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SUMMARY:Pro Life Movements in the US and in Europe: A Way Forward
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEP Margarita De La Pisa will host a panel discussion titled ‘Pro Life movements in the US and in Europe: the way forward’. \nSpeakers: \n\nAndrew J. Ekonomou\, Senior Counsel at the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and President of the board of the European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ)\nGrégor Puppinck\, Director of the European Center for Law and Justice (ECLJ)\n\nWhere: WEISS N1.3
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/pro_life_movements_in_the_us_and_in_europe_a_way_forward/
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SUMMARY:Securing the EU external borders
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEPs Kosma Złotowski\, Charlie Weimers\, and Jorge Buxadé host his excellency Ioannis Vrailas\, Ambassador of Greece to the European Union\, during the ECR Migration Policy Group meeting. \nThe exchange of views will address Turkey’s continued undermining of the security of the EU’s external borders through threats of hybrid warfare. Activist NGOs are also actively trying to undermine the different agencies in charge of border security to render them ineffective. Greece\, a frontline country in the EU’s external border crisis\, has a great deal of insight and knowledge to share on how to deal with border security matters.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/securing_the_eu_external_borders/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221116T170000
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SUMMARY:The Centennial of the Mandate for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEP Charlie Weimers\, together with MEP Lukas Mandt (EPP)\, will host a lecture with Dr Jacques Gauthier\, International lawyer and scholar. \nThis year marks the 75th anniversary of the UN partition plan and the 100th anniversary of the Mandate for Palestine. International lawyer Dr Jacques Gauthier will help connect the dots between these and other relevant events and treaties which today form the legal foundation of the State of Israel.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_centennial_of_the_mandate_for_palestine/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221110T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221110T103000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221606Z
CREATED:20221109T163900Z
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SUMMARY:The Data Act: Enhancing cloud switching and interoperability
DESCRIPTION:In line with the European Commission’s “digital targets for 2030”\, the competitiveness of the European services sector and industry rely heavily on an accelerated uptake of cloud services. While the Commission’s Data Act proposal highlights the right principles to remove barriers and boost cloud uptake in Europe\, its implementation seems quite challenging: the proposal does not recognise that the use of cloud services differs between market participants. \nIn this regard\, ECR MEP Adam Bielan\, Rapporteur on the IMCO Data Act Opinion\, has organised a roundtable conversation on Thursday 10 November with data experts Robert Condon\, Senior Director\, Government at VMware; Hans Bos\, Amazon Web Services Security Assurance Europe\, Public Sector; Amal Taleb\, EU Public Affairs Director\, SAP; Jacqueline van de Werken\, Group General Counsel & DPO\, Leaseweb; Julien Rolland\, EU Affairs Specialist\, Dassault Systèmes; and Dr Aleksandra Musielak\, Director of the Digital Economy Department\, Konfederacja Lewiatan. \nWhere: ASP 1H1
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_data_act_enhancing_cloud_switching_and_interoperability/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221110T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221110T090000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221609Z
CREATED:20221108T125300Z
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SUMMARY:The action of the Republic of Poland for the benefit of Ukrainian citizens fleeing war
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEP Joachim Brudziński\, together with Polish Government representative for war refugees from Ukraine Paweł Szefernaker\, will hold a joint public meeting on Poland’s response to the arrival of war refugees fleeing Ukraine due to Russian aggression titled: “The Action of the Republic of Poland for the benefit of Ukrainian citizens fleeing war”. Guest speakers will include representatives of Polish regional authorities\, local government and NGOs. \nThe event will take place in the European Parliament in room PHS 1A002.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_action_of_the_republic_of_poland_for_the_benefit_of_ukrainian_citizens/
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DTSTART:20221109T110000
DTEND:20221109T120000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221612Z
CREATED:20221107T080000Z
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SUMMARY:9 November 1989: a date that has shaped the modern history of our continent
DESCRIPTION:With the fall of the Berlin Wall\, communist tyranny collapsed and the conditions were created for the reunification of Europe in the name of freedom and democracy and against totalitarianism. \nTaking place on Wednesday 9 November 2022\, MEP Carlo Fidanza has organised the discussion forum “the Europe of Freedom” to reflect on the 33 years that have followed the fall of the Berlin Wall. Other speakers include MEP Prof Ryszard Legutko\, Chairman of the ECR Group; ECR MEP Roberts Zīle\, Vice-President of the European Parliament; EPP MEP Rasa Juknevičienė\, Chair of the EP Remembrance Group; NA MEP Enikő Győri; and ECR MEP Angel Dzhambazki.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/9_november_1989_a_date_that_has_shaped_the_modern_history_of_our_continent/
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SUMMARY:The Digital Europe: Disruptive Technology or Digital Dystopia?
