Looking for a different Europe.
Reflections and perspectives
Tuesday 21th March 2017, 9.00 a.m.
Rome - Senate of the Republic – Zuccari Hall
Via della Dogana Vecchia 29
Welcome greetings (9.00 a.m.)
David Sassoli, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Italy
First introductory remarks
Michele Bordo, Chairman of the European Union Policies Committee (XIV) of the Chamber of
Deputies, Italy
Keynote speaker:
Nicolas Schmit, Minister for Labour, Employment, Social Economy and Economic Solidarity, Luxembourg
First Panel (9.30 – 11.30)
Equity, growth, solidarity: The three pillars of the future European Union
Debate:
Péter Balázs, Professor of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary
Stephany Griffith-Jones, Financial Markets Program Director at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, UK
Paolo Guerrieri Paleotti – Member of the Senate and Professor of Economics, Italy
Moderated by:
Ernst Stetter, Secretary General of FEPS
Coffee break
Second introductory remarks
Vannino Chiti, Chairman of the European Union Policies Committee (XIV) of the Senate of the Republic, Italy
Second Panel (12.00 – 14.00)
More inclusive, more political, more democratic. Europe beyond populism
Debate:
Enrique Barón, Former President of the European Parliament, Spain
Harlem Désir, Secretary of State for European Affairs, France
Sandro Gozi, Undersecretary for European Affairs, Italy
Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe, Germany
Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, University of Boston, USA
Moderated by:
Lucia Annunziata, Journalist, Italy
Conclusions:
Massimo D’Alema, President of FEPS and of the Fondazione Italianieuropei
*Parallel translation in EN, FR and IT will be provided
Foto: Clare Black