Symposium “Parliament and Time”: Program, poster, and videos

Top banner

• On a light blue background, a navy blue square in the center displays the project logo: a stylized map of Europe topped by a yellow hemicycle, with the white inscription “ParlTime.”
• Just below, in very large letters: "THE PARLIAMENT AND TIME " Then, in dark blue italics: “European comparative approach.”

Central image

• A low-angle photograph of the European Parliament's hemicycle (circular rows of seats, desks, flags of the Member States, and the EU flag in the background). On the right, discreetly, the words “Image: AdobeStock.”

Information block – international participation

• A darker blue banner indicating the presence of research teams from 22 countries:
  Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Registration box

• On the left, a QR code accompanied by the text “Register here.”

Practical information

• Dates: December 18–19, 2023 (in highly visible font).

• Location: Hemicycle of the Hauts-de-France Regional Council,
  151 Avenue du Président-Hoover, Lille.

Scientific credits

• “Scientific direction: Emmanuel Cartier, Basile Ridard, and Gilles Toulemonde”
  • mention of support from the Lille Chair of Parliamentary Studies.

Logo banner (partners and funders)

• Hauts-de-France Region

• INSP (National Institute of Public Service)

• Department of the North

• French Association of Constitutional Law

• University of Lille (stylized LL logo)

• CRDP (Center for Parliamentary Research and Documentation)

• LERDP (Laboratory for Studies and Research in Public Law)

• IDP (Institute of Public Law)

• Sciences Po Lille

Parliament and Time : European Comparative Approach

Parltime Project - December 18 and 19, 2023

International Conference
Organized in the chamber of the Hauts-de-France Regional Council
By the Center for Research on Rights and Perspectives in Law at the University of Lille
Under the direction of 
Emmanuel Cartier
Gilles Toulemonde
Basile Ridard

Monday 18th December

9h00 - Opening remarks
Xavier Bertrand, President of the Hauts-de-France Regional Council
Najib El Khadi, President of the Association of the General Secretaries of Parliaments
Jean-Gabriel Contamin, Dean of Lille Faculty of Law
Julien Bonnet, President of the French Association of Constitutional Law

9h30 - Presentation of the ParlTime research project
Emmanuel Cartier, Basile Ridard & Gilles Toulemonde, project co-directors

Parliamentary activity and time

Part 1 – General overview

Chair: Patricia Jonason, Södertörn University

9h45 - General introduction: The negative impact of acceleration on the deliberative process and representative democracy – Emmanuel Cartier, University of Lille

10h00 - Managing speaking time in the House – Dorothée Reignier, Sciences Po Lille

10h15 - The impact of parliamentary timeframe in the law-making process – Basile Ridard, University of Poitiers

Part 2 – Round tables based on national reports

Chair: Vanessa Barbé, Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France

11h00 - Confronting the different timeframes in law-making: an affected time?
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia

13h00 - Lunch

Chair: Ines Ciolli, Sapienza University of Rome

14h30 - The specific role of Parliament in secondary legislation: an abandoned time?
Cyprus, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden

Chair: Martin Belov, Sofia University

16h30 - Parliamentary scrutiny: in search of lost time?
Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Danemark, Italy, France, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Romania

18h30 - Concluding remarks – Dominique Rousseau, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University

Tuesday 19th December

Parliamentary mandate and time

Part 1 – General overview

Chair: Alejandro Torres, University of Navarra

9h00 - Mandate duration and individual dimension of the mandate – Rémi Lefebvre, University of Lille

9h45 - Time and the collective mandate – Olivier Costa, Sciences Po Paris

Part 2 – Round table based on national reports

Chair: Pauline Türk, Côte d’Azur University

9h30 - The parliamentary mandate: a split time?
France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain

11h30 - Concluding remarks

Between duration and rhythm: towards an ideal democratic temporality? – Georges Bergougnous, Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University
The temporalities of public action – Céline Husson-Rochcongar, Director of the Research Department of the National Institute of Public Service public

First day - Monday, December 18

First thematic : Parliamentary activity and time

Part 1 – General overview

Part 2 – Round tables based on national reports

Day two – Tuesday, December 19

Second theme : Parliamentary mandate and time

Part 1 – General overview

Part 2 – Round table based on national reports

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