The French Institute - Sofia, The Bulgarian European Community Studies Association (BECSA), The Centre for Liberal Strategies, The Embassy of France, The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate and RFI present within the cycle “Europe, Here and Now”:

European Elections - Are They Second Order Elections?

public lecture by Olivier Costa (Institut d'etudes europeennes de l'Universite libre de Bruxelles and Professeur au College d'Europe (Bruges) and Universite Libre of Bruxelles) followed by a discussion with Dobrin Kanev (Councellor of the Bulgarian President)

Moderator: Toni Nikolov (editor-in-chief, RFI - Bulgaria)

More information about the event:
A year before the coming elections for MEP the public lecture of Olivier Kosta will rise the question why the citizens of EU member state underestimate the elections of their representatives in EP which is visible if we look at the elections turnout in most of EU member states.

More information about the lector (in French):


• Collaborateur scientifique a l'Institut d'etudes europeennes de l'Universite libre de Bruxelles
• Professeur au College d'Europe (Bruges) et a l'Universite Libre de Bruxelles
• Responsable (avec Paul Magnette) de la Section d’etudes europeennes de l’Association francaise de science politique
• Responsable (avec Daniel Bach) de la participation de Sciences Po Bordeaux au reseau d’excellence GARNET

Domaines de specialisation:
• Systeme institutionnel et politique de l'Union europeenne
• Parlement europeen
• Rapport entre les niveaux de gouvernement dans l’Union europeenne
• Representation parlementaire comparee en Europe
Spheres of interest:
• Les deputes francais a Paris et Strasbourg : approche comparee des roles representatifs et du rapport au territoire
• Programme international “PArliamentary REpresentation at National and European Levels” (PARENEL)
• Integrations regionales comparees (Union europeenne – Afrique – MERCOSUR)
• Membre de l’ANR « europopulisme »; recherche sur les deputes eurosceptiques au Parlement europeen
• Co-responsable (avec Daniel Bach) du programme de recherche GARNET « Europe and Africa »
Projects:
• Sciences po Bordeaux, cours: "Le policy-making de l'Union europeenne", master 2, parcours IGE/APGT/APRI
• Universite de Libre de Bruxelles, cours: "Processus decisionnel dans l'Union europeenne" (EURO0261), master 1 de sciences politiques (orientation relations internationales) et DEC IEE
• College d'Europe (Bruges), seminaire de recherche: "le policy making de l'Union europeenne"
• Supports de cours

More information about the lectures:
The lections' cycle "Europe, here and now" is an initiative of the French embassy in Bulgaria. It aims at provoking civil debate on the big present day questions of the European Union and to present the French vision to the Bulgarian public.

May 12 (Monday) 2008, 7.00 p.m.
Pesha Nikolova hall
In French, with simultaneous translation in Bulgarian
Free entrance

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