The EU in quest of legitimacy

9 February 2010 - France

On 9th February 2010 the Robert Schuman Foundation and the CERI organised a seminar entitled "The EU in quest of political legitimacy: towards new common ground?". This seminar which opened to the public aimed to add positively to the debate on finding new common ground for the EU. The theme of the third meeting in this series of seminars focused on the theme "The problem of designating the Union: how should the EU be embodied as a political and legal entity". The session took place with Olivier Beaud, Professor in Public Law at the University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas.

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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.