Conference on "The State of Union" - The Euro and the Global Economic Governance

Introduction
9.45 Debt Crisis in the Eurozone and the Future of the Euro
Paul De Grauwe, University of Leuven
Moderator: Giancarlo Corsetti, University of Cambridge/Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

Presentations
10.00 The Euro needs Economic Union - but is it coming?
Mario Monti, Former Commissioner and President of Università Bocconi
10.15 Title to be determined
Giulio Tremonti, Minister for Economy (to be confirmed)
10.30 Coffee break – Sala d’Arme
11.00 Monetary and Financial Stability in the Euro Area
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
11.15 Why Europe Needs Eurobonds?
Erik Jones, Johns Hopkins SAIS Bologna Center
11.30 Title to be determined
Jean Pisani Ferry, Bruegel
11.45 The State of EMU
Yves Mersch, President of the Central Bank of Luxembourg
12.00 -13.00 Discussion
13.00 Lunch at Palazzo Vecchio

By Invitation only