Through the membership in the European Union, the Swedish courts have been given a new role. They are now integrated into a European legal and judicial system comprising the whole of the EU and constitute the national arm of the EU legal order.

In a new SIEPS report – Rulings by the EU Court of Justice: The Attitude and Practice of the Swedish Courts – professor Ulf Bernitz scrutinize the Swedish case law and the attitude of the courts when it comes to requesting preliminary rulings.

Speaker
Ulf Bernitz, Professor in European Law, Stockholm Universitety

Participants
Stig von Bahr, former judge of the Supreme Administrative Court and the EU Court of Justice
Anna Falk, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Morten Broberg, Professor in International Law, University of Copenhagen

Chair
Jörgen Hettne, Researcher in Law, SIEPS

Time: Tuesday 16 March 2010 at 10.00 – 12.00
Coffee is served from 09.30
Venue: Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2, Stockholm

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Improved quality of regulation and legislation is now a pronounced objective at European as well as national level. The European Commission have for some years now tried to convince EU member states to reduce the administrative burdens – especially for enterprises – and make regulatory impact assessment an integrated part of their regulatory process. But despite considerable efforts, the results have so far been rather modest.

In a new SIEPS report – Better Regulation through Impact Assessment - political scientist Magnus Erlandsson argues that Sweden is one of the lagging countries when it comes to regulatory impact assessment.

Speaker:
Magnus Erlandsson, Ph.D. Political Science, Stockholm univeristy

Commentators:
Stig von Bahr, Chairman, Swedish Better Regulation Council
Jörgen Hettne, Researcher in law, SIEPS
Elisabeth Kristensson, Desk Officer, Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications
Pierre Schellekens, Head of the European Commission in Sweden

Time: Thursday 11 March 2010 at 14.00-16.00. Coffee in served from 13.30
Venue: Medelhavsmuseet, Fredsgatan 2

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The annual report 2010 from the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at the CESIfo Institute in Munich will be presented at a seminar in Stockholm on February 26. In addition to providing a comprehensive forecast of the European economy for the coming year, this year’s EEAG report addresses the challenges of how to exit the crisis without compromising our long-term prospects.

A central chapter of the report includes an analysis of the dramatic drop in trust towards financial intermediates, bankers and financial markets. Suggested strategies for rebuilding trust include a rating system and trust-based compensation scheme.

In addition, the report focuses on the consequences of the large deficits for the sustainability of public finances, assesses the role of the euro in the current crisis and devotes a special chapter to the fiscal and external deficits of the US economy.

Speakers
John Hassler, Professor, Institute for International Economic Studies, IIES, Stockholm University

Luigi Guiso, Professor, European University Institute in Florence – winner of the 2010 Smith Breeden Prize for best paper in the Journal of Finance: “Trusting the Stock Market” .

Commentators
Kerstin Hessius, CEO, Ap3
Anders Vredin, CEO, SNS

Chair
Anna Stellinger, Director, SIEPS

Sverige innehade under sex utmanande månader ordförandeskapet i EU:s ministerråd. Nu tittar vi i backspegeln och sätter slutbetyget för det svenska ledarskapet. 

Medverkande:
Gustaf Lind, statssekreterare utrikes- och EU-frågor, Statsrådsberedningen

Göran von Sydow, utredare, Sieps

Annika Ström-Melin, journalist, Dagens Nyheter

Daniel Silander, fil.dr, Växjö Universitet

Moderator:
Jan Joel Andersson, programchef, Utrikespolitiska Institutet