Europe is not for shale!

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   DRAFT PROGRAMME (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian and Spanish)

Panel 1: State of play of fracking and shale gas
09:30-10:30

• Welcome by Rebecca Harms, Co-president of the Greens/EFA Group
• Keynote address: John Ashton, independent commentator
• Response by José Bové, Greens/EFA MEP
• Q&A (15')

Panel 2: Civil society experiences with the current regulatory framework for UFF
10:30-12:15

Moderated by Martin Häusling, Greens/EFA MEP and Florent Marcellesi, Spokesperson of EQUO, Spanish Greens, in the European Parliament 

• Presentation of report on civil society assessment of EC recommendation by Paul de Clerck / Antoine Simon, FOEE  (20')
• ‘Snapshots’ of national situation (50' - 10’ each)
  • Germany, Andy Gheorghiu
  • Lithuania, Tomas Tomilinas
  • Poland, Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart
  • UK, Jake White
  • Spain, Samuel Martín-Sosa Rodríguez, Carles Seijo
• European Commission state of play on the evaluation of recommendations (15')
  • Karl Falkenberg, European Commission, DG Environment
• Q&A (10')
• The international dimension on the example of Algeria: Hocine Malti (10')

Panel 3: Climate change and shale gas
12:15-13:00

Moderation: Molly Scott Cato, Greens/EFA MEP

• The problem: Shale gas and the link to COP 21: Jan Kersting, Institute Fraunhofer ISI (10')
• The solutions: Werner Frohwitter, Feldheim, first German 100% off-grid town (10')
• Civil society response: Geert de Cock, Food & Water Europe … how to cut gas consumption? (10')
• Conclusions

Followed by a light lunch This event is sponsored by the following MEPs: José Bové, Bas Eickhout, Martin Häusling, Rebecca Harms, Jean Lamberts, Florent Marcellesi, Michèle Rivasi, Bronis Ropé, Molly Scott Cato, Bart Staes, Keith Taylor, Ernest Urtasun, as well as Friends of the Earth Europe, Food& Water Europe and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament.