On 12 March 2014 the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies hosted the conference "EMU after the Crisis: Europe at Two Speeds". This conference considers the some of the major reforms undertaken by the EU over the last five years and how they impact European integration. Are the needs of non euro area countries similar to those in the euro area? Can there be negative spillovers as a result of further euro area integration? What other policies might be affected by the division between the euro area and non euro area members? What are the implications of such differentiated integration?
Rector Jorg MONAR introduced Professor Danuta HUBNER from the European Parliament, who gave the keynote address. In the first panel Gabriel GLOCKLER (European Central Bank) and Declan COSTELLO (European Commission) presented some of the major reforms that affected their respective instittuions while Michele CHANG (College of Europe) spoke of the evolution of the role of Germany in EMU. During the second session the interests of euro-outs was presented, with Zsolt DARVAS (Bruegel) speaking about the countries from Central and Eastern Europe and Niels BARTHOLDY (Permanent Representation of Denmark to the European Union) speaking about the Danish experience. David HOWARTH (University of Luxembourg) analyzed the impact of Banking Union on euro ins and outs, and Frank SCHIMMELFENNIG (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) analyzed differentiated integration and EMU more generally.