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Παρασκευή, 21 Οκτωβρίου

14:30 – 15:00 (CET): Opening of the Forum

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Manon Aubry, Co-Chair of the Left in the EP (TBC)
• Conny Hildebrandt, Co-President of transform! europe
• Ernest Urtasun, MEP ICV, Greens/EFA (VIDEO)
• Rania Svigkou, General Secretary of Syriza, Greece
• Socialist Party, France (TBC)

15:00 – 17:00 (CET): Roundtable with social movements: "How to build peace”

(EN, GR)

Speaking and acting for Peace is the most crucial political act - especially in times of War. This roundtable hosts experts and activists from social movements and civil society organisations around Europe to exchange on the importance of peace-building and security concepts beyond militarisation. We will discuss strategies to strengthen our collaborative efforts for a just future in peace, reflecting the title of this year’s European Forum: “For peace, social and climate justice”.

Ομιλητές:

• Niamh Ni Bhriain, TNI - Transnational Institute
• Laeticia Sedou, ENAAT - European Network Against Arms Trade
• Raffaella Bollini, Associazione Ricreativa e Culturale Italiana - ARCI
• Heidi Meizolt, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom - WILPF
• Saskia Basa, Quaker Foundation (TBC)
• IMI, TBC

Organised by transform! europe

15:00 – 17:00 (CET): Workshop: "Public services in healthcare: towards new social securities”

(EN, FR, GR)

Ομιλητές:

• Alina Tankelium, Health Care Workers Union, Vice-President of EPSU Committee, Lithuania
• Fabien Cohen, PCF, France
• Andreas Xanthos, Former Greek Minister of Health
• Marc Botenga, MEP PTB, The Left in the EP (TBC)

Organised by the EL Public Services WG and EPSU

15:00 – 17:00 (CET): Workshop European Foundations: “Possibilities of a socio-ecological transformation of the energy sector in times of war”

(EN, GR)

Ομιλητές:

• Laurent Standaert, Political Director of the Green European Foundation - GEF
• David Rinaldi, Director of Studies & Policy of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies - FEPS
• Ulrike Eifler, Die LINKE, Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation Fellow

Μετριασμός:

• Conny Hildebrandt, (Co-President of transform! europe) 

17:00 – 17:30 (CET): Coffee Break

17:30 – 19:30 (CET): Plenary 1: A new social and ecological compass for Europe

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

This plenary aims to outline a political alternative to the strategic compass proposed by the European Commission in March 2022. In particular, we will have the opportunity to address the need to engage in a just social and ecological bifurcation.

Ομιλητές:

• Claudia Horn, London School of Economics and political science, Belém/Brasil
• Aida Sopi Niang, Deputy Mayor of Dakar
• Pétros Kókkalis, MEP Syriza-PA, The Left in the EP
• Marga Ferré, Co-President of transform! europe
• Lilith Verstrynge, Secretary of State for the 2030 Agenda and Secretary of Organisation of Podemos, Spain
• Tilly Metz, MEP Déi Gréng, Greens/EFA (via Zoom)
• John McDonnell, Labour Party, UK (TBC)
• Sandra Benčić, MP Možemo!, Chairperson of the Environment Committee of Croatian Parliament (TBC)
• Left Alliance, Finland (TBC)

19:30 (CET): Welcome Cocktail

20:00 – 21:30 (CET): POLITICAL CONFERENCE

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Alexis Tsipras, President of Syriza-PA, Greece
• Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Spain (VIDEO)
• Aurélie Trouvé, President of NUPES Parliament, France
• Heinz Bierbaum, President of the Party of the European Left
• Stefanos Stefanou, General Secretary of AKEL, Cyprus
• Udo Bullman, MEP SPD, Germany (TBC)
• Sinn Féin, Ireland (TBC)

Under the presidency of Pierre Laurent, Coordinator of the European Forum

Σάββατο, 22 Οκτωβρίου

09:30 – 11:30 (CET): Trade Unionists Assembly: “Trade Unions’ solutions to the energy crisis”

(EN, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Cristina Faciaben, International Relations of Comisiones Obreras, Spain
• Nikos Fotopoulos, Member of the Executive Board of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, GSEE

09:30 – 11:30 (CET): Culture Assembly: "Culture, a weapon of mass humanity"

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Moni Ovadia, (Actor, musician, singer, theatrical author, Italy (via Zoom)
• Eva Brenner, Experimental theatre worker, author, and producer (via Zoom)
• Jean-Michel Leterrier, (Former responsible for cultural policy of the CGT, France
• Phil Maxwell, Filmmaker, UK (via Zoom)
• Thomas Tsalapatis, Greek artist and author

Μετριασμός:

• Olga Athaniti, Actress and co-coordinator of the EL Culture Network

11:30 – 12:00 (CET): Coffee Break

12:00 – 14:30 (CET): Feminist Assembly: "Women's rights against right wing, fascism and imperialism"

