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                                     APPLICATION FORM

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
THE VALUE(S) OF A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE ”
Corinthia Palace Hotel, Attard 
1st April 2004 
8.45 am   Registration 
9.00 am   Welcome by the Chairman of the EDRC 
                Professor Peter G. Xuereb 
9.15 am   “The Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe: a forward-looking and 
                outward-looking document” 
                Prof. Jo Shaw 
                Professor of European Law and Jean Monnet Chair, University of Manchester  
9.45 am   “Giscard and His Fellowship: A Dwarf’s Eye View of our Quest for a  
                Constitutional Treaty” 
                Rev. Prof. Peter Serracino Inglott 
                Chairman – Mediterranean Institute
                Professor of Philosophy,Department of Philosophy, University of Malta
10.15 am    “The Rule of Law as the Basis of Democracy”
                   Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
                  President Emeritus 
10.45 am    Discussion 
11.00 am    Coffee Break  
11.15 am   “The Institutional Balance in the European Union ” 
                    Prof. Dr L.W. Gormley 
                    Professor of European Law and Jean Monnet Chair, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
11.45 am   “Towards Legitimacy in Europe”
                   Prof. Larry Siedentop
                   Emeritus Fellow of Keeble College Oxford and Visiting Professor, University of Madrid 
12.15 pm    Discussion 
12.45 pm    Lunch 
2.00 pm      “Solidarity under the Constitution in an Enlarged European Union” 
                   Professor Peter G. Xuereb 
                   Professor of European & Comparative Law and Jean Monnet Chair, University of Malta; 
2.30 pm     “Trust in Europe: Breaking Down Cultural Barriers to European Integration” 
                  Dr Michelle Cini   
                  Jean Monnet Senior Lecturer in EC Studies, Dept. of Politics, University of Bristol 
3.00 pm     “Solidarity and Religion in the European Union” 
                  Prof. Anthony M Abela 
                  Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Malta 
3.30 pm      Discussion 
3.45 pm      Coffee Break 
4.00 pm      “The Impact of the EU Neighbourhood Policy on the Mediterranean” 
                   Dr Stephen Calleya 
                   Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies,  
                   University of Malta   
4.30 pm      “The Irish Presidency and the Draft Constitution: Cold Porridge or Hot Potato?” 
                    Prof. Edward Moxon-Browne 
                    Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration, Centre for European Studies,  
                    University of Limerick 
5.00 pm       Discussion 
5.30 pm       Conference Close