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EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENTARY
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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DRAFT AGENDA
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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)
DRAFT AGENDA
Monday, 12 February 2024
12.00 - 14.30
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)
Welcoming words by
Roberta METSOLA,
President of the European Parliament
Welcoming words by
Eliane TILLIEUX,
President of the Belgian House of
representatives
Welcoming words by
Stephanie D'HOSE,
President of the Belgian Senate
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
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
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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