Europeans present reality: Colloquium

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REALITES EUROPEENNES DU PRESENT

Project « Europe : our Heritage, our City, our Future »

European Colloquium Nr 2

" EUROPE : OUR CITY "

29 February – 1 March 2007

European Parliament , Eastman building, room EAS 300, rue Belliard 135, Bruxelles

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2008

(from 16:00: welcome of participants)

Chairman : Mr. Bruno BOISSIERE, Secretary-General of REP, former MEP

16:30 Opening, Report on the results of colloquium Nr. 1 and the contributions of the participatory Forum, and presentation of colloquium Nr. 2

by Mr Bruno BOISSIERE

17:00 " Citizens' role and relations with the institutions of the European representative democracy "

by Mr Jo LEINEN, MEP (PSE, D), Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament

Debate

18:00 " Civic dimensions in today's EU : institutions and policies "

by Mr Pierre MAIRESSE, Director « Sport, Youth and Citizenship », Directorate-General Education and Culture, European Commission

Debate

19:00 Break

Chairman : Prof. Dr. Hartmut MARHOLD , President of the Réalités Européennes du Présent

19:15 " The issue of European citizenship in the EU's current developments "

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by Mr Ferdinando RICCARDI, Editor and Leader Writer of the Bulletin Quotidien Europe

Questions and replies

19:45 " Citizens' rights and responsibilities in the EU "

by Mr Tony VENABLES, Director of European Citizen Action Service

Debate

SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2008, from 9:30 until 13:00

Chairman : Mr. Jean-Pierre GOUZY, Honorary President of the Réalités Européennes du Présent

09:30 " How far has today's Europe got with participatory democracy? "

by Mr Henri MONCEAU, Programme Director for Transnational governance and deliberative democracy, Notre Europe

Debate

10:30 Break

10:45 " The Lisbon Treaty and the prospects for the European political union : how to win citizens' support? "

Round-table, chaired Ms Tanya WITTAL-DÜERKOP, EU-Correspondent Artsmanagement Network, with :

· Ms Floriana SIPALA, Member of Vice-President Margot Wallström's cabinet, European Commission

· Ms Jessica PENNET, Vice-President of the Young European Federalists (JEF Europe)

· Ms Alix CHAMBRIS, Cafebabel.com Bruxelles

· Mr Roger VANCAMPENHOUT, Co-President of the Mouvement pour les Etats-Unis d'Europe (Gauche européenne)

General Debate

12:45 Conclusions of the colloquium

by Mr Hartmut MARHOLD, President of REP

(All speakers in the programme are confirmed)

Simultaneous interprétation will be provided from French, English and German into French

Réalités Européennes du Présent is a think-tank founded in 1967 by Raymond Rifflet in association with key European figures like Etienne HIRSCH, Jean REY, Altiero SPINELLI, and European federalist and progressive activists including Jean-Pierre Gouzy, Honorary President.