Οι εργασίες του 6ου Ευρωπαϊκού Φόρουμ ξεκίνησαν το μεσημέρι της Παρασκευής στο Σεράφειο Κέντρο του Δήμου Αθηναίων. Η κεντρική πολιτική συζήτηση πραγματοποιήθηκε το βράδυ της Παρασκευής 21/10, με τη συμμετοχή αρχηγών κομμάτων και σημαντικών πολιτικών προσωπικοτήτων.
Το Φόρουμ περιλαμβάνει τρεις μεγάλες θεματικές συζητήσεις πάνω στα ζητήματα της αλληλεγγύης, της κλιματικής κρίσης και του κοινωνικού και οικολογικού προσανατολισμού της Ευρώπης.
Το Ευρωπαϊκό Φόρουμ πραγματοποιήθηκε για πρώτη φορά το 2017 και έκτοτε επαναλαμβάνεται σε ετήσια βάση σε διαφορετικές χώρες.
Το υπόλοιπο πρόγραμμα του Φόρουμ:
Σάββατο, 22 Οκτωβρίου
09:30 – 11:30 (CET): Trade Unionists Assembly: “Trade Unions’ solutions to the energy crisis”
(EN, GR, ES)
Ομιλητές:
- Cristina Faciaben, International Relations of Comisiones Obreras, Spain
- Nikos Fotopoulos, Member of the Executive Board of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, GSEE
09:30 – 11:30 (CET): Culture Assembly: “Culture, a weapon of mass humanity”
(EN, FR, GR, ES)
Ομιλητές:
- Moni Ovadia, (Actor, musician, singer, theatrical author, Italy (via Zoom)
- Eva Brenner, Experimental theatre worker, author, and producer (via Zoom)
- Jean-Michel Leterrier, (Former responsible for cultural policy of the CGT, France
- Phil Maxwell, Filmmaker, UK (via Zoom)
- Thomas Tsalapatis, Greek artist and author
Συντονισμός:
- Olga Athaniti, Actress and co-coordinator of the EL Culture Network
11:30 – 12:00 (CET): Coffee Break
12:00 – 14:30 (CET): Feminist Assembly: “Women’s rights against right wing, fascism and imperialism”
(EN, FR, GR, ES)
Ομιλητές:
- Toni Morillas, Director of Women Institute, Spain
- Skevi Koukouma, Women’s Pan Cypriot Association
- Jeannette Escanillas, MP Vänsterpartiet, Sweden (via Zoom)
- Gabriela Lopez, Democratic Socialists of America – DSA, USA
- Elisa Giustinianovich, Representative of Coordenadora 8M in Punta Arenas, the Plataforma Feminista Constituyente y Plurinacional and the environmental movement MAT, Chile
- Fotini Kouvela, Former General Secretary for Gender Equality, Greece
Μετριασμός:
- Ada Donno, FDMIN, Italy
- Katerina Papatheodorou, Co-coordinator of the EL Feminism WG
12:00 – 14:00 (CET): Youth Assembly: “The impact of war on youth and their response”
(EN, FR, GR)
12:00 – 14:00 (CET): Workshop: “Right to housing: how to defeat speculation”
(EN, FR, GR)
Ομιλητές:
- Ian Brossat, Vice-mayor of Paris in charge of housing, spokesperson of PCF, France
- Theano Fotiou, Former Alternate Minister of Social Solidarity, Syriza-PA MP responsible for housing policy, Greece
- Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on housing, Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Mid-West constituency since the 2016 general election, Ireland (TBC)
Organised by The Left in the EP
14:00 – 16:00 (CET): Lunch
16:00 – 18:00 (CET): Plenary 2: Against the return of war, for peace and disarmament: a new collective security
(EN, FR, GR, ES)
The objective of this plenary will be to outline a new collective safety architecture based on nuclear disarmament, military de-escalation, an end to over-armament, respect for the territorial integrity of nations and the defence of human rights.
