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Defence-related investments in the EU budget in the context of the new geopolitical order

10.00 Welcome and introduction

  • Ioannis Vardakastanis, president of the section for Economic and Monetary Union, and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO), European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
  • Jacek Krawczyk, rapporteur for the EESC opinion on ‘Defence-related investments in the EU budget'
  • Florian Marin, co-rapporteur for the EESC opinion on ‘Defence-related investments in the EU budget'

10.15 Panel discussion

  • Alexandr Burilkov, Assistant Director for Research, GLOBSEC GeoTech Center
  • Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Director of the Economics Department and Chief Economist, BusinessEurope
  • Isabelle Barthès, Deputy secretary general, IndustriAll EuropeanTrade Union 

Q&A and debate with EESC members and external participants

11.15 Summary and conclusions

  • Elena-Alexandra Calistru, ECO section vice president, member of the EESC’s ad hoc group on the new geopolitical order

11.30 End of the debate

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