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 EESC WORKERS' GROUP AND ETUC JOINT SEMINAR

“A European industrial policy for quality jobs”

 

11.00 – 11.15 I Opening by Lucie STUDNIČNÁ, Workers' Group President (Group II) and Esther LYNCH, General Secretary of the ETUC

11.15 – 11.45 I Keynote speech by Mariana MAZZUCATO, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London 

Short exchange with trade union leaders and EESC Workers' Group members

11.45 – 13.00 I A European industrial policy for quality jobs: why and how

  • Andrew WATT, General Director of the ETUI 
  • Tommaso GROSSI, Policy Analyst in the Social Europe and Well-Being Programme at the European Policy Centre
  • Ludovic VOET, ETUC Confederal Secretary
  • Andrea MONE, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "The future of EU industry in the face of high energy prices and transition costs"

Open debate with trade union leaders and EESC Workers' Group members

14.30 – 14.40 I Video message by Teresa RIBERA, First Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition and Commissioner for Competitiveness  

14.40 – 16.30 I Delivering the key components for a European industrial policy for quality jobs 

  • Judith KIRTON-DARLING, General Secretary of IndustriAll Europe 
  • Angelo PAGLIARA, rapporteur of the EESC opinion on "A challenge for the Single Market: a European defence policy well balanced with the needs of citizens"
  • Wojciech WROCHNA, Polish Deputy Minister of Industry
  • Estelle CEULEMANS, S&D MEP, EMPL Coordinator

Open debate with trade union leaders and EESC Workers' Group members

16.30 I Closing remarks by Esther LYNCH, General Secretary of the ETUC and Lucie STUDNIČNÁ, Workers' Group President (Group II)