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1st day – 30 October

14.30 | Introductory remarks

  • Lucie STUDNIČNÁ, Workers' Group President (Group II) – EESC

14.35 – 15.00 | Welcome addresses:

  • Marina PRIETO, Regional Secretary General of UGT Madrid
  • Paloma LÓPEZ, Regional Secretary General of CCOO Madrid
  • Oliver RÖPKE, EESC President

15.00 – 15.30 | Spanish Presidency Priorities - challenges and opportunities for Spain and for the EU

Keynote speech:

  • Nadia María CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for the Economy and Digital Transformation

Social Pillar and European Convergence: a vision from Spain

Intervention:

  • Antón COSTAS, President of the Spanish Economic and Social Council

15.30 – 15.45 | Panel 1: “Spanish EU Presidency: its social agenda”

Opening speech by :

  • Yolanda DÍAZ PÉREZ, 2nd Vice-President and Minister for Work and Social Economy

15.45 - 17.00 | Panel 1: “Spanish EU Presidency: its social agenda”

Moderated/conclusions by María Carmen Barrera Chamorro/Javier Doz Orrit (Gr II members)

Interventions by:

  • Unai SORDO, Secretary General of CCOO
  • Cristina ANTOÑANZAS PEÑALVA, Deputy Secretary General of UGT

Debate

17.00 – 17.55 | Panel 2: “Experiences and good practices on social dialogue and collective bargaining in Spain: a step forward”

Moderated/conclusions by María Carmen Barrera Chamorro/Javier Doz Orrit (Gr II members)

Interventions by:

  • Mari Cruz VICENTE, Confederal Secretary of Trade Union Action, CCOO
  • Fernando LUJÁN, Deputy Secretary General for Trade Union Policy of the UGT

Debate

18.00 | End of the 1st part of the meeting

2nd day – 31 October

9.00 - 11.00 | Panel 3: “European elections 2024: challenge for working people in the EU. How to stop the far-right in Europe”

Moderated/conclusions by José Antonio Moreno Díaz (Gr II member)

Introduction by:

  • María ANDRÉS MARÍN, Head of the European Parliament Office in Spain

Interventions by:

  • Lina GÁLVEZ MUÑOZ, MEP, S&D Group
  • Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP, MEP, The Left
  • Pablo SIMÓN, political scientist, Carlos III University

Debate

11.00 – 11.15 | Coffee break

11.15 – 12.55 | Panel 4: “Strategies and main challenges for the Workers' Group in the short and medium terms”

Moderated/ conclusions by: Maria Nikolopoulou / Isabel Caño Aguilar (Gr II member)

State of play

  • Lucie STUDNIĆNÁ, Workers' Group President (Group II) – EESC

Reflections - Interventions by:

  • Miguel OTERO, Senior Researcher at the Elcano Royal Institute, professor at IE University
  • Félix PEINADO CASTILLO, Director of the ILO office for Spain

Debate

12.55 | Closing remarks by Lucie STUDNIĆNÁ, Workers’ Group President (Group II) – EESC

13.00 | End of the meeting