Ομιλητές:
- Reiner Braun, Director of the International Peace Bureau – IPB
- Willy Meyer, Conclusions of the peace summit in Madrid
- Neoklís Sylikiótis, Member of the Political Bureau, former Minister, former MEP AKEL, Cyprus
- Hişyar Özsoy, Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Affairs Co-spokesperson of HDP, Turkey
- Danai Koltsida, Head of the European Policy and Foreign Affairs Sector of SYRIZA-PA and Director of the Poulantzas Institute
- Laëtitia Sédou, European Network Against the Arms Trade, ENAAT
- Natalie Bennett, MP Green Party, UK (via Zoom)
- Bjørnar Moxnes, Leader of the Red Party, Norway (via Zoom)
- SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (TBC)
18:00 – 18:30 (CET): Coffee Break
18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: “How the left might address the current energy crisis”
(EN, FR, GR)
Ομιλητές:
- Mathieu Strale, Member of the Study Departement of PTB-PVDA, Belgium
- Boye Ullmann, Secretary of the department in charge of the Trade Union work, Red Party of Norway
- Campaign « Enough is enough » in the United Kingdom (TBC)
Συντονισμός:
- Ulrike Eifler, Die LINKE, Rosa-Luxemburg-Foundation Fellow
Organised by the EL Energy Transformation and Industrial Policy WG
18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: “Energy poverty and food crisis: how to keep track of climate ambitions”
(EN, FR, GR)
Ομιλητές:
- Petros Kokkalis, MEP Syriza-PA, The Left in the EP
- Benoit Biteau, MEP EELV, France
- Rena Dourou, Former Attica governor, member of the Executive board of Syriza-PA and spokesperson on Gender Equality of the Congress of Local and Regional authorities of the Council of Europe, Greece
- Luc Triangle, General Secretary of Industry-All (via Zoom)
- Claudia Horn, London School of Economics and political science, Belém/Brasil
- Marta Messa, General secretary of SlowFood (TBC)
- Sandra Benčić, MP Možemo!, Chairperson of the Environment Committee of Croatian Parliament (TBC)
- Ipes-food (TBC)
Organised by The Left in the EP
18:30 – 20:00 (CET): Workshop: “The Future of Europe: Democratic or dystopian?”
(EN, GR, ES)
Ομιλητές:
- Yiannis Bournous, MP Syriza-PA, Greece (TBC)
- Helmut Scholz, MEP Die Linke, The Left in the EP (TBC)
- Eleonora Evi, MEP Europa Verde, Greens/EFA (TBC)
- Domènec Ruiz Devesa, MEP PSOE, S&D (TBC)
- Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Former Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Greece (TBC)
Organised by Syriza
20:15 – 23:00 (CET): Concert: Marina Satti
Κυριακή, 23 Οκτωβρίου
10:00 – 12:00 (CET): Plenary 3: Solidarity as answer to current challenges
(EN, FR, GR, ES)
We want to put at the center of the debate the multidimensional issues of food, respect and preservation of the living, as well as social, energy and migration among others, because the notion of security is not strictly military.
Ομιλητές:
- Esther Lynch, Deputy General Secretary of European Trade Union Confederation – ETUC
- Patrick Le Hyaric, Former MEP presentation of his special issue “War and Hunger”
- Jean-Marie Collin, Expert and co-spokesperson of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), France
- Michael Müller, expert on security and environment, SPD, Germany
- Valérie Masson-Delmotte, IPCC leader (TBC)
- Benoit Biteau, MEP EELV, Greens/EFA (TBC)
- SOS Méditerranée (TBC)
12:00 – 12:30 (CET): Coffee Break
12:30 – 14:00 (CET): Conclusions
(EN, FR, GR, ES)
Final Declaration and action plan / Towards the 7th European Forum
Ομιλητές:
- Jose Luis Centella and a leader from the Greens
- Walter Baier, former President of transform! europe