Social and economic challenges in Europe after Covid-19 - French and Polish perceptions

Europe Day 2021 marks the 71st anniversary of the Schuman Declaration and the launch of the Conference for the Future of Europe.

On Sunday 9 May, from 11 am to 12:45 pm, the Fondation pour l’innovation politique partners with the French embassy in Poland and Polityka Insight for an online debate: “Social and economic challenges in Europe after Covid-19 – French and Polish Perceptions”.

The debate will gather distinguished French and Polish experts to discuss the social and economic challenges lying ahead of Europe after the Covid-19 pandemic. We will compare French and Polish perceptions of solidarity and look into the concrete proposals to enhance the resilience of European societies and economies, such as the “Europe, A Patient” initiative and the idea of a European minimal wage.

Panel n°1 – Short-term social and economic challenges of the COVID-19
crisis in Europe

• The Initiative “Europe, A Patient”
  Krzysztof Mroczkowski, New Citizen – Nowy Obywatel
• “From elimination to mitigation strategies in Central Eastern Europe”
  Professor Maciej Grodzicki (Jagiellonian University of Krakow)
• “Towards a counter-cyclical approach to crises in the EU”
  Professor Assen Slim (ESSCA, INALCO)
• “Convergence and cohesion in the EU after the COVID-19 pandemic”
  Dr. Agnieszka Smoleńska, Polityka Insight

Panel n°2 – Long-term social and economic reforms in Europe: towards a European minimum wage?

• “Benefits from further integration : reform ideas and challenges ahead”
  Dr. Dimitris Mavridis, France Stratégie
• “The political feasibility of European social reforms”
  Prof. Małgorzata Bonikowska, Center for International Studies (CSM)
• “From the Porto Summit towards a new European narrative”
  Chloé Ridel, Rousseau Institute
• “The need for a new European solidarity”
  Joséphine Staron, Sorbonne University – laboratoire Synopia