Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine have profoundly affected the European Union and its constitutional architecture of economic governance. To help repair the economic and social damage of the pandemic, the EU introduced NextGenerationEU, a €800 million economic recovery fund, to build Europe's environmental and digital future. The EU's infant fiscal capacity raises the question of the benefits and challenges of retaining the fund as a permanent feature of European Monetary Union. The talk examines the constitutional changes occurred in the EU since the pandemic in comparative perspective with the fiscal federal regime of the US, and discusses future prospects for European integration in light of the war in Ukraine.

Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of European Law at the School of Law & Government of DCU, the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute and the Director of the Law Research Centre. He holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute and previously held academic positions in the Netherlands and Denmark. In academic year 2022-23 he is on sabbatical at Princeton University as a Fellow in Law, Ethics and Public Affairs and at the European University Institute as a Fernand Braudel Fellow.

This event is open to the public. 

This event is cosponsored by the Law School's International Programs and International Law Society.

Lunch will be provided.