The Future of the EU Budget: From Crisis to Resilience

22 May 2025 - h. 15-19 

Welcome Address: Prof. Eleanor Spaventa, Bocconi University, Director of the Bocconi Lab for European Studies

Session 1: Solidarity and Stability in the European Union: Challenges and Prospects

Chair Prof. Eleanor Spaventa 

Speaker Claudia Cinnirella, Università di Catania, The EU Budget as an Instrument of Interstate Solidarity 

Discussant Filippo Croci

Speaker Susanna Cafaro, Università del Salento, The Multifaceted and Ambiguous Notion of Stability in EU law 

Discussant Marìa-Luisa Sànchez Barroso, Universidad de Deusto

Coffee Break

Session 2: Toward a Fiscal Union: Prospects for EU Borrowing and Fiscal Capacity

Chair J.Christopher Proctor, Bocconi University

Speaker Luisa Marin, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, A centralized fiscal capacity for the EU? Treaties, transitions, and reforms 

Discussant Susanna Cafaro, University of Salento

Speaker Moritz Rehm,  Saarland University, Expanding the EU's fiscal space through borrowing and how it affects the budget 

Discussant Rosalba Famà, Bocconi University

23 May 2025 – h. 9,30 -13

Session 3: The EU Budget as a Strategic Policy Instrument

Chair Gordon Mensah, Bocconi University

Speaker Lilian Tsourdi, Maastricht University, Governing Migration through Funding: Internal and External Dimension Perspectives 

Discussant Moritz Rehm, Saarland University

Speaker Marco Fisicaro, Università La Sapienza, Enforcing the Charter of Fundamental Rights through EU Funding: A First Assessment Ahead of the Next MFF 

Discussant Luisa Marin, University of Insubria

Coffee Break

Session 4: The future of the EU budget 

Chair Edith Wagner, Bocconi University

Speaker Maria-Luisa Sànchez Barroso, Universidad de Deusto Future-proofing the RRF without disregarding the EU's financial interests 

Discussant Claudia Cinnirella, University of Catania

Speaker Rosalba Famà, Università Bocconi, Financing an EU defence: legal and financial issues (Discussant Marco Fisicaro) 

Filippo Croci,  Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, The system of own resources of the European Union: state of play and future prospects Discussant Lilian Tsourdi, Maastricht University