European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
10.00 - 11.00 Social challenges - Debate
- Introduction by Oliver Röpke, President of the Workers' group
- Intervention by Cinzia del Rio, Vice President of EESC SOC section
11.00 – 12.00 Future of Europe and Portuguese presidency priorities
- Keynote Speaker: Ana Mendes Godinho, Portuguese Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security
12.00 – 13.30 Break
13.30 – 15.30 Economic challenges in Europe - Debate
- Moderator: Jorge Valero
- Introduction by Stefano Palmieri, president of the EESC ECO Section
- Keynote Speaker: Jonás Fernández, S&D MEP and Coordinator of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Keynote Speaker: Aurore Lalucq, S&D MEP, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Colin Crouch, professor emeritus of the University of Warwick and external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies at Cologne
15.30 – 16.00 Break
16.00 - 17.30 Environmental Challenges: the Green Deal - Debate
- Moderator: Jorge Valero
- Introduction by Peter Schmidt, President of the EESC NAT Section
- Keynote speaker: Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans
- Intervention by Lucie Studničná, Gr II Vice-President