EPP GROUP ONLINE CONFERENCE The Future of Europe Wednesday 21 April 2021 - 14.45 - 17.00 hrs

Event programme

14.45-15.00 hrs PANEL I: EUROPE FOR THE YOUNG GENERATIONS

Eva MAYDELL MEP, Chairwoman of the EPP Group’s Young Members’ Network (YMN) Lídia PEREIRA MEP, Member the EPP Group’s Young Members’ Network and President of the Youth of the European People’s Party (YEPP)

Videos of youngsters on their hopes for the future

15.00-16.00 hrs TALK: FUTURE OUTLOOK FOR EUROPE

Dr Angela MERKEL, Federal Chancellor of Germany MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the

Debate with MEPs (amongst others, Esteban González Pons MEP and Prof Dr MEP)

16.00-16.50 hrs PANEL II: LOOKING AT THE CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE - A STRONGER, DEMOCRATIC EUROPE READY TO DELIVER

Vladimír BILČÍK MEP, Member of the EPP Group Task Force on the Future of Europe MEP, Member of the EPP Group Task Force on the Future of Europe Prof Manuela MOSCHELLA, Associate Professor of International Political Economy Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy & Associate Fellow Chatham House, UK Georgina WRIGHT, Head of the Europe Program, Institut Montaigne,

Debates with MEPs (amongst others, Isabel Wiseler-Lima MEP and MEP) and audience

16.50-17.00 hrs CONCLUDING REMARKS

Paulo RANGEL MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP and responsible for the EPP Group Task Force on the Future of Europe Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the and Commissioner for

Democracy and Demography responsible for the Conference on the Future of Europe

Moderators: Jack PARROCK, TV and radio correspondent Anne GELLINEK, Brussels Bureau Chief of German broadcaster ZDF

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