The End of the Euro? Future Economic Policies for the European Union and Germany, Friday, June 18, 2010
DRAFT AGENDA
Allianz
SE
Pariser Platz 6
10117 Berlin
Germany
Friday, June 18, 2010
9:00 - 9:15am Opening Remarks & Welcome
Jack Janes, AICGS
Wolfgang Ischinger, Allianz SE
9:15 -10:45am Panel One: The Crisis of the Euro Zone
With its export-oriented economy, Germany can ill-afford to allow the EU and the euro-zone to remain in an economic slump and a fiscal crisis. Critics have alleged that not only Greece irresponsible fiscal policy but also the lack of German consumer spending are to blame for the current crisis. What are solutions to the troubles of the Euro? Are the EU’s institutional structures sufficient to address the economic crisis in the long-run? How can the dialectic of a European monetary policy and national fiscal policies (for the euro-zone) be resolved? Can and should the euro-zone be expanded in the long-run? Will there be a universal tax system in the future? What are Germany’s positions and policies? What ramification did the French and German split on the economic stimulus package have? How unified is the European response and what role does Germany play in unifying said response? What role does the EU play on the international stage in solving the economic crisis? Should there be additional structures in place?
Keynote Speaker: Otto Fricke, MdB FDP
Panelists: Klaus Deutsch, Deutsche Bank
Jim Kolbe, The German Marshall Fund of the United
States
Klaus Scharioth, German Embassy Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Brent Goff, Deutsche Welle TV
AICGS is grateful to The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Allianz SE
for their generous support of this event.
10:45 - 11:00am Coffee Break
11:00am -12:30pm Panel Two: Social Welfare Policies and a Sustainable Economy
Europe battles with an increasingly aging population and the consequences this will have on its economy. The western European states in particular, including Germany, face this problem, which impacts a wide range of government services as well as the economic outlook for Europe. One solution-immigration-is contested in Europe for its perceived social implications. Additionally, the question of how to transform unsustainable economies into sustainable societies plays a role in transforming Europe and the United States. How can the framework of the social market economy be expanded through time and space and achieve sustainability across the planet and for future generations by reconciling economic and ecological objectives? What are potential Europe-wide solutions or is this rather a national question? What is Germany’s position and is there a best-practice approach in Europe? Can governments continue national social spending? What does the social
safety net of the future look like? How does that differ EU-wide and would an EU-wide approach work?
Keynote Speakers: Bernhard Heitzer, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (invited)
Klaus Zimmermann, DIW/IZA
Panelists: Stefanie Wahl, Denkwerk Zukunft - Stiftung kulturelle
Erneuerung
Barry Anderson, formerly Head of the Budgeting and
Public Expenditures Division at the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Moderator: Tim Stuchtey, BIGS
12:30-2pm Luncheon and Conclusion of Conference
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