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEP Hoogeveen hosts a panel discussion where experts will explore the opportunities and potential pitfalls of implementing the digital euro. While the investigation phase is still ongoing\, the realisation phase may begin as early as September 2023. Are we ready? \nPanellists: \n· Evelien Witlox\, Programme Manager of the digital euro\, ECB \n· Lex Hoogduin\, Former Director of the DNB / Professor at Groningen University \n· Wim Boonstra\, Special Advisor and Economist at RaboResearch Global Economics & Markets \nYou can watch the event live here.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_digital_europe_disruptive_technology_or_digital_dystopia/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221025T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221621Z
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SUMMARY:Lukashenka regime’s active role in the war against Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:ECR Coordinator on Foreign Affairs Anna Fotyga will host an event that sheds light on the Lukashenka regime’s active role in Russia’s war against Ukraine. \nAgainst the will of the Belarusian people\, the usurper Lukashenka has turned his country into a bridgehead for the Russian army\, thus becoming an accomplice in the war of aggression against Ukraine. He gave his consent to launch more than 700 rockets from Belarusian territory into Ukraine and numerous drones. Together with Putin and other perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity\, he has to be brought to justice. \nPanellists: \n\nAnna Fotyga\, ECR Coordinator on Foreign Affairs\nVladzimir Astapenka\, Deputy Representative for Foreign Affairs of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus\, Head of the Mission of Democratic Belarus in Brussels\nRobert Pszczel\, Senior Expert at Pulaski Foundation\, former Polish diplomat and NATO official\, former Director of NATO Information Office in Moscow\nNatalia Kaliada\, Expert at U.K. HQ of iSANS\, CEO of Creative Politics Hub\nAnton Motolko\, Belarusian Hajun Project\, Expert at iSANS
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/lukashenka_regimes_active_role_in_the_war_against_ukraine/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221018T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221018T120000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221623Z
CREATED:20221018T113700Z
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SUMMARY:National sovereignty on health and education issues
DESCRIPTION:National sovereignty on health and education issues. Awareness raising and call to action regarding the concerning provisions inside the EU-ACP Agreement \nSpeakers \n\nMargarita de la Pisa\, ECR MEP\nBert-Jan Ruissen ECR MEP\nHenk Jan van Schothorst\, International Executive Director\, Christian council\nSharon Slater\, President\, Family Watch International
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/national_sovereignty_on_health_and_education_issues/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221012T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221012T153000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221628Z
CREATED:20221005T152200Z
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Religion in Türkiye. A focus on Christian minorities
DESCRIPTION:ECR MEP Bert-Jan Ruissen\, together with ADF International\, will host a debate on the situation of Christians in Turkey who face discrimination and suppression by the Islamic-nationalist government. \nThe number of Christians in Turkey has diminished from 20 to 0.2 per cent of the population in the last 100 years. What are the prospects of these remaining Christians? What could the EU do for the freedom of belief in the country?  \nPanellists include Georgia du Plessis PhD (Belgium\, legal officer ADF International)\, Rev Konstantinos Kenanidis PhD (Belgium\, member of the College of Governance of EMUNA – an international interfaith educational formation program)\, Hayk Martirosyan PhD (Germany\, researcher at the Lepsiushaus Potsdam) and Mark Smith (UK\, lead a Turkish-speaking Evangelical church). \nRemote or physical participation is possible after registration by email: bert-jan.ruissen@ep.europa.eu \nWhen: Wednesday 12 October @ 14:00 – 15:30 CET \nWhere: ASP 1G2
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/freedom_of_religion_in_tuerkiye/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221010T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221011T200000
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SUMMARY:ECR Eurolat Iberosphere Summit\, Madrid
