Scientific Conference: Enhancing the Right of European Citizens
Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, University of Macedonia
Co-organizers: Bar Association of Thessaloniki, Hellenic Association for European Law
Thursday 27 April 2017, 17.30-21.00
Ioannis Manoledakis AmphitheatreRegistration: 17.00-17.30
Welcoming Speech by Nikolaos Valergakis, President of the Bar Association of Thessaloniki
1st Panel: 17.30-19.00
Chair: Professor Vasilis Skouris, former President of European Court of Justice, President of the Center of International and European Economic Law
Enhancing the rights of European Citizens
Despoina Anagnostopoulou, Associate Professor , Department of International & European Studies , University of Macedonia, Academic Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence.
European Union Mechanisms for effective treatment of the“crises of the Rule of Law” in member states of the EU, Michael Chrisomallis , Associate Professor, Law School, Democritus University of Thrace, Jean Monnet Chair.
The institution of the European Citizen’s Initiative: functional weaknesses in practice and proposals for strengthen it, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Assistant Professor,Department of International & European Studies, University of Macedonia.
Discussion
19.00-19.15: Coffee Break
2nd Panel: 19.15-21.00
Chair: Lina Papadopoulou, Associate Professor, Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Jean Monnet Chair.
The Cross-border Continuity of Civil Status, as a means of enhancing the Rights of the European Citizen,
Miguel Gardeñes Santiago, Professor Titular at the Law School, Autonomous University of Barcelona
Enhancing and Limiting Citizenship Rights in EU Law: Towards a Right to Care?
Anna Maria Konsta, Lecturer at the Law School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki