Fachkonferenz
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PROGRAMM
Sunday, 6th of March 2011
Welcome Reception
Followed by Dinner
Dinner Speech on “Europe’s Dept Crisis and Implications for Policy”
By Lord Robert Skidelsky, Chairman, Center for Global Studies
Monday, 7th of March 2011
Opening remarks by Thomas Bernd Stehling
Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Madrid
First session
„An incomplete Agenda? How to safeguard the Euro“
Chair:
Pedro Duarte, “Diario Económico”, Lisboa
Introduction:
Steffen Kampeter MP, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin
Response:
Cristóbal Montoro MP, fmr. Spanish Finance Minister
Paulo Mota Pinto MP, Chairman, Finance Committee, Parliament
of Portugal, Lisboa
Gary Litman, Vice-President, US Chamber of Commerce, Washington
Burkhard Balz, Member of the European Parliament, Brussels
followed by discussion
Lunch
Second session
“The Economic Crisis and the Populist Challenge – Will Voters turn their back on Europe?”
Chair:
Senator Luis Fraga Egusquiaguirre, Madrid
Introduction:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Langguth, University of Bonn
Response:
Prof. Dr. Arantza de Areilza, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, IE Business School, Madrid
Peter Altmaier MP, Chief Whip, CDU/CSU-Parliamentary Group, Berlin
Pedro Mota Soares MP, Leader of the CDS-PP Parliamentary Group, Lisboa
Baudillio Tomé Muguruza MP, Madrid
followed by discussion
Dinner
Dinner Speech on “Will Europe fail if the Euro fails?”
By Prof. Dr. Joao Carlos Espada, Director of the Institute for Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal, Lisboa, and EP/Geremek European Civilisation Chair, Warsaw
Tuesday, 8th of March 2011
Third session
“The Impact of the Crisis on Foreign Relations and the Global Political Architecture”
Chair:
Ambassador Antonio Monteiro, fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lisboa
Introduction:
Ana Palacio, fmr. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madrid
Response:
Paulo Portas MP, President CDS-PP, fmr. Minister of Defence, Lisboa
General (ret.) Klaus Naumann, fmr. Chairman NATO-Military Commit-tee
Gustavo de Aristegui MP, Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Spain, Madrid
Quentin Peel, Financial Times, London/Berlin
Lunch