FIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 250: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference "Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU", Berlin 11.-13. oktober 2020

Finansudvalget 2019-20
FIU Alm.del Bilag 250
Offentligt

Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination

and Governance in the European Union, 11 to 13 October 2020

Draft Programme

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Delegations arrive and register at the conference hotels

Monday, 12 October 2020

Venue: Berlin, Reichstag Building

10.30

–

10.45 hrs

Plenary Chamber

10.45

–

12.30 hrs

Plenary Chamber

Conference opened

by Dr Wolfgang

Schäuble,

President of the German

Bundestag

Plenary session I:

New partnership: will monetary policy now receive the requested

fiscal support?

Keynote statements:



Isabel

Schnabel,

Member of the Executive Board of the ECB



Olaf

Scholz,

Federal Minister of Finance

Potential topics: Monetary policy's tools and limitations. Fiscal policy's tools

and tasks. What can and must fiscal policy do? A paradigm shift in fiscal pol-

icy: what has changed since the financial and sovereign-debt crisis? What are

the potential impacts of expansive fiscal

policy on the ECB’s strategy?

12.30

–

14.30 hrs

Lunch

Time slot for meetings of the political groups

As at: 19 August 2020

FIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 250: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference "Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU", Berlin 11.-13. oktober 2020

Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic

Coordination and Governance in the European Union,

11 to 13 October 2020

Draft Programme

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14.30

–

15.45 hrs

Parliamentary group

meeting room

Discussion forum 1:

Digitalisation of the financial sector

Keynote statements:



Burkhard

Balz,

Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank

(tbc.)



Chris

Bartz,

Chair of the Fintech Council at the Federal Ministry of Finance



Jan

Ceyssens,

Head of Unit Digital Finance , Directorate-General

FISMA,

European Commission



Philipp

Paech,

Associate Professor of Law at London School of Economics

Moderation: tbd.

Potential topics: Digital finance strategy, FinTech action plan and regulation of

crypto-assets: assessment of the new Commission proposals. Is Europe ready

for competition with China and the USA in the field of digital finance? How

can we regulate Libra, Bitcoin & Co. and what do non-sovereign currencies

mean for monetary policy and European banks? Apple, Google & Co. in the fi-

nancial sector: what are the challenges for competition, innovation and Euro-

pean banks?

In parallel

Parliamentary group

meeting room

Discussion forum 2:

Green Deal for Europe

Keynote statements:



Claudia

Kemfert,

Head of the department Energy, Transportation, Environ-

ment at the German Institute of Economic Research (tbc.)



Joanna

Maćkowiak-Pandera,

President Forum Energii

Moderation: tbd.

Potential topics: Is the European Green Deal too ambitious, or not courageous

enough? How can we ensure that citizens are included in and embraced during

this transformation? What challenges and risks

might the Green Deals’s

imple-

mentation phase bring?

15.45

–

16.15 hrs

16.15

–

18.00 hrs

Plenary Chamber

Coffee break

Plenary session II:

Europe in recovery

–

what are the next steps?

Keynote statements:



Peter

Altmaier,

Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy (tbc.)



Valdis

Dombrovskis,

Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission

Potential topics: What are the new priorities in the Multiannual Financial

Framework and where are the biggest cuts? How to allocate Next Generation

EU’s substantial resources rapidly and in a targeted fashion? Did it take the

Corona crisis to revive a spirit of solidarity within the EU? How to ensure that

all Member States still return to budgetary stability and sustainable growth?

Thereafter

Working dinner in the Reichstag Building

FIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 250: Invitation til interparlamentarisk konference "Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU", Berlin 11.-13. oktober 2020

Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic

Coordination and Governance in the European Union,

11 to 13 October 2020

Draft Programme

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Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Venue: Berlin, Reichstag Building

09.00

–

10.30 hrs

Plenary Chamber

Plenary session III:

Lessons from the Corona crisis: trade, supply chains and investments

in the EU put to test

Keynote statements:



Guy

Ryder,

Director General of the International Labour Organization



Sabine

Weyand,

Director General Trade, European Commission

Possible topics: Impact on international trade, investment flows and supply

chains. Manufacturing "essential" goods within the EU. Future of new-genera-

tion

trade and investment agreements (e.g. Mercosur). Increasing number of

trade restrictions and chances of keeping a multilateral trade system alive. Dis-

tortion of competition due to subsidies in third countries. Sustainable supply

chains.

10.30

–

11.00 hrs

11.00

–

12.45 hrs

Plenary Chamber

Coffee break

Plenary session IV:

The future of the European fiscal rules: are they still constructive?

Keynote statements:



Paschal

Donohoe,

President of the Eurogroup (tbc.)



Paolo

Gentiloni,

EU Commissioner for Economy (tbc.)



Klaus

Regling,

Managing Director of the ESM

Potential topics: Do the European fiscal rules still pass a reality test? Are the

rules still relevant today? How to return to the rulebook? Necessity to change

methods, indicators and rules on expenditure (moving away from structural

deficit, golden rule for investments, Stability and Growth Pact, review of the

Six-Pack and Two-Pack)?

Thereafter

12.45

–

13.00 hrs

13.00

–

14.00 hrs

Summary of the main outcomes and outlook

Conclusion

of the conference by Minister-President Reiner

Haseloff,

designated President of the Bundesrat (tbc.)

Lunch

Delegations depart