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NATO Parliamentary Assembly
NATO PA 60th ANNIVERSARY MEETING
French Delegation
DRAFT PROGRAMME
PARIS, FRANCE
18 JULY 2015
www.nato-pa.int June 2015 146 SPE 15 E
MEETING VENUE
► FRENCH SENATE ► NATO PA CONTACT Palais du Luxembourg Salima Chebrek, Co-ordinator 15, rue de Vaugirard – 75 006 Paris E-mail: [email protected] Tél : +33 1 42 34 23 35 Tel: +32 (0) 2 50 4 8121
DRAFT PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 17 JULY 2015
Arrival of participants
TBC Registration of participants in the lobby of the Pullman Paris Montparnasse hotel
SATURDAY 18 JULY 2015
MEMBERS SHOULD WEAR THEIR NATO PA BADGE AT ALL TIMES. PASSPORTS OR ANY OTHER FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION MAY BE REQUESTED AT ANY TIME.
8:30 Departure by bus from the Pullman Paris Montparnasse hotel to the Senate
8:45 Members gather in the Médicis room
9:00 Opening of the meeting by Gérard Larcher, President of the French Senate, and welcome remarks by Hon. Michael Turner (United States), President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Message from Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council
Session 1 Moderator: Hon. Michael Turner, President of the NATO PA
9:15 - 10:30 Roundtable with Ambassador Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos, Assistant Secretary General, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO, and Alain Le Roy, Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS), European Union (TBC), on NATO and EU Roles and Co-operation in a Complex and Changing World, followed by Q&A
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break
Session 2 Moderator: Jacques Gautier, Head of the French Delegation to the NATO PA
10:45 - 12:15 Roundtable with Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Defence, France, Tomasz Siemoniak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Poland (TBC), and other speaker to be confirmed, on The Strategic Context in 2015, followed by Q&A
12:15 Departure by bus to the Ministry of Defence
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12:30 - 14:00 Buffet lunch at the Ministry of Defence (Hôtel de Brienne)
14:00 Return to the Senate by bus
Session 3 Moderator: Gilbert Le Bris, Chairman of the NATO PA Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group (GSM)
14:30 - 15:45 Roundtable with Army General Pierre de Villiers, Chief of Defence Staff, France, General Jean-Paul Paloméros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), NATO and General Tom Middendorp, Chief of Defence Staff, Netherlands, on What capabilities are required? followed by Q&A
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break
Session 4 Moderator: Jean-Michel Boucheron, Strategic and Defence Affairs Advisor to the President of the French National Assembly, former Vice-President of the NATO PA
16:00 - 17:15 Roundtable with Bruce George, former Vice-President of the NATO PA (United Kingdom), Assen Agov, former Vice-President of the NATO PA (Bulgaria), Nicole Ameline, Chairperson of the NATO PA Defence and Security Committee and Hon. Michael Turner, President of the NATO PA, on What Role for Parliaments? followed by Q&A
17:15 Official photograph
17:30 Return to the Pullman Paris Montparnasse hotel by bus
19:30 Departure by bus to the Senate
20:00 Dinner for all participants hosted by Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate, at the Palais du Luxembourg
22:00 Return to the hotel by bus
SUNDAY 19 JULY 2015
Individual departure of participants
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