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    Public hearing on "Social Progress in the EU: Time for a European Social Progress Protocol?"

    Hybrid public hearing – Tuesday, 14 March 2023 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

    02.00 p.m. - 02.30 p.m. | Log on to platform / Interactio testing for speakers

    02.30 p.m. - 03.15 p.m. | Welcome and introduction

    • Mariya Mincheva, EESC Study Group President
    • María del Carmen Barrera, EESC Rapporteur
    • Diego Dutto, EESC Co-rapporteur

    Panel I - Economic Freedoms vs Social Rights – contradiction or compatibility? How to implement the conclusions of the conference of the Future of Europe on a European Social Progress Protocol?

    Moderator: Mariya Mincheva, EESC Study Group President

    • Alejandro Abellán, Director General for Internal Market, upcoming Spanish Presidency
    • Denis Genton, Director of European Pillar of Social Rights, Strategy, DG EMPL

    Questions and answers

    03.15 p.m. - 04.00 p.m. | Panel II - Is a European Social Progress Protocol needed at European level?

    Moderator: Diego Dutto, EESC Co-rapporteur

    • Isabelle Schömann, Confederal Secretary, ETUC
    • Barbara Caracciolo, International Cooperation Coordinator, Solidar
    • Maxime Cerutti, Director Social Affairs, BusinessEurope

    Questions and answers

    04.00 p.m. - 05.15 p.m. | Panel III - What are the legal implications of a Social Progress Protocol and will it make a difference?

    Moderator: María del Carmen Barrera, EESC Rapporteur

    • Eduardo Rojo Torrecilla, Professor of Labour Law and Social Security, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
    • Michele Faioli, Associate Professor of Law at Università Cattolica
    • Birgitta Nyström, Professor Dr. of private law at the Law Faculty, Lund University
    • Andreas Bücker, Professor of European Law and Labour, the University of Wismar
    • Gregor Thüsing,  Professor, Dr., Institute of Labour Law, University Bonn

    Questions and answers

    05.15 p.m. - 05.30 p.m. | Closing remarks

    • María del Carmen Barrera, EESC Rapporteur
    • Diego Dutto, EESC Co-rapporteur

    Interpretation requested from English, French & Spanish into English, French & Spanish

     

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