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EPP Group Study Days 7-8 December 2011 Marseille - FRANCE


DEFENDING OUR CITIZENS, OUR ECONOMIES AND OUR VALUES:
THE ANSWER IS MORE EUROPE


Wednesday, 7 December 2011

JOINT SEMINAR EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY AND THE EPP GROUP


09.00-09.30 Welcome address

Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mayor of Marseilles, Chairman of the UMP Group in the Senate, Chairman of the Committee of the Presidential Majority

Opening speeches

Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (EP), Member of the Presidency of the European People's Party

Wilfried Martens, President of the European People's Party

Jean-Pierre Audy MEP, Head of the French Delegation (UMP) of the EPP Group in the EP
09.30-12.30 THE EU AND THE DEMOCRATIC AWAKENING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: SUPPORTING THE ARAB SPRING BY INCREASINGLY HELPING THE YOUNG DEMOCRACIES
09.30-10.30 Future orientation of the Euro-Mediterranean integration process within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM)

Chairman:

Ioannis Kasoulides MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the Working Group Foreign Affairs, EPP Group Coordinator in the Culture Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA)

  • Youssef Amrani, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean
  • Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State
  • Franco Frattini, former Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Tokia Saïfi MEP, Chairwoman of the Political Committee of the EMPA
  • Arnaud Danjean MEP, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the EP
  • José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra MEP, EPP Group Co-Coordinator in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the EP, Chairman of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly of the EP
  • Elmar Brok MEP, EPP Group Co-Coordinator in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the EP

Debates
10.30 - 11.30 SUPPORTING THE ARAB SPRING THROUGH STRENGHENING TRUST:

  • Responding to the populations' aspiration for a strong and global growth
  • Developing financial investments

Chairwoman:

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou MEP, Vice-President of the EP, Chairwoman of the Working Group 'EMUNI'

  • Nizar Baraka, Minister of Economy and General Affairs of the Kingdom of Morocco
  • Dhya Mourou, President of the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers
  • Mario Mauro MEP, Head of the Italian Delegation (PDL) of the EPP Group in EP, Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the EP
  • Dominique Vlasto MEP, Coordinator of the Economic Committee of the EMPA

Debates
11.30-12.30 SUPPORTING THE ARAB SPRING THROUGH STRENGHENING TRUST:

  • Towards the better handling of migratory flows and integration policies
  • Reinforcing intercultural exchanges

Chairman:

Manfred Weber MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the Working Group Legal and Home Affairs, Co-Coordinator of the EPP Internal Affairs Ministers

  • Nadim Gemayel Member of the Lebanese Parliament
  • Jean-Dominique Giuliani, President of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris
  • Jaime Mayor-Oreja, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for Political Strategy and the European Ideas Network
  • Mário David MEP, Vice-President of the European People's Party, Member of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean of the EP, EPP Group Coordinator of the Political Committee of the EMPA
  • Salvatore Iacolino MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the EP
  • Simon Busuttil MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the LIBE Committee of the EP

Debates

Conclusions:

Jerzy Buzek MEP, President of the EP, President ex-officio of the European People's Party

Vito Bonsignore MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for Mediterranean Union, Euromed and the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

16.00-19.00 European People's Party Congress

Thursday, 8 December 2011

09.00-10.30 FIGHT AGAINST VOLATILITY OF RAW MATERIAL PRICES AND FOOD SECURITY - RESTORE REAL VALUES TO THE MARKETS

Chairwoman:

Corien Wortmann-Kool MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP, responsible for the Working Group Economy and Environment

Industrial raw materials

  • Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship

Agricultural food and products

  • Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Michel Dantin MEP, Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the EP

Energy

  • Günther H. Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy

Debates
10.30-11.30 FIGHT AGAINST VOLATILITY OF RAW MATERIAL PRICES AND FOOD SECURITY - RESTORE REAL VALUES TO THE MARKETS (Cont'd)

Chairman

Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP, Member of the Presidency of European People's Party

Responding to price volatility through regulation and by making the financial markets more transparent

Intervention of François Baroin, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry of the French Republic

  • Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
  • Werner Langen MEP, Head of the German Delegation (CDU) of the EPP Group in the EP, Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the EP
Debates

Conclusions

Jean-Paul Gauzès MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the EP
11.30-12.00 Preparation of the European Council

Chairman

Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP responsible for the Working Group Budget and Structural Policies

Intervention of Jean Leonetti, Minister to the Secretary of State, Foreign and European Affairs Minister of the French Republic in charge of European Affairs

Debates
13.30-16.00 European People's Party Congress


For further information:
Marion Jeanne, EPP Group Press and Communications Service, Tel: +32-479-840293

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