ALDE Group: New Year's seminar, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud
| datum | 9 januari 2018 |
|---|---|
| plaats | Brussel, België |
| organisatie | Alliantie van Liberalen en Democraten voor Europa (partij) (ALDE) i |
ALDE New Year's Seminar
Tuesday 9 Jan 2018, 15.00 - 18.00
Brussels, European Parliament, JAN 4Q1
Register your participation at https://alde.eu/en/events/
The State of Democracy, the Rule of Law
and Fundamental Rights in the EU
Safeguarding a Community of Values
The 2018 edition of our New Year's Seminar will be the occasion to have a detailed look at the situation of the rule of law and the state of fundamental rights in several Member States as well as the instruments available to uphold them. European values are given the highest importance in the Treaties, but do they get the highest importance in practice and do we have the sufficient tools to ensure compliance and enforcement? The event will allow key stakeholders, representatives from EU institutions, experts in the field of fundamental rights, civil society organisations and journalists to further discuss the latest developments in Member States most in danger of deviating from our shared European values.
PROGRAMME
15.00 Welcome and opening remarks
Guy Verhofstadt, MEP, ALDE President
15.15 Keynote address
Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman
MEPs intervention - Q&A with audience
15.45 - 16.45 State of play of the Union Pact for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (EU pact for DRF)
Opening and moderation: Sophie in 't Veld, MEP, ALDE First-Vice President
Panellists:
" Gabriel Toggenburg, Senior Legal Adviser, EU Fundamental Rights Agency
" Prof. Pier Luigi Parcu, Director, Centre for Media Pluralism and Freedom
" Petra De Sutter, Senator, Member of the Belgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
" Alison Coleman, Policy Officer - Anti-Corruption in Development, Transparency International EU Office
MEPs intervention - Q&A with audience
16.45 - 17.45 Upholding the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU
Opening and moderation: Nathalie Griesbeck, MEP, ALDE Coordinator for LIBE Committee
Panellists:
" Matthew Caruana Galizia, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
" Andrew Stroehlein, European Media Director, Human Rights Watch
" Evelyne Paradis, Executive Director, ILGA Europe
" Hans de Zwart, Director, Bits of Freedom
MEPs intervention - Q&A with audience
17.45 - 18.00 Conclusion and next steps
Sophie in 't Veld, MEP, ALDE First-Vice President
De Partij van de Alliantie van Liberalen en Democraten voor Europa (ALDE) is een transnationale, overkoepelende partij van liberalen. De ALDE, voorheen ELDR, bestaat sinds 1976 als samenwerkingsverband en werd in 1993 een zelfstandige Europese partij. Er zijn bijna 60 partijen bij de ALDE aangesloten, waaronder de Nederlandse partijen VVD i en D66 i, de Duitse Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) en de Deense partijen Venstre en Radikale Venstre.