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The seventh EESC FRRL Group's annual conference will provide a platform for debate of the annual EC rule of law report, as well as of the recent country visits carried out by the FRRL Group to North Macedonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, and Albania..

EESC Members, civil society representatives (including social partners), EU institutions and other stakeholders will discuss the main recent developments in the EU in the area of fundamental rights and the rule of law, as well as the EU response notably through the rule of law review mechanism.

Moderator: Silke Wettach
 

09:00-09:30 | Coffee / Online tests

09:30-09:35 | Welcome

  • Paul Soete, FRRL Group Vice-President

09:35-10:30 | Presentation of the EC annual report and the FRRL Group latest country visits

  • EC representative / e.g. / Marie Hélène Boulanger, Director for Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights, and Democracy, European Commission Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (JUST.C)
  • José Antonio Moreno Díaz, FRRL Group President

Q&A

10:30-10:45 | Coffee break

10:45-12:45 | National trends and EU responses

  • Social partners: TBC 
  • Freedom of association and assembly:  TBC
  • Media freedom: TBC
  • The right to non-discrimination: Donika Koleva, Organisational Development Manager, CONCORDIA Bulgaria Foundation (Bulgaria) 
  • The rule of law: Krzysztof Izdebski, Director for Advocacy and Development, Stefan Batory Foundation(Poland)
  • Democratic resilience in times of polarisation and disinformation: Luise Bublitz, Lawyer and Case coordinator, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) (Germany)

Q&A

12:55-13:00 | Conclusions 

  • Karolina Dreszer-Smalec, Member of the FRRL Group

13:00 | Standing lunch provided by the EESC