On 2-3 December the Paris branch of EReNSEP* is hosting an international conference on « France and Europe after Brexit”. The era of globalisation, dominant financialisation and blind adherence to the markets is coming to an end. There is a growing demand for restoring public control over markets, restructuring and democratizing the nation state, facing the ecological challenge and strengthening the social economy. These are the main issues to be discussed in Paris.

For Europe these are critical moments. The EMU has irrevocably failed, the European economy has no momentum, and anger and indignation are steadily growing among working people. Unfortunately the beneficiary is the hard Right, and even fascism. The European Left is paying dearly for its misguided acceptance of the ideology of Europeanism, its adhesion to the EU and EMU, its implicit acceptance of the neoliberal motto “There is no alternative”.

The clouds are gathering over Europe, and France is likely to be a focal point of the coming storm. There is still time for the Left to shape the direction of events but first it must shake off its old baggage and renew its proposals on economy, society and politics.

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Programme

Friday 2 December 2016 (École Normale Supérieure, 45 rue d’Ulm, Paris)

 18:30-20:00 : On the future of Europe
with Jean-Luc Mélenchon (TBC), Oskar Lafontaine (TBC), Costas Lapavitsas, Stefano Fassina

 20:15-22:00 : Roundtable on the book Euro, Plan B
with Cédric Durand, Guillaume Etiévant, Heiner Flassbeck

Saturday 3 December 2016 (Salle François Delapierre, 20-22 rue Doudeauville, Paris)

 9:30-11:30 : Debt and the euro in France: Diagnosis and proposals
with Jeanne Chevallier, Benjamin Lemoine, Patrick Saurin, Heiner Flassbeck, Sébastien Villemot, Laura Raïm

 Coffee break

 11:45-13:45 : Restructuring the French economy: Creating jobs, meeting social needs, facing the ecological challenge
with Hadrien Clouet, Pascal Joly (TBC), Sabina Issehnane, Laura Raim, Aurélie Trouvé, Frédéric Viale

 13:45-15:00 : Lunch break

 15:00-16:00 : ’Putting Greece Back on Its Feet’, New EReNSEP Report
with Costas Lapavistas, Constantinos Gavrielides, Grigoris Zarotiadis

 Coffee break

 16:15-18h45 – The EU after Brexit : Proposals from the Left
with Josep Maria Antentas, Martin Höpner, Alexis Cukier, Stathis Kouvélakis, Danielle Simonnet, Eric Toussaint, Christophe Ventura

 Coffee break

 19:00-20h30 – Reconstituting Europe: Strategic issues
with Nikos Chountis (TBC), Fabio De Masi, Miguel Urban Crespo