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Toni Morillas, Director of Women Institute, Spain
• Skevi Koukouma, Women’s Pan Cypriot Association
• Jeannette Escanillas, MP Vänsterpartiet, Sweden (via Zoom)
• Gabriela Lopez, Democratic Socialists of America - DSA, USA
• Elisa Giustinianovich, Representative of Coordenadora 8M in Punta Arenas, the Plataforma Feminista Constituyente y Plurinacional and the environmental movement MAT, Chile
• Fotini Kouvela, Former General Secretary for Gender Equality, Greece

Μετριασμός:

• Ada Donno, FDMIN, Italy
• Katerina Papatheodorou, Co-coordinator of the EL Feminism WG

12:00 – 14:00 (CET): Youth Assembly: “The impact of war on youth and their response”

(EN, FR, GR)

12:00 – 14:00 (CET): Workshop: "Right to housing: how to defeat speculation"

(EN, FR, GR)

Ομιλητές:

• Ian Brossat, Vice-mayor of Paris in charge of housing, spokesperson of PCF, France
• Theano Fotiou, Former Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity, Syriza-PA MP responsible for housing policy, Greece
• Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin's spokesperson on housing, Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2016 general election, Ireland (TBC)

Organised by The Left in the EP

14:00 – 16:00 (CET): Lunch

16:00 – 18:00 (CET): Plenary 2: Against the return of war, for peace and disarmament: a new collective security

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

The objective of this plenary will be to outline a new collective safety architecture based on nuclear disarmament, military de-escalation, an end to over-armament, respect for the territorial integrity of nations and the defence of human rights.

Ομιλητές:

• Reiner Braun, Director of the International Peace Bureau - IPB
• Willy Meyer, Conclusions of the peace summit in Madrid
• Neoklís Sylikiótis, Member of the Political Bureau, former Minister, former MEP AKEL, Cyprus
• Hişyar Özsoy, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Affairs Co-spokesperson of HDP, Turkey
• Danai Koltsida, Head of the European Policy and Foreign Affairs Sector of SYRIZA-PA and Director of the Poulantzas Institute
• Laëtitia Sédou, European Network Against the Arms Trade, ENAAT
• Natalie Bennett, MP Green Party, UK (via Zoom)
• Bjørnar Moxnes, Leader of the Red Party, Norway (via Zoom)
• SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (TBC)

18:00 – 18:30 (CET): Coffee Break

18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: “How the left might address the current energy crisis”

(EN, FR, GR)

Ομιλητές:

• Mathieu Strale, Member of the Study Departement of PTB-PVDA, Belgium
• Boye Ullmann, Secretary of the department in charge of the Trade Union work, Red Party of Norway
• Campaign « Enough is enough » in the United Kingdom (TBC)

Μετριασμός:

• Ulrike Eifler, Die LINKE, Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation Fellow

Organised by the EL Energy Transformation and Industrial Policy WG

18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: "Energy poverty and food crisis: how to keep track of climate ambitions"

(EN, FR, GR)

Ομιλητές:

• Petros Kokkalis, MEP Syriza-PA, The Left in the EP
• Benoit Biteau, MEP EELV, France
• Rena Dourou, Former Attica governor, member of the Executive board of Syriza-PA and spokesperson on Gender Equality of the Congress of Local and Regional authorities of the Council of Europe, Greece
• Luc Triangle, General Secretary of Industry-All (via Zoom)
• Claudia Horn, London School of Economics and political science, Belém/Brasil
• Marta Messa, General secretary of SlowFood (TBC)
• Sandra Benčić, MP Možemo!, Chairperson of the Environment Committee of Croatian Parliament (TBC)
• Ipes-food (TBC)

Organised by The Left in the EP

18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: "The Future of Europe: Democratic or dystopian?"

(EN, GR, ES)

Ομιλητές:

• Yiannis Bournous, MP Syriza-PA, Greece (TBC)
• Helmut Scholz, MEP Die Linke, The Left in the EP (TBC)
• Eleonora Evi, MEP Europa Verde, Greens/EFA (TBC)
• Domènec Ruiz Devesa, MEP PSOE, S&D (TBC)
• Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Former Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Greece (TBC)

Organised by Syriza

20:15 – 23:00 (CET): Concert: Marina Satti

Κυριακή, 23 Οκτωβρίου

10:00 – 12:00 (CET): Plenary 3: Solidarity as answer to current challenges

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

We want to put at the center of the debate the multidimensional issues of food, respect and preservation of the living, as well as social, energy and migration among others, because the notion of security is not strictly military.

Ομιλητές:

• Esther Lynch, Deputy General Secretary of European Trade Union Confederation - ETUC
• Patrick Le Hyaric, Former MEP presentation of his special issue "War and Hunger"
• Jean-Marie Collin, Expert and co-spokesperson of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), France
• Michael Müller, expert on security and environment, SPD, Germany
• Valérie Masson-Delmotte, IPCC leader (TBC)
• Benoit Biteau, MEP EELV, Greens/EFA (TBC)
• SOS Méditerranée (TBC)

12:00 – 12:30 (CET): Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 (CET): Conclusions

(EN, FR, GR, ES)

Final Declaration and action plan / Towards the 7th European Forum

Ομιλητές:

• Jose Luis Centella and a leader from the Greens
• Walter Baier, former President of transform! europe