DESCRIPTION:For the second consecutive year\, the ECR Eurolat Working Group will hold a transatlantic meeting promoting the defence of democracy against attacks from new forms of totalitarianism and dictatorship in the Iberosphere. \nThe aim is to continue building a great Euro-Iberoamerican alliance of democratic forces that defend freedom and the values of Western civilization in both Europe and Iberoamerica. \nWhere: Eurostar Madrid Tower\, the event will be live-streamed on the ECR Group’s YouTube channel: Day 1 & Day 2 \nMonday 10 October \nPresentation of the II Eurolat Summit of the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)\, ‘Iberosphere Summit’ @ 11:00 CET \n‘Iberosphere Summit’ Opening @ 16:00 CET \nWelcome \n\nRocío Monasterio\, President and spokesperson for VOX (Spain) to the Community of Madrid\, Member of the Assembly of Madrid\n\nOpening \n\nJorge Buxadé\, Member of VOX (Spain) to the European Parliament\, Head of the Spanish Delegation of the ECR Group\, Member of the Bureau of the ECR Group\, First Vice-President of Political Action of VOX\n\nInauguration \n\nHermann Tertsch\, Member of VOX (Spain) to the European Parliament\, Vice-President of the ECR Group\, President of the ECR Eurolat Political Action Group\n\nPanel I: Economic\, political and environmental consequences under the hegemony of narco-communism: from terrorism to the constituent assembly @ 16:30 – 18:00 CET \n\nCarlo Fidanza\, Member of the Fratelli d’Italia to the European Parliament\, Vice-President of the ECR Eurolat Political Action Group\nMaría Fernanda Cabal\, Senator for the Centro Democrático to the Republic of Colombia\nVíctor González Coello de Portugal\, Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. VOX Spokesperson in the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Congress. Economic Vice President of VOX\nAna María Rodríguez\, Republican member to the Florida Senate\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nPanel II: How the cultural war is destroying democracies and freedoms in the European Union and Iberoamerica. The education/indoctrination of the masses @ 18:15 – 19:45 CET \n\nEnikő Győri\, Member of Fidesz to the European Parliament. Former Secretary of State for European Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Former Hungarian Ambassador to Spain.\nJosé Antonio Kast\, Candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Chile in 2021\nZoe Valdés\, Cuban and Spanish-French writer and artist and human rights defender\nErnesto Araújo (Liberal Party) – Diplomat. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nTuesday 11 October \nRoundtable I: 30 years after the collapse of the communist dictatorships in Europe: the resurgence of attempts to curtail freedoms on both sides of the Atlantic @ 9:00 – 10:30 CET \n\nJorge González-Gallarza\, Executive Director of Fundación Civismo. Madrid\nMaría Herrera\, President of the Hispanic Assembly of the Republican Party in Miami\nMiguel Ángel Quintana Paz\, Academic Director of ISSEP Madrid\nJuan Ángel Soto\, Director of the international area of Disenso Foundation\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nRoundtable II: The imperative mobilization of the consciences of the European-Iberoamerican alliance: awakening of the moral muscle @ 10:45 – 12:15 CET \n\nTomasz Poręba\, President New Direction\, Member of the European Parliament (Poland – Law and Justice Party)\nMike González – T. Arredondo Senior Fellow on E Pluribus Unum at The Heritage Foundation\nVanessa Kaiser\, Director of the Annah Arendt Chair at the Universidad Autónoma de Chile. PhD in Philosophy and Political Science\nRodrigo Ballester\, Director\, Centre for European Studies at Mathias Corvinus Collegium\, Hungary \nJorge Martín Frías\, General Director of Disenso Foundation\nModerator: José Antonio Fúster\, Editor jefe de La Gaceta de la Iberosfera\n\nCultural corner: The process of ideological-cultural insubordination: the intellectual force of the European-Iberoamerican alliance @ 12:30 – 13:30 CET \n\nJosé Luis López-Linares\, Writer\, director and film producer\, Spain\nIván Vélez\, Architect\, writer and associate researcher at the Gustavo Bueno Foundation\, Spain\nAntonio Moreno\, Historian\, writer and communicator\, Spain\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nPanel III: Relations between Europe and Iberoamerica: China and Russia\, a common threat @ 16:00 – 17:30 CET \n\nAnna Fotyga\, Member of Law and Justice to the European Parliament. Vice President of the ECR Eurolat Political Action Group. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland. Former member of the National Security Council\, Poland\nCarlos Sánchez Berzaín\, Bolivian lawyer and politician. Former Minister of the Presidency of the Republic. Former Minister of Government. Former Minister of Defence of the Republic of Bolivia\nEduardo Fernández-Luiña\, Director of Studies of the Disenso Foundation\, Spain\nHermann Tertsch\, Member of VOX to the European Parliament. Vice President of the ECR European Parliamentary Group. President of the ECR Eurolat Political Action Group\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nPanel IV: Political solutions: the reconquest of freedom @ 17:45 – 19:15 CET \n\nMaría Corina Machado\, President of Vente Venezuela\nAdriana Tudela (Avanza País Party)\, Lawyer and politician\, Congresswoman of the Republic of Peru\nVictoria Villarruel (Partido Demócrata)\, Lawyer. Member of the National Assembly of Argentina\nIván Espinosa de los Monteros\, Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. Spokesperson of the VOX Parliamentary Group in the Congress. National Vice Secretary of International Relations of VOX\nModerator: Carmen de Carlos\n\nClosing: The summit of the Iberosphere declaration @ 19:30 CET \n\nSantiago Abascal\, President of VOX\, Spain
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/ecr_eurolat_iberosphere_summit_madrid/
LOCATION:Eurostar Madrid Tower
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SUMMARY:Not Only Putin | Russia’s Deep State\, Society\, and Foreign Assets in the War Against Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:With timely debates on Russia’s hybrid threats and the war it is waging on Ukraine over the week\, ECR Coordinator on Foreign Affairs MEP Anna Fotyga has invited a panel of renowned Russian and Ukrainian politicians\, historians and dissidents to participate in a high-level conference entitled “Not Only Putin – Russia’s Deep State\, Society\, and Foreign Assets in the War Against Ukraine”. \n​Ms Fotyga will be joined by co-host MEP Kosma Złotowski\, historian Yuri Felshtinsky\, Russian politician llya Ponomarev – the only State Duma Member who voted against the annexation of Crimea in 2014\, Oleksiy Arestovych – Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine\, Mark Feygin – Russian lawyer and politician – former MP and Vice-Mayor of Samara\, and Russian scientist\, political writer and analyst Andrei Piontkovsky. Participants will share their views on the prospects of dealing with Russian aggression and putting an end to its imperialism once and for all. The conference will also be streamed live in both English and Russian languages from the ECR Group’s and Anna Fotyga’s social media channels. \nPanellists: \n\nAnna Fotyga\, MEP\, Poland\nKosma Złotowski\, MEP\, Poland\nYuri Felshtinsky\, Historian\, author of ‘Blowing up Ukraine\, The Return of Russian Terror and the Threat of World War III’\nIlyia Ponomarev\, Russian politician\, the only State Duma member who voted against the annexation of Crimea in 2014\nOleksiy Arestovych\, Advisor to the Head of Office of the President of Ukraine\nMark Feygin\, Russian lawyer and politician\, former MP and vice-mayor of Samara\nAndrei Piontkovsky\, Russian scientist\, political writer and analyst
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/not_only_putin_russias_deep_state_society_foreign_assets_in_the_war_against/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220927T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221631Z
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SUMMARY:Documentary \"Armed against communism\"
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 27 September 2022\, ECR MEP Alexandr Vondra\, together with the Informal Group on European Remembrance\, will host a screening of the documentary “Armed against communism”\, followed by a discussion with Josef Mašín\, hero of the armed resistance against communism. \nYou are cordially invited to the screening of the documentary and discussion with Josef Mašín\, taking place on Tuesday 27 September 2022 in the EP Library\, SPINELLI 6D128.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/documentary_armed_against_communism/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220621T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220621T183000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221632Z
CREATED:20220617T102900Z
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SUMMARY:Kalinowski Conference
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 21 June 2022\, ECR Foreign Affairs Coordinator Anna Fotyga will host a conference in cooperation with the Kalinowski Forum. The discussion will focus on the future of a democratic Belarus as part of the European family and in the context of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The event will open with special remarks from Žygimantas Pavilionis\, Chairperson of the Kalinovski Forum; Mateusz Morawiecki\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland; Ms Ingrida Šimonytė\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania; Ms Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Leader of democratic Belarus; and Olivér Várhelyi\, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement. The Conference will cover topics such as ‘The battle for freedom\, Lukashenko’s regime in the context of the war against Ukraine’\, ‘The people of freedom’. Repressions and the situation of political prisoners’\, ‘Sanctions. Deterring Lukashenko’s internal violence and alignment with the Russian aggressor’ and ‘Truth vs. lies. The situation of independent media vs regime propaganda’. \n​Programme \nRegistration @ 9:00 – 9:30 \nOpening remarks @ 9:30 \n\nAnna Fotyga MEP – Host of the Kalinovski Forum Brussels 2022\nŽygimantas Pavilionis – Chairperson of the Kalinovski Forum (online)\n\nSpecial remarks @ 9:45 \n\nH.E. Mr Mateusz Morawiecki\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (video remarks)\nH.E. Ms Ingrida Šimonytė\, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania (video remarks)\nMs Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, Leader of democratic Belarus (video remarks)\nOlivér Várhelyi \, EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (video remarks)\n\nPanel 1: The battle for freedom. Lukashenko’s