I. 9:15am-10:45am – What is Euroskepticism?

• Chair: Gary Marks
• Paul Taggart – “Three Patterns of Party Competition over Europe”
• Lauren McLaren—“Explaining Mass-Level Euroskepticism: Identity, Interests, and Institutional Distrust”
• Discussant: Peter Mair

II. 11am-12:30pm – Conceptualizing Causes and Consequences of Discontent in a Multilevel Europolity

• Chair: Kees van Kersbergen
• Philippe Schmitter— TBA
• Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, “(Notes towards) a postfunctional theory of European integration”
• Discussant: Jacques Thomassen

12:30-2pm: lunch in Pulitzer for conference invitees

III. 2pm-3:45pm – Who Are the Euroskeptics?

• Chair: Mark Franklin
• Leonard Ray – “Mainstream Euroskepticism: Trend or Oxymoron?”
• Milada Vachudova and Liesbet Hooghe—“Euroskepticism after Communism”
• Ben Crum – “Confusing Cues: Competition and Collusion of Party Strategies in Referendums on the EU Constitution”
• Discussant: Petr Kopecky

IV. 4pm-5:45pm –Variation in Euroskepticism

• Chair: Milada Vachudova
• Ivan Llamazares – “Euroskepticism among Euro-enthusiasts. An analysis of public attitudes towards the EU in Greece, Portugal, and Spain"”
• Tapio Raunio – “Softening but Persistent: Euroscepticism in the Nordic EU Countries”
• Seth Jolly – “Fear, Loathing, and the Optimal Size of Nations: Assessing Regional Party Views on European Integration.”
• Discussant: Jeff Karp

7:15pm: Drinks at Gary and Liesbet’s place

8pm: Conference dinner for participants

Saturday, 2 July

V. 9:15am-10:45am – Euroskepticism, National Allegiance, and Democracy

• Chair: Bert Klandermans
• Hans-Peter Kriese—“The Mobilization of the Political Potentials Linked to European Integration by National Political Parties”
• Kees van Kersbergen and Catherine Netjes—“Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union.”
• Discussant: Cas Mudde

VI. 11:00-12:45pm – Cueing: Elites, Media and Citizens

• Chair: Hans Keman
• Matthew Gabel—“Reconsidering Party Cues and Mass Opinion toward
  European Integration.”
• Marco Steenbergen, Erica Edwards, Catherine Netjes—“ Who’s Cueing Whom? Assessing the Relationship between Electorate Opinion and Party Positions on European Integration.”
• Claes de Vreese—“Euro-cynicism: The conditional nature of media effects on public cynicism about European integration "
• Discussant: Susan Banducci

12:45-2pm: lunch in Pulitzer for conference invitees

VI. 2pm-3:45pm - Is Euroskepticism Distinctly European?

• Chair: Paul Pennings
• Michael Hiscox and Jens Hainmueller – “Educated Preferences: Explaining Attitudes toward Immigration in Europe.”
• André Krouwel and Koen Abts – “The structure of discontent. Political cynicism, distrust, skepticism and alienation in Europe.”
• Bernhard Wessels—“Euroskepticism - Instrumental, Anti-European, or Just Nescience?”
• Discussant: Mark Franklin

4pm-5pm: Concluding Session (Liesbet Hooghe)

Contact information about the conference: ce.netjes@fsw.vu.nl