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DOCUMENTATION OF THE EVENT
PROGRAMME
(Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Catalan, Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Welsh)
9:00 - 9:30
Registration
9:30-11:00
Welcome speech
by Jill Evans, MEP
Introductory speech
by László Tökés, Vice-president of the EP
Part 1 - Re-thinking Europe: the revival of nations in a context of economic turbulences
Chair: Frieda Brepoels, MEP and Alyn Smith, MEP
Speakers:
- Professor Lieven Tack, visiting professor at the College of Europe in Warszaw
- Dr Alan Sandry, lecturer in Social and Political Theory at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff and author of 'Plaid Cymru: An Ideological Analysis'
- Professor Alfonso González, lecturer in European Union Law at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili of Tarragona
30' debate
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15 - 13:00
Part 2 - The emerging Members States
Chair: Ian Hudghton, MEP and Oriol Junqueras, MEP
Speakers:
- Scottish National Party (SNP) representative
- Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) representative
- Rafael Larreina, Amaiur (EA) representative
- Marta Rovira, ERC Secretary General, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)
30' debate
13:00-15:00
Lunch // Lunch hosted for speakers and MEPs
15:00 - 17:00
Part 3 - Towards a multi level governance
Chair: Tatjana Ždanoka, MEP and François Alfonsi, MEP
Speakers:
- Luc Van den Brande, Special Advisor to Commissioner Johannes Hahn, former President of the Committee of the Regions
- Jean-Christophe Angelini, Member of the Corsican Assembly (PNC)
- Camilo Nogueira, former President Stateless Nations Intergroup in the European Parliament
- Roberto Louvin, former President of the Aosta Autonomous Regional Government
30' debate
Closing remarks - Eric Defoort, President EFA Party
17:30-18:30
Book presentation - 30 years of EFA in pictures
18:30
Official Reception celebrating the 30th anniversary of the European Free Alliance
