European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
9 October 2018
9 a.m. | Opening session
- Welcome address
- Gabriele BISCHOFF, Workers' Group President
9.10 a.m. | Keynote speech
Trade Union Challenges in view of 1 year conservative/right-wing government in Austria
- Wolfgang KATZIAN, President of the ÖGB
9.30 a.m. | Analysis of the EU Presidency programme and priorities
- Interventions
- Valentin WEDL, Head of the EU and International Department, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour
- Hannes SWOBODA, Former Head of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- Oliver RÖPKE, Head of the Brussels office of the ÖGB, member of the Workers' Group
Debate
10.45 a.m. | Press point
11.15 a.m. | Nationalists on the rise – Europe globally on the defensive
- Keynote speaker
- Raimund LÖW, Journalist and Historian
Debate
2 p.m. | Trade unions under pressure/attack. How to deal with nationalism, populism and neoliberal policies
- Interventions
- Jörg LEICHTFRIED, Member of the Austrian Parliament
- Eva ZEGLOVITS, Political Scientist, IFES - Institute for Empirical Social Studies
- Elisa GUTSCHE, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Debate
3.45 p.m. | Trade unions under pressure/attack - National experiences
- Introduction
- Rudy DE LEEUW, President of the ETUC, member of the Workers' Group
- Interventions of the members
4.45 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Gabriele BISCHOFF, Workers' Group President