regime in the context of war against Ukraine @ 10:15 \n\nModerator: Anna Fotyga MEP\nAmbassador Pawel Herczynski\, ManagingDirector Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response\, European Union’s External Action Service\nAmbassador Baiba Braže\, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy\, NATO\nAmbassador Dirk Schuebel Ambassador of the European Union to Belarus\nAmbassador Mark Gitenstein\, U.S. Representative to the European Union (tbc)\nPavel Latushka\,  Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (online)\nJamie Shea\, Professor of Strategy and Security\, University of Exeter\, former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges at NATO\nBrian Whitmore\, Atlantic Council\nBatu Kutelia\, Atlantic Council of Georgia\, McCain Institute for International Leadership\nA message from Ukraine (pre-recorded)\nOleksii Goncharenko\, MP\, Head Parliamentary Group “For democratic Belarus” (online)\nRadoslaw Sikorski MEP\nUrmas Paet MEP\n\nPanel 2: The people of freedom. Repressions and situation of political prisoners @ 11:30 \n\nModerator: Rasa Jukneviciene MEP\nThe case of Katsyaryna Andreyeva\, Darya Chulstova (a short movie)\nPavel Sapelko\, Human Rights Center “Viasna” (online)\nAleh Gulak\, the Chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (online)\nDavid J. Kramer\, Managing Director for Global Policy\, George W. Bush Institute (online)\nAles Zarembiuk\, Head of the Belarusian House in Warsaw\nVytis Jurkonis\, Freedom House (online)\nSamuel Cogolati\, Vice-chair Foreign Affairs Committee\, the Belgian Federal Parliament\nFrédéric Petit\, MP\, the French National Assembly (online)\nKhatia Dekanoidze\, MP\, Georgian-Belarusian Friendship Group\nVolha Pavuk\, Co-founder of the European Choice Initiative (online)\nMiriam Lexmann\, MEP\nAndrzej Halicki MEP\n\nOpening of the exhibition “Belarus Awakening”\, Anastazja Kozhapenka\, Belarusian House in Warsaw @ 14:45 \nPanel 3: Sanctions. Deterring Lukashenko’s internal violence and alignment with the Russian aggressor @ 15:00 \n\nModerators: Žygimantas Pavilionis\, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament\, Anna Fotyga MEP\nMaciej Popowski\, Deputy Director-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations\nRuben Harutunian\, Deputy chief of mission (DCM) at the U.S. Embassy in Minsk\, (pre-recorded)\nOleksii Makeiev\, Ambassador\, Special Envoy for Sanctions\, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (online)\nMaciej Stadejek\, Representative of Poland to the Political and Security Committee of the EU; Deputy Head of the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU\nAnatol Liabedzka\, Signatory of Belarussian independence\, Representative of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Constitutional Reform and Parliamentary Cooperation\nDaniel Fried\, Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton and Bush\, Ambassador to Poland\, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe (2005-09)\, (online)\nVladzimir Astapenka\, Deputy Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management\nBill Browder\, anticorruption activist\, the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management (video remark)\nStephen Nix\, Eurasia Director\, International Republican Institute (online)\nNatalia Kaliada\, The International Strategic Action – Network for Security\nPetras Auštrevičius MEP\nAndrius Kubilius MEP\nThijs Reuten MEP\n\nPanel 4: Truth vs. lies. Situation of independent media vs regime propaganda @ 16:30 \n\nModerator: Kosma Złotowski MEP\nJerzy Pomianowski\, Executive Director Endowment for Democracy\nAleh Aheyeu\, the Belarusian Association of Journalists\, Deputy Director (online)\nAgnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy\, Director of Belsat TV\nJamie Fly\, President ofRadio Free Europe (online)\nNatallia Radzina\, Editor-in-chief \,Charter97\nKrzysztof Skowronski\,Radio Wnet\nMartyna Bildziukiewicz\, Head of East Stratcom Task Force \nBernard Guetta MEP\nBeata Mazurek MEP
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/kalinowski_conference/
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SUMMARY:Europe is Ukraine\, Ukraine is Europe
DESCRIPTION:The war in Ukraine has not yet ended\, so each of us\, as Europeans\, must help our neighbour fight and win this brutal war. Only together can we make a difference. \nYou are cordially invited to the Interactive exhibition about the war in Ukraine “Europe is Ukraine\, Ukraine is Europe”\, taking place on 1 June 2022 at Station Europe (the European Parliament Visitor’s Centre).\n  \n​Agenda \n\nOpening ceremony @ 12:00\nWelcome remarks by Anna Zalewska\, Polish MEP from the ECR Group @ 12:05\nWelcome remarks by H.E. Vsevolod Chentsov\, Ambassador and Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU @ 12:10\nWelcome remarks by Vladyslav Atroshenko\, Mayor of the City of Chernihiv @ 12:15\nPresentation of the video about the war @ 12:30\nInteractive exhibition @ 12:45 – 17:00
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/europe_is_ukraine_ukraine_is_europe/
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Speech: Who dares anymore?
