EPP Group Study Days in Dublin, Ireland, Kirchberg - Hoofdinhoud

Event Timetable

Thursday

Friday

JOINT SEMINAR OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY AND THE EPP GROUP IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

09.00

Welcome speeches

Speakers

Joseph DAUL, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (EP), President of the European People's Party

Mairead McGUINNESS, Head of the Irish Delegation (Fine Gael Party) of the EPP Group in the EP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the EPP Group Foreign Affairs Working Group

09.15

THEME I: RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN EUROPE

Chairwoman

Speakers

Corien WORTMANN-KOOL, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the EPP Group Economy and Environment Working Group, Vice-President of the European People’s Party

Guest Speakers

Speakers

Paschal DONOHOE TD, Irish Minister of State for European Affairs at the Department of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs and Trade

Iñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union

Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, Former President of the EP, Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Jean-Dominique GIULIANI, Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation

Konstantinos KYRANAKIS, President of the YEPP

Discussion introduced by

Speakers

Paulo RANGEL, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for Relations with National Parliaments and Communication Strategy

Conclusions

Speakers

Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Vice-President of the European People’s Party

11.00

THEME II: TIME FOR GROWTH AND RECOVERY

Chairman

Speakers

Gunnar HÖKMARK, Vice-President of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for Neighbourhood Policy and EURONEST

Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia

Guest Speakers

Speakers

Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget

Brian HAYES TD, Irish Minister of State for Public Service Reform and the Office of Public Works

Maria Luìs ALBUQUERQUE, Portuguese Minister of State and Finance

Seán KELLY, Member of the Regional Development Committee of the EP

Discussion introduced by

Speakers

Jim HIGGINS, Quaestor of the EP, Member of the Transport and Tourism Committee of the EP

Conclusions

Speakers

Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Vice-President of the European People’s Party

THEME III: RELAUNCHING THE SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY

Chairwoman

Speakers

Mairead McGUINNESS, Head of the Irish Delegation (Fine Gael Party) of the EPP Group in the EP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the EPP Group Foreign Affairs Working Group

Guest Speakers

Speakers

Paulo PORTAS, Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister

Alexander STUBB, Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade

Jean-Paul BETBÈZE, Member of the Economist Circle (Cercle des économistes)

CONCLUSIONS

Speakers

Gay MITCHELL, Substitute Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EP

10.15

EPP Party Congress: Convention Centre Dublin