Participation at the debate: "Redesigning European Welfare States: Rebalancing the Roles of EU and Member States"

Participation in the 42nd anniversary of the restoration of the Greek democracy in the Presidential Mansion in Athens, in the presence of the President of the Greek Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos

Participation at the reception of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the European Union at 12:00

Meeting with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission at 14:00

Plenary Session of EESC at 09:00

Speech at the opening of the photo exhibition:"Reflections from Slovakia" alongside H.E. Peter Javorčík, Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the European Union at 19:00

Bilateral meeting with Ivan Korčok, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic at 15:45

Plenary Session of EESC at 14:30

Visit to the House of European History alongside the members of the EESC Enlarged Presidency at 09:30

Official visit to Montepulciano (Siena - Italy) in the framework of the Labour Festival (Festival Luci Sul Lavoro). The EESC President will speak and participate in a high level debate that will place the EU and its socio-economic perspectives at the core of this important event. The session will take place in the plenary room of the Fortezza Medicea of Montepulciano on the 8^th of July from 9.30am to 1pm.

Other participants of the debate are:

Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the ETUC

Valeria Ronzitti, General Secretary of CEEP

Riccardo Viaggi, General Secretary of the of the European Builders Confederation

Ruth Paserman, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Thyssen

George Dassis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Tommaso Nannicini, Undersecretary of the Prime Minister of the Italian Government