Programme

14:30 Welcome and introduction

  • Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS, President of the Economic and Monetary Union, Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO) section of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Stefano PALMIERI, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on European public goods: policy priority for financing the EU's sustainability growth and facing global challenges, EESC

14.45 Panel debate

  • Stefan COLLIGNON, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science, European Institute
  • Eulalia RUBIO,  Associate Senior Research Fellow, Economic Policy unity, CEPS
  • Marco BUTI, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair in European Economic and Monetary Integration, European University Institute
  • Michael THÖNE, Managing Director/CEO, FiFo Institute for Public Economics, University of Cologne
  • Charles WYPLOSZ, Honorary Professor, International Economics, faculty associate, centre for finance and development, The Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Paul van den NOORD, Faculty of Economics and Business, Section Macro & International Economics, Amsterdam School of Economics

16.15 Summary and conclusions

  • Stefano PALMIERI, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on European public goods: policy priority for financing the EU's sustainability growth and facing global challenges, EESC

16.30 End of the public debate