
Hosted by MEPs Siegfried MUREŞAN, Norbert LINS and Herbert DORFMANN
Programme
14.30 - 14.50 Welcome speech
Manfred WEBER MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group
Introductory keynote speech
Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission
Special intervention
Marija VUČKOVIĆ, Minister for Agriculture, Croatia, Coordinator of EPP AGRI FISH Ministers’ Platform
14.50 - 16.25 Panel I: EPP Vision on the Environmental Sustainability of Agriculture
Moderator
Norbert LINS MEP, Chair of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Special intervention
Professor Thia HENNESSY, Head of School and Chair of Agri-Food Economics at Cork University Business School
Panellists
- Marek VÝBORNÝ, Minister for Agriculture, Czech Republic
- Peter KULLGREN, Minister for Rural Affairs and Infrastructure, Sweden
- Norbert TOTSCHNIG, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management, Austria
- Julien DIVE, Vice-President of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the National Assembly, France
- Carmen CRESPO, Regional Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Government of Andalucia, Spain
- Roswitha GEYER-FÄSSLER, organic farmer, Vice-President of the Farmer’s Association of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Exchange of views
16.30 - 17.50 Panel II: EPP Vision on Economic and Social Sustainability in Agriculture
Moderator
Herbert DORFMANN MEP, EPP Group Coordinator of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Special intervention
Massimiliano GIANSANTI, First Vice-President of COPA
Panellists
- Lefteris AVGENAKIS, Minister of Rural Development and Food, Greece
- Peter HAUK, Minister for Food, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Michał KOŁODZIEJCZAK, President of AGROunia, Poland
- Diana LENZI, former President of European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
Exchange of views
17.50 - 18.00 Concluding remarks
Siegfried MUREŞAN MEP, EPP Group Vice-Chair, Chairman of the Working Group for Budget and Structural Policies