The European Union and its quest for Legitimacy

13 January 2010 - France

The Robert Schuman Foundation and the CERI organised a seminar on 13th January 2010 entitled "The European Union and its quest for political legitimacy - the development of a joint discourse?" This seminar, which opened to the public aimed to provide information about the possibility of a new joint discourse on the European Union. The theme of the second part of this seminar focused on the following theme "Dess(e)ins européens: les territoires et leur récits" (European Plans: territories and their discourse). The meeting took place with Michel Foucher, professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Ulm) on 13th January 2010 at the CERI.

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Democratic Resilience in Europe in Times of Polarisation

19 November 2025 to 19 November 2025

The Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies organises an open lecture by Jean-Dominique Giuliani, President of the Robert Schuman Foundation.

The lecture, titled “Democratic Resilience in Europe in Times of Polarisation,” is organized in cooperation with the French Embassy in Tallinn and the Institut français d’Estonie, as part of the French Week in Tartu. The event opened by Ms. Sophie Coumel, Director of the Institut français and Cultural Counsellor, and moderated by Dr. Stefano Braghiroli, Associate Professor of European Studies at our institute, .marks the concluding activity of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “REPAIR - Rejuvenating Democracy in the EU”, led by the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies and supported by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme.