Programme

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DRAFT PROGRAMME

Chaired and moderated by Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the European Semester Group (ESG), EESC

9:30–9:45 | Opening session

Welcome::

  • Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the European Semester Group, EESC

  • Elena Calistru, president of the ECO section, EESC

Speech: 

  • Séamus Boland, President of the EESC

9:45–10:35 | 1st Panel discussion

Delivering the EU’s priorities through a strategic European Semester: competitiveness, sustainable growth and social resilience   

  • Declan Costello, deputy Director-General, DG ECFIN, European Commission
  • Damian Boeslager, Vice-chair, ECON Committee, European Parliament (tbc)
  • Jakob Wegener Friis, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of the European Council
  • Representative of the upcoming Irish presidency of the Council of the EU
  • Piotr Sadowski, Co-Chair of the EESC Liaison Group, EESC

10:35–11:15 | Interactive session

Conclusions of the panel: Luca Jahier, vice-president of the ESG, EESC

11:15–11:25 | Coffee break

11:25–12:15 | 2nd Panel discussion with experts

Building a strategic link between the European Semester and the future Multiannual Financial Framework: l 

  • Representative of DG BUDG, European Commission (to be confirmed)
  • Li Andersson,  Chair of the EMPL Committee, European Parliament
  • Tony Murphy, President of the Court of Auditors
  • Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of ETUC
  • Lúcio Vinhas de Souza, Director of Economics Department and Chief Economist, BusinessEurope

12:15–12:50 | Interactive session

Conclusions of the panel: Judith Vorbach, vice-president of the ESG, EESC

12:50–13:00 | Conclusions

 Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, president of the ESG, EESC