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EUROPEAN

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WEEK 2024

12-13 FEBRUARY

2024

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

BRUSSELS

EU ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE FROM

A PARLIAMENTARY PERSPECTIVE

European Parliament

National Parliaments

SOU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 79: Invitation til European Parliamentary Week i Europa-Parlamentet den 12.-13. februar 2024

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EUROPEAN SEMESTER CONFERENCE

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE ON STABILITY,

ECONOMIC COORDINATION AND GOVERNANCE IN THE EU

Co-organised by

the European Parliament and

the Belgian Senate and House of representatives

European Parliament

Brussels, 12 - 13 February 2024

(Times indicated below are in CET)

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Monday, 12 February 2024

12.00 - 14.30

12.30 - 14.30

12.00 - 14.00

12.30 - 14.30

14.30 – 15.45

Registration of participants from national Parliaments

Registration desk “Event Participants and Guests”, Accreditation Center, SPAAK Building

Political group meetings:

EPP (lunch)

S&D (PHS 7C50)

I&D (SPINELLI 7H1)

Opening session:

Meeting room: Hemicycle (SPAAK, 3rd floor)

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Welcoming words by

Roberta METSOLA,

President of the European Parliament

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Welcoming words by

Eliane TILLIEUX,

President of the Belgian House of

representatives

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Welcoming words by

Stephanie D'HOSE,

President of the Belgian Senate

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15.45 – 15.50

Key opening remarks by

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(tbc), President of the European

Commission

Key opening remarks by

Charles MICHEL

(tbc), President of the European Council

Family photo

Hemicycle (SPAAK, 3rd floor)

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15.50 - 18.50

Interparliamentary Committee Meetings (in parallel)

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

(ECON)

Meeting room: ANTALL 4Q2

Co-chaired by

Irene TINAGLI,

Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary

Affairs of the European Parliament and

Stefaan VAN HECKE,

Chair of the Committee

on Economic Affairs, Consumer Protection and Digital Agenda, Belgian House of

representatives.

Topic:

Euro@25: What’s next for the EMU?

Panel I: Exchange of views with invited academics

Introductory remarks by

Lucrezia Reichlin,

Member of the Monetary Expert Panel of the ECON Committee,

Professor of economics at the London Business School and an external

fellow at Bruegel.

Daniel Gros,

Member of the Monetary Expert Panel of the ECON Committee and

Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

Exchange of views among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

Panel II: Exchange of views with invited policy makers

Introductory remarks by

Representative(s) of EU institution (tbc)

Gita Gopinath

(tbc), First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary

Fund

Exchange of views

among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

(EMPL)

Meeting room: ANTALL 6Q2

Co-chaired by

Dragoş PÎSLARU,

Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social

Affairs of the European Parliament and

Cécile CORNET,

Chair of the Committee on

Social Affairs, Employment and Pensions, Belgian House of representatives.

Session I: How to best promote social investment in the context of the EU's reviewed

governance framework and fiscal rules?

Introductory remarks by

Anton Hemerijck

(tbc), Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the European

University Institute, Florence, Member of the High-Level Group on the future of social

protection and of the welfare state in the EU

Chair of EMCO/SPC (tbc)

Representative from a national Parliament (tbc)

Exchange of views

among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

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Session II: The role of upward social convergence in the context of diverging inflation,

debt challenges and increased cost of living

Introductory remarks by

Enrico Giovannini

(tbc), Professor Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

Nicolas Schmit

(tbc), Commissioner Jobs and Social Rights

Belgian Presidency Parliament representative (tbc)

Exchange of views among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

Committee on Budgets

(BUDG)

Meeting room: ANTALL 4Q1

Co-chaired by

Johan VAN OVERTVELDT,

Chair of the Committee on Budget of the

European Parliament and

Marie-Christine MARGHEM,

Chair of the Committee on

Finance and Budget, Belgian House of representatives.

Session I: Lessons learned from NextGenerationEU: national and EU perspectives on

how the EU budget can react in times of crisis

Introductory remarks by

Johannes Hahn,

Commissioner for Budget and Administration

Speaker to be confirmed

Exchange of views

among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

Session II:

The budget and the prospect of enlargement – options to reform the EU's

financial, budgetary and regulatory resources

Introductory remarks by

Maroš Šefčovič

(tbc), European Commission Executive Vice-President for European

Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

Speaker to be confirmed

Exchange of views among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament

19.00 – 21.00

Walking Dinner

Member's Restaurant (SPINELLI, ground floor)

Co-hosted by the EP President and the Belgian Presidency

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Tuesday, 13 February 2024

9.00 – 10.45

Plenary session I: Strategic investments and reforms in view of enhancing EU's

growth potential

Meeting room: Hemicycle (SPAAK, 3rd floor)

Co-chaired by:

Othmar KARAS,

First Vice-President of the European Parliament and

Mark DEMESMAEKER,

President of the Transversal Affairs Committee of the Belgian

Senate

Introductory remarks by

Speaker to be confirmed

Exchange of views

among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament in the presence of representatives from the Committee the of Regions and the

European Economic and Social Committee

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee break

Foyer of the Hemicycle (SPAAK, 3rd floor)

11.15 – 13.00

Plenary session II: The EU single market for services, including tax harmonization

and avoidance

Meeting room: Hemicycle (SPAAK, 3rd floor)

Co-chaired

by:

Dita CHARANZOVÁ,

Vice-President of the European Parliament and

Speaker from

the

Belgian Parliament (TBC)

Introductory remarks by

Speaker to be confirmed

Exchange of views among Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European

Parliament in the presence of representatives from the Committee of the Regions and the

European Economic and Social Committee

13.00 – 14.30

Walking Lunch

Grand Cafe Spinelli (SPINELLI, ground floor)

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