Progressive Economy Conference
"Competitiveness and Cohesion in the Euro zone"
Monday 8 July 2013, Hotel Altis Rua Castilho, Lisbon
The crisis destroyed most of the progress made in Europe with regard to its economic and social cohesion. It is urgent to develop new thinking and to advance new ideas in order to rebuild a new common economic and social model of development across the European Union. Without this, the Eurozone and the EU as a whole will simply not survive. This event aims at contributing to this debate by bringing together key European and national politicians and experts and is part of a broader undertaking in the context of the Progressive Economy initiative.
Programme
15.00 - 15.15 Welcome remarks:
Edite Estrela, MEP, Chair of the PS Portugal delegation in the European Parliament
Hannes Swoboda, President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
15.15 - 16.30 High-level Panel Debate: THE CRISIS: RESPONSES ADOPTED AND THE WAY OUT
Moderator: Nicolau Santos (journalist)
Stefano Fassina, Italian Deputy Economy Minister
Elisa Ferreira, Member of the European Parliament and S&D Group Coordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs
Xavier Timbeau, Director, French Economic Observatory (OFCE), Paris, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po and leading co-author of the Independent Annual Growth Survey (iAGS)
16.30-16.50 Coffee break
16.50 - 18.30 High-level Panel Debate: TROIKA´S RECIPIES
Moderator: António Perez Metello (journalist) Eurico Dias, National Secretary (Economic Affairs) of the Portuguese Socialist Party
Valeriano Gomez, Spokesperson for the Economic and Monetary Committee in the Spanish Parliament, former Minister of Employment and Immigration
Louka Katseli, Professor of Economics, University of Athens, Member of the Scientific Board of Progressive Economy, former Greek Minister for Labour and Social Security
18.30 - 19.15 Concluding speeches:
Paul Magnette, President of the Belgian Socialist Party
Hannes Swoboda, President of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
António José Seguro, Secretary General of the Portuguese Socialist Party
19.30 - 20.30 Reception