DESCRIPTION:MEP Assita Kanko is hosting a conference on freedom of expression with guests; Ayaan Hirsi Ali\, writer and activist\, and the philosopher\, Pascal Bruckner. The event will delve into topics such as freedom of thought and action\, wokeness\, cancel culture\, Islam\, human rights\, identity and European values. \nTwenty years ago\, Ayaan Hirsi Ali had to go into hiding because of her political views\, and she still has to be guarded to this day. Recently\, another journalist in France received death threats and went into hiding. Nothing has improved or changed in all these years. Even worse\, the extremists killed innocent victims in bloody attacks all over Europe\, and even teachers and journalists were killed by them in cold blood. What can and will we do about this? Is it time for a stronger voice of opposition\, time for action? \nSilencing \nAyaan Hirsi Ali is a famous and controversial human rights activist\, former politician and professor in the US. She has been under protection for twenty years because of her statements in the Netherlands about Islam and the rights of Muslim women. She now works from America and fights for freedom of speech and human rights. Hirsi Ali and Kanko recognise much in each other’s views and ambitions. Both are committed to human rights\, experience freedom of speech as the oxygen of democracy and will not be silenced by intolerance and fundamentalism. \n Bruckner \nAlso on the programme is the presentation by the well-known French philosopher and writer Pascal Bruckner on freedom\, cancelculture\, racism and terror. \nProgramme: \n\n11:30: Welcome and coffee with snacks \n12:00: Introduction by Pascal Bruckner\, philosopher and writer\n12:15: Interview Ayaan by MEP Kanko \n13:15: Q&A session \n13:45: conclusion\n14:00: Reception
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/freedom_of_speech_who_dares_anymore/
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SUMMARY:With open hearts
DESCRIPTION:Relief efforts of Central and Eastern Europe to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian war against Ukraine. \nOn Wednesday 18 May 2022\, MEP Anna Fotyga\, ECR Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs\, will host the conference “With open hearts. Relief efforts of Central and Eastern Europe to the humanitarian crisis caused by the Russian war against Ukraine” in room ASP 6 B54.  \nThe Russian war with Ukraine has forced millions of people to leave their homes in search of safety elsewhere in the country or in neighbouring countries. It is estimated that over 7.7 million people are internally displaced and over 5.5 million have crossed the borders to reach neighbouring countries. The Russian invasion of 24 February sparked the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe in decades. \nPanellists \n\nMEP Anna Fotyga\, ECR spokesperson for Foreign Affairs\nH.E. Andrii Deshchytsia\, Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland\nMP Marek Kuchciński\, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland\nMEP Miriam Lexmann (Slovakia)\nMihail POPŞOI\, Vice-President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova\, Chairman of the EU-MD PAC Delegation\nLord Daniel Hannan\, Conservative Party\nDavid Harris\, CEO of the American Jewish Committee
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/with_open_hearts/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220329
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DTSTAMP:20260929T221641Z
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SUMMARY:ECR Western Balkans Summit
DESCRIPTION:Europe as a Civilisational Choice \nOn Tuesday 29 March and Wednesday 30 March 2022\, the ECR Group will host recognised experts in the fields of security\, economy\, democratisation and European integration\, as well as current and former decision-makers from the Western Balkans region\, for the Summit: ‘Western Balkans – Europe as a civilisational choice’. Albania\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, North Macedonia\, Montenegro\, Kosovo and Serbia all have a prospect to join the European Union. The summit will focus on the issues of foreign interference and disinformation\, and the processes of EU enlargement and integration as opportunities for countries in the region to face up to current challenges – all this in the context of the ongoing debate on the future of Europe. \nThe first panel will carry out a general assessment of the state of play with regards to foreign interference and disinformation. Situated at the geopolitical crossroads between Europe and Asia\, the Western Balkan countries are prone to being exposed to foreign disinformation campaigns due to the overlapping interests of external powers. The region is constantly facing explicit acts of political pressure from countries like Russia\, China\, Iran and others. Any attempt to destabilise today’s fragile political balance poses a threat not only to the Western Balkans\, but to the EU