is not sufficient to address the substantial challenges of heterogeneity in the EU. For this, experimental governance is crucial as a complementary approach.

- Jonathan Zeitlin at the #InDIvEU Final Conference
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The EU, as a project, should aim for more convergence, not less.

- Amb. Irena Andrassy, @CroatiaInEU at the #InDivEU Final Conference

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From the Croatian perspective, there is always mechanisms that are useful when making decisions. Small Member States are usually inclined to be collaborative.

- Amb. Irena Andrassy, @CroatiaInEU at the #InDivEU Final Conference
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Convergence should be the aim, not burdening Member States and citizens. It is important not to confuse citizens what regulations apply to them.
In this sense, communication is a very important aspect.

- @schierenbeck_c, @EU_Commission at #InDivEU Final Conference

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Join the discussion and Q&A session on managing diversity in the EU live on YouTube
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We have arrived to the concluding session of the #InDivEU Final Conference with Frank Schimmelfennig, @BrigidLaffan and @CloosJim.

LIVESTREAMING📹
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This is the strangest project I have been part of because of the challenges posed by #COVID19.
I am also very heartened by the way everyone went on with their research and work.

-@BrigidLaffan at the #InDivEU Final Conference
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This is not the end, our final conference has revealed that this will not be the final research on #DifferentiatedIntegration.

- Frank Schimmelfennig, @ETH_en, at the #InDivEU Final Conference
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There is no final word on anything related to European integration. There will be a lot to study in the next decade.

- @CloosJim, @TEPSA Secretary-General at #InDivEU Final Conference
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A big thank you to all speakers and participants for contributing to a successful Final #InDivEU Conference!! 🙌

Keep an eye on the project website for the latest publications and materials👉indiveu.eui.eu

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