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The State of the Union 2014 Live Recordings

Friday 9 May, Palazzo Vecchio – Salone dei Cinquecento

welcomeThe State of the Union 2014 Welcome speech by J.H.H. Weiler, President of the European University Institute, Dario Nardella, Deputy Major of Florence, and Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Hellenic Minister of Education and Religious Affairs and President of the High Council of the EUI.
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Interview with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission“10 Years in Office, the Road Ahead” interview with José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, by J.H.H. Weiler, President of the European University Institute, and Tony Barber, Europe Editor of the Financial Times.
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crisisThe Crisis: Did We Do the Right Thing? What Should We Do Next? discussion with Karel de Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade, Mario Monti, member of the Italian Senate, Sylvie Kauffmann, Member of the European Parliament, Bernard Hoekman, Director of the EUI’s research strand “Global Economics” and of GGP and Anna Triandafyllidou.
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Keynote speech by Italian Prime Minister Matteo RenziKeynote speech by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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The State of the Union: Disintegration or Revival?, discussion with George Soros, Chairman of the Open Society FoundationsThe State of the Union: Disintegration or Revival?, discussion with George Soros, Chairman of the Open Society Foundations, and J.H.H. Weiler, President of the European University Institute.
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The State of the Union by Brigid Laffan The State of the Union, by Brigid Laffan, Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI.
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Euandi presentation by Alexander H. TrechselEuandi presentation, by Alexander H. Trechsel, Director of EUDO and Head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences, EUI.
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2014: First European Elections?2014: First European Elections? Chair: Alexander H. Trechsel;
Speakers: Roberto D’Alimonte, Professor of Italian Political System at LUISS;
Klaus Dieter Frankenberger, Foreign Editor at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Sylvie Goulard, Member of the European Parliament; Miguel Poiares Maduro, Portuguese Minister for State and Regional Development and Minister Adjunct to the Prime Minister; Federica Mogherini, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs;
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Televised Presidential DebateThe Televised Presidential Debate in the Presence of Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy.
Candidates:José Bové (Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance), Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP), Martin Schulz (PES), Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE). Modreated by: Tony Barber (Europe Editor, FT), Monica Maggioni (Director, Rainews24) and J.H.H. Weiler (President, EUI).
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