as well. \nIn the second panel\, experts will discuss EU enlargement as an opportunity to overcome the challenges faced by the region. The Western Balkans are undeniably an integral part of Europe – culturally\, historically and geographically. On the other hand\, years after the first countries applied for EU accession\, the process has stalled. What are the main obstacles? What benefits would come of granting EU membership to the Western Balkan countries? What would be the impact on the future of Europe\, in terms of geopolitics and security\, economy\, culture and demography? \nSpeakers will try to define the role that Western Balkans countries might play in the future of Europe. \nEurope is not just the European Union\, and nor should these two terms be used synonymously. The ECR Group believes that we should use the opportunity offered by the Conference on the Future of Europe to make the voice of all Europeans heard. \nLive-streamed in English\, on the ECR Group’s YouTube and Twitter channels\, the broadcast will feature ECR Group Co-Chairmen Prof Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto; President of the ECR Institutional Policy Working Group Prof Zdzisław Krasnodębski; ECR MEPs Angel Dzhambazki\, Lars Patrick Berg\, Assita Kanko and Ladislav Ilcic; and distinguished guests: Ms Majlinda Bregu\, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council and former Minister of European Integration of Albania; Mr Haki Abazi MP Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo\, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora; and Ms Zorka Kordić\, Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession of Montenegro. \nProgramme \nOpening: Tuesday 29 March @ 16:30 CET \n\nECR Co-Chairman Raffaele Fitto MEP\nProf Zdzisław Krasnodębski MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\nMr Angel Dzhambazki MEP\, Chair\, ECR Working Group on Western Balkans\n\nPanel I: ‘Foreign interference and disinformation in the Western Balkans’ \nIntroductory remarks \n\nMs Zorka Kordić\, Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession of Montenegro\nMr Angel Dzhambazki MEP\, Chair\, ECR Working Group on Western Balkans\n\nExpert discussion \n\nMr Milan Jovanović\, Analyst\, Digital Forensic Research Center\, Montenegro\nMr Drizan Shala\, National Security Expert\, Institute for the Rapprochement of Inter-Ethnic Relations in Kosovo\nMs Dominika Cosić\, journalist and author\, TVP correspondent in Brussels\nMr Lars Patrick Berg MEP\nMr Angel Dzhambazki MEP\, Chair\, ECR Working Group on Western Balkans\n\nPanel II: ‘EU enlargement process as an opportunity to counter the challenges in the Western Balkans’: Wednesday 30 March @ 10:00 CET \nIntroductory remarks \n\nMs Majlinda Bregu\, Secretary General\, Regional Cooperation Council\nProf Zdzisław Krasnodębski MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\n\nExpert discussion \n\nDr Anton Panchev\, Department of Balkan Studies\, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”\nMr Haki Abazi MP\, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora\, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo\nMr Gjergji Vurmo\, Program Director\, Institute for Mediation and Democracy\, Albania\nMs Assita Kanko MEP\, Member of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee\, ECR Shadow Rapporteur on Albania\nMr Ladislav Ilcić MEP\, Member of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo\n\nClosing remarks: Wednesday @ 11:15 CET \n\nECR Co-Chairman Prof Ryszard Legutko\, MEP\nProf Zdzisław Krasnodębski MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\nMr Angel Dzhambazki MEP\, Chair\, ECR Working Group on Western Balkans\n\nThe show will be hosted by Milena Milotinova\, presenter of the “Brussels 1 TV Show”\, BULGARIA ON AIR TV.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/ecr_western_balkans_summit/
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SUMMARY:The French EU Council Presidency\, European Security\, and the EU Mediated Georgian-Russian Cease-Fire
DESCRIPTION:The French EU Council Presidency\, European Security\, and the EU Mediated Georgian-Russian Cease-Fire Agreement of 2008. Current State and the Way Forward \nNow\, when Ukraine is facing a full-scale aggression by the Russian Federation\, it is pertinent to focus once more on the details of the events of 2008. Batu Kutelia and Vasil Sikharulidze\, who were at the helm of the Ministry of Defence in 2008\, and are some the most credible witnesses of these events\, prepared a report in which they combined their political experience\, personal courage and analytical skills. \nThe French Presidency\, but also the collective West\, should draw conclusions from the 2008 War and ceasefire negotiations in order to unconditionally and permanently stop the Russian aggressor.  \nPlease join us on Wednesday 23rd March 2022 at 14h00 to discuss the report: The French EU Council Presidency\, European Security\, and the EU Mediated Georgian-Russian Cease-Fire Agreement of 2008. Current State and the Way Forward. \nThe presentation of the report will be web-streamed on Twitter.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_french_eu_council_presidency_european_security_and_the_eu_mediated_geor/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220318T163000
