Luiss School of Government: Summer School “Parliamentary Democracy in Europe”, Rome, 16-20 July 2012

The LUISS School of Government, in cooperation with Nova Universitas, organises an intensive summer course “Parliamentary Democracy in Europe”, on the topic: National Parliaments, Local Government and Civil Society within the EU Decision-making Processes. The Control on the Compliance with the Principle of Subsidiarity.

Especially after the Treaty of Lisbon, the evolution of the European decision-making process towards the full enforcement of the principles of representative and participatory democracy requires to be studied in depth. This summer school untangles these issues and provides its participants with a map of the current state of the European Union democracy by scoping interactions among national legislative bodies, regional and local authorities and civil society when EU decisions are taken. Hence, students will be confronted with the multifaceted dimensions of the principle of subsidiarity within the European Union – both legal and political, linked to the problem of the multilevel government, the constitutional identities of Member States and the principle of proximity – and provided with the experiential knowledge and practical experience for understanding its enforcement challenges.

Applications must be sent by 20 April 2012.

Additional information as well as a provisional version of the programme can be found at the address below. Potential participants can request information to the academic tutors of the summer school: summersog@luiss.it