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

Meeting with Kornilios Korniliou, Ambassador of Cyprus to the European Union at 14:30

Speech in the framework of the 30th anniversary of the Foreign Workers Information Centre (CITE)

Participation at the reception at the 25th anniversary of the Croatian Declaration of Independence at 18:30

Opening speech at the Social Economy Category meeting at 14:00

Meeting with Hans-Gert Pöttering, former President of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung at 11:00

Meeting with Edouard Martin, Member of the European Parliament at 17:00

Meeting with G. Kavvathas, President of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants (GSEVEE) at 12:00