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SUMMARY:Their only crime was not being Russian: The Circassian Genocide
DESCRIPTION:The Circassian genocide\, or The Tlapserykh\, was the 19th century Russian Empire’s systematic extermination\, ethnic cleansing and forced expulsion of up to 97 percent of the north Caucasus Mountain’s indigenous Circassians from their ancestral lands. \nThe almost total annihilation of this ancient\, pre-Indo European people from lands they had inhabited for millennia was modern Europe’s first genocide. This was an example of the now infamous “Russian Way of War” which the world is now watching with horror\, as this infamous strategy is exposed in all of its sickening brutality in Ukraine today. In the case of the Circassians\, once the largest ethnic group in the northern Caucasus\, this extermination was so complete that few today know this nation even existed. \nGenerations after the loss of their primordial homeland and hundreds of thousands of their men\, women and children to the Russian invaders\, the Circassians of today are fighting for the right to return to their beloved mountain homeland. In 2011\, lawmakers in Georgia recognized the mass deportation and killing of ethnic Circassians by Tsarist Russia as genocide. Every year on May 21st\, the surviving Circassians commemorate the Circassian Genocide. Please join us for a discussion on this genocide that has been kept hidden for decades and sadly removed the name of the ancient Circassians from most of the world’s conscience. We will have a panel of experts\, historians\, journalists and politicians to discuss this Tsarist era “Special Military Operation” from its origins in the extermination of the Circassians in their lost sacred town of Sochi (later used for Putin’s showcase of Russian nationalism in the winter Olympics) to the sickening massacres of Bucha\, Mariuopol and elsewhere in Ukraine today. \nPanellists: \nFatima Tlis is a Voice of America journalist in Washington\, D.C. Fatima helped found the VOA anti-disinformation site Polygraph.info. Polygraph launched in 2016 with a  focus on Russia\, though the site now covers China and oppressive regimes in other parts of Asia\, Latin America\, Africa and the Mideast. Fatima\, an ethnic Circassian\, previously reported for The Associated Press on the turbulent situation in her home region of the North Caucasus. In 2007\, the United States granted Fatima asylum after series of threats and attacks on her by Russian security services. Fatima was actively involved in the initiative that led to the recognition of the Circassian Genocide by Georgia.  \nJanusz Bugajski is a Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington DC. He has authored 20 books on Europe\, Russia\, and trans-Atlantic relations. His latest book is entitled Failed State: Planning for Russia’s Rupture (2022). Recent books include Eurasian Disunion: Russia’s Vulnerable Flanks (with Margarita Assenova) (2016); Conflict Zones: North Caucasus and Western Balkans Compared (2014); Return of the Balkans: Challenges to European Integration and U.S. Disengagement (2013); and Georgian Lessons: Conflicting Russian and Western Interests in the Wider Europe (2010). Bugajski has been a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense\, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)\, and a course chair for South Central Europe Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute\, U.S. Department of State. He has testified before several Congressional Committees\, including: Helsinki Commission\, Senate Foreign Relations\, Senate Armed Services\, House Foreign Affairs\, and House Defense Appropriations.He is also a columnist or contributor to media outlets in the United States\, the United Kingdom\, Albania\, Bosnia-Hercegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Georgia\, Kosova\, and Ukraine. \nNugzar Tsiklauri is currently a Member of the Political Council of the United National Movement\, the largest opposition party in Georgia. Mr. Tsiklauri is a philologist by specialty. At the end of 1980s\, he was actively involved in the national movement for Georgia’s independence from the Soviet Union. In the 1990s he was a journalist at “Free Georgia” newspaper. In 2000-2006\, Mr. Tsiklauri was a Director of a Publishing House Litera\, and in 2006-2008\, the Director of the Publishing House of Tbilisi State University. Mr. Tsiklauri was a Member of the Parliament of Georgia for two terms. In 2008-2012\, he was a Chair of the Committee of Diaspora and Caucasus Issues. During 2012- 2016\, he was a Deputy Chair of the Committee of Diaspora and Caucasus Issues. Mr. