Summer Course
Intensive Summer Course 2026
Intensive Summer Course on Economic and Monetary Union & Defence | Salzburg, 6.-10. July 2026 | Escalating geopolitical tensions and renewed security threats have compelled the European Union to reconsider the boundaries between Economic and Monetary Union and defence. The growing emphasis on security, strategic autonomy, and defence-related spending has raised fundamental questions about the EU’s economic governance framework, budgetary rules, and institutional balance. This summer course offers an opportunity to reflect on these developments and to analyse the evolving relationship between EMU and defence in the EU. The course extends over one week in Salzburg. Between 6 and 10 July 2026, each day there will be several sessions on fundamental and topical questions related to the interaction between EMU and defence in the EU. It is open for up to 40 participants who will be selected based on their academic and professional merit. The course is credited with 3 ECTS and is free of charge; please note that participants bear their own expenses.
Further information about the Summer Course and its Programm can be found here: Summer Course 2026
Book
AMLA and EU Financial Agencies
Soon, Univ. Prof. Dr. Diane Fromage, together with Jonathan Bauerschmidt, Raffaele D'Ambrosio, and Andreas Schirk, will publish the book "The Anti-Money Laundering Authority and EU Financial Agencies." The book addresses, among other things, the contributions from the Summer Course that took place in 2024 as part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence project "EU Challenges."
More detailed information about the book can be found here: The Anti-Money Laundering Authority and EU Financial Agencies – Jonathan Bauerschmidt, Raffaele D’Ambrosio, Diane Fromage, Andreas Schirk – Oxford University Press
Further Information about the Summer Course from 2024 can be found here: Summer Course 2024
Workshop
The next MFF
What future for the EU budget? On 1-2 December 2025, the University of Salzburg hosted a workshop on the next Multiannual Financial Framework, held under the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence EUCHALLENGES programme. The event brought together academics and EU officials for interdisciplinary reflections on the implications of the upcoming budgetary reforms.
Summer Course
Sommer Course on Financial Integration
As part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence EUCHALLENGES Programme, the SCEUS Summer School on Financial Integration took place from 14 to 18 July 2025. Over the course of five days, participants took part in engaging lectures and discussions together with academics and practioners form EU institutions.
Workshop
National Parliaments in the EU
From 22 to 23 May, a workshop on National Parliaments in the EU took place. Experts from various EU Member States discussed the role of national parliaments within the European Union. The event featured insightful presentations and encouraged cross-country exchange and discussion.
Summer Course
Financial integration 15 years post ESFS
From July 14 to 18, 2025 an intensive summer course will be held, as part of the Jean Monnet Project "EU Challenges". This summer course focuses on financial integration 15 years after the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS).
Roundtable
Digital Euro and Crypto Assets
On December 12, 2024, a roundtable on “The legal framework for a digital Euro and the regulation of crypto assets in the EU to date” took place in the Edmundsburg, as part of the Jean Monnet project “EU Challenges”. The event was organized by Prof. Johannes Flume and Prof. Diane Fromage, University of Salzburg, in cooperation with the European Banking Institute (EBI) and the European Communities Studies Association Austria (ESCA). Exciting discussions focused on the (possible) introduction of a “Digital Euro” and the regulation of crypto-assets.
Summer Course
AMLA and the EU financial Agencies
From July 1 to 5, 2024 an intensive summer course was held, as part of the Jean Monnet Project "EU Challenges". Thc Summer Course focused on AMLA (Anti-Money Laundering Authority) and the European financial agencies.
Further informationen and the programme of the summer course can be found here: Summer Course 2024
Lecture
Lecture on the "European Semester"
As part of the EU Challenges project, the following lecture took place in June 2024: "The Recovery and Recilience Facility, European Semester and the way ahead". Recent topics and questions on the European Semester were discussed.
Workshop
MICA Regulation
On Monday, April 22, 2024, a workshop on the "MICA Regulation" was held. The current status of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MICA) was debated. Subsequently, open questions regarding the uniform EU market rules for crypto assets were discussed.
Workshop
European Banking Union
A workshop with focus on the European Banking Union was organized within the EU-Challenges Programm. The European Banking Union looks back on its 10th anniversary. “Where does it stand today and where will it stand in the future?” These questions were discussed in depth at the workshop.
Roundtable
Digital Euro
A roundtable talk was held as part of the Jean Monnet "EU-Challenges Project", at the Edmundsburg on November 22, 2023. Dirk Niepelt (Univ. of Bern), Christian Pfister (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans) and Klaus Tuori (Univ. of Luxembourg) presented their latest research and discussed open questions.
Publication
Publication on "Central Banks"
Prof. Dr. Diane Fromage. published an article in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Paul De Grauwe in the online edition of the “Presse”. You can find the full article here: https://www.diepresse.com/18097298/zentralbanken-stecken-in-der-bredouille-gibt-es-eine-loesung
