ALTIERO SPINELLI INSTITUTE OF FEDERALIST STUDIES VENTOTENE www.istitutospinelli.org

FEDERALISM IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD

Ventotene, September 2-7, 2018

35th International Seminar

In Ventotene we shape Europe!

- an international seminar with 50 participants from Europe and the World - - a national seminar with 100 participants from - - conferences and debates with more than 30 speakers -

Some of the speakers that participated to the Ventotene Seminars:

 Pier Virgilio Dastoli – European Commission Representation in Italy  Andrea Enria – President of European Banking Authority

 Jo Leinen – MEP and President of European Movement  Tommaso Padoa Schioppa – Board of ECB and Italian Minister of Economic Affairs  Bill Pace - Executive Director of World Federalist Movement  Gianni Pittella – Vice President of the

 Jean Quatremer - Journalist at "Libération" and author of the blog "Coulisses de Bruxelles”

 Ferdinando Riccardi - Director of “Agence Europe”, Bruxelles  Michael Braun – Director Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Italy  Ignazio Visco – Governor of Bank of Italy  Carlo Bastasin – Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution – Washington

 Fabrizio Saccomanni – Italian Minister of Economic Affairs  – President of the European Parliament

President of Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano in Ventotene

"On Spinelli’s ideas and battles we have to think much more

than has been done so far. It is perhaps the richest legacy on which to rely to form morally our younger generations and operate looking to the future" Giorgio Napolitano

FEDERALISM IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD From the monetary union to the United States of Europe

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

17.00 Joint Opening of XXXV International 09.30 – 10.30 THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE AND Ventotene International Seminar and XXXVII SECURITY POLICY AND THE ROLE OF EUROPE IN Ventotene national Seminar THE WORLD

17.30 AN INTRODUCTION TO FEDERALISM Domenico Moro, Union of European Federalists Francisco Aldecoa, Union of European Federalists Paolo Vacca, Secretary General Union of European Federalists 10.30 – 11.30 Working groups

18.30 – 19.30 Debate 11.45 – 13.00 Debate

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 17.30 – 18.30 A BUDGET FOR THE EUROZONE FOR AN INVESTMENT PLAN FOR EUROPE 9.30 – 10.30 THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EUROPEAN UNITY. ALTIERO SPINELLI AND THE VENTOTENE Domenec Devesa, Union of European Federalists MANIFESTO Luca Lionello, Union of European Federalists

Pier Virgilio Dastoli, President European Movement in 18.30 – 19.30 Debate Italy Francesco Gui, Union of European Federalists Tommaso Visone, Union of European Federalists THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

10.30 – 11.30 Working groups 9.30 – 10.30 EUROPE AND AFRICA FOR A SUSTAINABLE GLOBALISATION: INITIATIVES ON 11.45 – 13.00 Debate CURRENCY AND TRADE

17.30 – 18.30 A SOVEREIGN, UNITED, DEMOCRATIC Bruno Mazzola, Union of European Federalists EUROPE. PROPOSALS FROM FRANCE: WHICH Alberto Majocchi, Union of European Federalists ANSWER FROM GERMANY? 10.30 – 11.30 Working groups Otto Schmuck, Union of European Federalists Pauline Gessant, Union of European Federalists 11.45 – 13.00 Debate

18.30 – 19.30 Debate 17.30 – 18.30 FEDERALIST ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR A FEDERAL EUROPE AND A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 WORLD FEDERATION

9.30-10.30 NATIONALISM AND FEDERALISM IN THE Fernando Iglesias, President World Federalist Movement ERA OF TRUMP, BREXIT AND MACRON Luisa Trumellini, Union of European Federalists

François Mennerat, Union of European Federalists 18.30 – 19.30 Debate Wolfgang Renzsch, Magdeburg University

10.30 – 11.30 Working groups FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

11.45 – 13.15 Debate 9.30-10.30: TOWARDS EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: PERSPECTIVES FOR A REFOUNDATION OF EUROPE 17.30 – 18.30 REFORMING THE UN: A UN PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY AND A SECURITY Christopher Glück, President Young European COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE WORLD’S Federalists MACRO-REGIONS Antonio Argenziano, Young European Federalists Nick Christie, World Federalist Movement Lucio Levi, Union of European Federalists 10.30 – 11.30 Working groups Yasmina Gourchane, World Federalist Movement 11.45 – 13.00 Debate 18.30 – 19.30 Debate

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