Council Programme In collaboration with Programme at-a-glance Friday 8 November Saturday 9 November Sunday 10 November ALL DAY Reimbursements 09:00 PLENARY 09:00 COUNCIL PLENARY Discussion on Resolutions 2014 Budget & Activities Plan FAB Report 10:00 PLENARY Presentation of the Green Greens/EFA European Foundation activities Transatlantic Trade and Presentation of Campaign Activities Investment Partnership: Trading Greens/EFA away the European project? FYEG VOTING SESSION 12:00 Lunch break 12:00 LAUNCH of the #GreenPrimary 13:00 (press event) Party Leaders’ Meeting 13:00 PLENARY A Green New Deal separate location: 13:00 Council ends Pullman Hotel, Place Victor Horta 1, 1060 Brussels PLENARY B Food Revolution 13:00 Green Successes Walk 14:00 Council venue: The EGG, Rue PLENARY C Bara 175, 1070 Brussels Refugee Policy 15:30 Registration opens PLENARY D Financial Capital 16:00 PLENARY E Opening of the Council Climate Change Presentation of the Contenders PLENARY F #GreenPrimary Youth Debate Debate on the Green vision for 18:00 Europe with the Contenders JOINT PLENARY reporting back from A+B+C+D+E+F 19:00 PLENARY 19:15 Voting Session (delegates only) Parallel Sessions 19:30 Dinner bu!et (continuous) 20:00 Parallel Sessions 20:30 Dinner & Party at the Egg Welcome! Welcome to the 19th Council meeting of the European Green Party! You Decide Europe. It's the motto of our Green Primary. But, it's also the motto for the upcoming European Green Party Council. This Council meeting gives us an opportunity to discuss our common campaign for the European elections and our political agenda for the next five years. The opening session will center around the debate on European democracy, and on what we consider to be the changes that are needed to make Europe better. On Saturday, we will discuss on our manifesto with civil society organisations, with entrepreneurs and with our European, national and local politicians. We want to build on the successes of the Green Group in the European Parliament, on the work of our national MP’s and all our Member Parties. The launch of the European Green Party Europe-wide open online Primary to choose the two Green Leading candidates for the European elections will take place on Sunday. We are frontrunners by inviting people to participate in such an important decision on European level. Our innovative e-democracy project gives Europe back to the people. Greens don't just talk about more participation and democracy, we’re living it! We are looking forward to present the Contenders to you, we wish the discussions at the Council to be inspiring, and that you will take home ideas on how we can carry out a successful common campaign together next year. Welcome to Brussels. We hope you will enjoy the Council. The European Green Party Committee Plenary sessions on Manifesto For each session we have invited keynote speakers and external guests to give a short intervention from the floor. Network of the EGP (representatives of parties with a specific topical or geographical background) Compromise Amendment Session Meeting on invitation only Workshop DEADLINES Deadline for tabling Dra# Emergency Resolutions: Thursday 7 November 12:00 CET Deadline for tabling Amendments to Dra# Emergency Resolutions: Saturday 9 November 13:00 CET Friday 8 November 13:00 - 15:30 Party Leaders’ Meeting (ON INVITATION ONLY) PULLMAN HOTEL separate location: Pullman Hotel, Place Victor Horta 1, 1060 Brussels Council venue: The EGG, Rue Bara 175, 1070 Brussels 14:00 COUNCIL REGISTRATION OPENS 16:00 - 19:00 Opening of the Council AUDITORIUM Welcome speeches: Bruno De Lille, Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Mobility, the Civil Service, Equal Opportunities and Administrative Simplification, Groen (Belgium) Christos Doulkeridis, Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Housing, Firefighting and Emergency Medical Assistance, Ecolo (Belgium) Saraswati Matthieu, EGP Committee member Presentation of the contenders for the Green Primary by Rogier Elshout Debate on the Green vision and the Green political agenda for Europe Keynote speech by Reinhard Bütikofer MEP, EGP Co-Chair followed by a debate with the contenders. Short Break 19:00 -20:00 AUDITORIUM Plenary Session for Council Delegates Discussion and vote on Green Primary and Campaign Plan 19:30 - 22:30 Dinner bu"et (continuous) RIVERSIDE 20:00 - 21:30 Parallel Sessions • Compromise Amendment Session on resolutions LOGE 2 • Green Local Councillors Network meeting: Report on Greens in Big Cities in Berlin and LOGE 1 Central European Round Table in Vienna • Workshop on developments of Multiannual Financial Framework: an update on the latest BOARD ROOM state of play on the Multiannual Financial Framework by the Greens/EFA in the EP Saturday 9 November 09:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session: Discussion on Resolutions (only for delegates) STUDIO This session will involve all delegates to discuss the dra# resolutions and emergency resolutions 10:00 - 12:00 