Programme

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PROGRAMME

Chaired and moderated by Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the European Semester Group (ESG), EESC

9:30–9:45 | Opening session

Welcome:

  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the European Semester Group, EESC

  • Elena Calistru, president of the ECO section, EESC

Speech: 

  • Séamus Boland, President of the EESC

9:45–10:05 | 1st Panel discussion

Delivering the EU’s priorities through a strategic European Semester: competitiveness, sustainable growth and social resilience   

  • Geraldine Mahieu, deputy Director-General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
  • Jakob Wegener Friis, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council
  • Michael Forte, Senior Policy Advisor, E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism) 
  • Piotr Sadowski, Co-Chair of the EESC Liaision Group, EESC

10:05–11:15 | Interactive session

Conclusions of the panel: Judith Vorbach, vice-president of the ESG, EESC

11:15–11:25 | Coffee break

11:25–11:50 | 2nd Panel discussion 

Building a strategic link between the European Semester and the future Multiannual Financial Framework

  • Tony Murphy, President of the European Court of Auditors
  • Li Andersson,  Chair of the EMPL Committee, European Parliament
  • Franck Conrad, Head of Unit, Multiannual Financial Framework, DG BUDG, European Commission
  • Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of ETUC
  • Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Director of Economics Department and Chief Economist, BusinessEurope

11:50–12:50 | Interactive session

Conclusions of the panel: Luca Jahier, vice-president of the ESG, EESC

12:50–13:00 | Conclusions

 Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the ESG, EESC