18:00 -20:00 A PROGRESSIVE RENAISSANCE FOR EUROPE Leaders debate with the support of

Location: The Square, Brussels, Glass Entrance, Godlhall

Speakers , top candidate of MEPs, Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a) Marie Arena, top candidate of MEPs, Parti Socialiste (PS) in cooperation with Bruno Tobback, President of the Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a) Massimo D’Alema, President of the Founda- tion for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and former Prime Minister of Italy , Prime Minister of Martin Schulz, Candidate for the President of the European Commission

Moderation Ernst Stetter, Secretary General of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

Saturday 5th April 2014 Closed event

Location: the FEPS Office, Brussels

09:00 RENAISSANCE SPOTLIGHT ON YOUTH: THE EUROPE WE WANT TO CREATE Workshops with the FEPS Young Academics Network and Young European Socialists

EN LOCATION 20:00 – 21:30 RECEPTION With literature café by The Square Rue Mont des Arts – Kunstberg, 1000 Brussels With Performance by David Adu-Appeagyei and Authors his band, winner of the music competition Bernard Guetta, French Journalist, Author of LANGUAGES "Remix Europe" organised by the PES Group in the book “Intime Conviction” Dutch – English – French the Committee of the Regions Lord Roger Liddle, Chair of Policy Network, PROGRAMME author of “The Europe Dilemma: Britain and Thursday 3rd April 2014 Friday 4th April 2014 the Drama of EU integration” Location: the Square, Brussels, Rue Ravenstein Location: the Square, Brussels, Rue Ravenstein entrance, 4th Floor entrance, 3rd Floor 15:00 – 17:00 EUROPE AND ITS CITIZENS, THE CHALLENGE OF SUBSIDIARITY in cooperation with 18:00 – 20:00 RENAISSANCE SPOTLIGHT – OPEN, in cooperation with 08:30 REGISTRATION in cooperation with EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE With Progressive Mayors and Followed by a drink 09:30 START WORKSHOPS SESSION I city councillors We present to you a fresh and interactive 1. Tackling populism: the democratic deficit Opening debate where the ‘spotlight’ will be on you. and public disaffection What would you like to see changed after the Pascal Lamy, Vice President of FEPS and EU elections? Our Progressive Leaders are 2. Social Rights – Ensuring social progress Honorary president of Notre Europe - Jacques ready to answer your questions and reflect 3. What growth and employment strategies Delors Institute on your views. for Europe? 4. What happened to Environmental Solidarity? Speakers Dialogue with you and our Progressive Juan Alberto Belloch Julbe, Mayor of Leaders… 5. Woman up! for the European elections Zaragoza, Spain Mercedes Bresso, Vice President of the PES 11:30 START WORKSHOPS SESSION II Group in the Committee of the Regions Alex Bodry, Mayor of Dudelagne and President of the LSAP, Luxembourg Massimo D’Alema, President of the Foundation 6. Tackling populism: a positive role for EU for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and civil society and local democracy Jean-François Istasse, 1st Vice Chair of the the Committee of the Regions and Councillor former Prime Minister of Italy 7. Labour Rights – ensuring decent work and of Verviers, Belgium Giorgios Dassis, President of the European quality employment Economic and Social Committee worker’s group 8. How to break the nexus between finance Yvan Mayeur, Mayor of Brussels, Belgium Zita Gurmai, President of PES Women and Vice and inequality? Grzegorz Pietruczuk, Mayor of Bielany President of the Foundation for European 9. Development: Promoting economic and Warsaw, Poland Progressive Studies (FEPS) social rights Moderation Kaisa Penny, President of Young European 10. Youth Guarantee: Implementing and Socialist (YES) complementing Bruno Liebhaberg, Vice President of FEPS Hannes Swoboda, President of the S&D Group and Chair of the FEPS Scientific Council in the 13:30 START WORKSHOP SESSION III Philip Cordery, French Member of Parliament LANGUAGES and former Secretary General of the PES 11. Trouble in the neighbourhood: Ukraine, Dutch – English – French – Spanish – Polish – the EU and the `Russian Problem’ Italian Moderation Alex Puissant, Journalist and independent 13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH conference facilitator Offered by the S&D Group