Plenary Session: AUDITORIUM Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Trading away the European project? TTIP stands for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the biggest pet project of the European Commission. For the t-tippies Barroso and his trade commissioner De Gucht, it will solve half of Europe's problems. It will bring stability to the economy and wealth to each family. It will create new global trade rules which the world is waiting for and which are good for European companies. It will show China that we stand up to its might and put everything back into the economic order we so happily enjoyed in the last half of the last century. It will help our US friends to realise that their future is on this side of the Atlantic, and not in the Pacific. It will boost our pride that by now we are better than the Americans and can out-compete them. For the Greens, TTIP is at best a promise creating frivolous hopes. At worst, it is a backdoor avenue for big industry to neutralize social and environmental achievements in the EU and make sure that new European legislation will not stand in the way of corporate interests. Sure is already that TTIP will strain the transatlantic relations. The real stu" in the TTIP negotiations comes along under the innocent term of "regulatory cooperation". Both sides will need to compromise about the way they organize their societies, protect their citizen, and project liveable futures for their political communities. TTIP will add to the many transatlantic conflicts already existing, such as the treatment of GMOs, hormone beef and chemicals, or the role of public services, data protection and agriculture. What is sure already is that TTIP stands less for Transatlantic Partnership and more for Transatlantic Toxic Interest- conflicts promoted. When TTIP negotiations started in July 2013, the NSA scandal revealed by Snowden underlined dramatically the ri#s in the political cultures on both sides of the Atlantic. The Greens appealed to the Commission to not open the negotiations as long as the NSA scandal was not cleared. More than 2000 citizen supported our pledge online in a matter of hours. But Greens were and remain alone. All the other big political groups enthusiastically support the TTIP project, with the Socialists & Democrats in the first line. The TTIP will depend on this support of a grand coalition in the European Parliament. The negotiations will be so di"icult that they need constant political input. And in the end, the European Parliament will need to approve the result. So it is all the more important that a strong Green Group in the European Parliament calls the shots. The Roundtable will present the challenges of TTIP in some key areas important for the Greens and discuss the perspectives for a Green campaign across Europe. Introduction, moderation and conclusion: Yannick Jadot, MEP Interventions: Rebecca Harms MEP, Co-President of Greens/EFA in the European Parliament; José Bové MEP; Other speakers to be confirmed 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break RIVERSIDE 13:00 CET Deadline for tabling Amendments to Dra# Emergency Resolutions Saturday 9 November 13:00 - 15:00 Parallel Plenary Debates A-B-C Plenary A: What the Green New Deal does for Jobs, Justice and Innovation AUDITORIUM This session is dedicated to discussing the green renaissance of industry. The Green New Deal envisions an environmentally sustainable production cycle, achieved by traditional and alternative business models. How do we create a modern industrial base to produce durable, environmentally-friendly products while reducing waste and emissions? And how do we keep Europe competitive while doing so? Moderator: Reinhard Bütikofer, EGP Co-Chair, MEP, Manifesto Rapporteur Speakers: Rudi Anschober, Upper Austrian Environmental Minister; Conny Reuter, Secretary General SOLIDAR; Klaus Stähle, Board member German Federation of the Green Industry Plenary B: Join the food revolution STUDIO Our current way of food production and consumption pollutes the planet, poisons our bodies, and empties our oceans. This session aims to find an alternative to how we currently produce and consume food. Issues like a diversified agricultural production, the protection of farmers and nature, and the a"ordability and accessibility of healthy food will be at the center of the debate. The upcoming SEEDS regulation will serve as an entrance point to the discussion Moderator: Bart Staes, MEP Speakers: Steve Emmott, EGP Committee member, Manifesto Rapporteur; Benedikt Härlin, Foundation on Future Farming (Germany); Jean Paul Judson, Manager Public A"airs, European Seeds Association Plenary C: It is time to act on another refugee policy AQUARIUM Close to 20000 people have died on Europe's borders over the past decades. The recent tragedy in Lampedusa has brought the issue back into the public conscience. This panel will scrutinize EU refugee and immigration policy, both its shortcomings and possible ways forward.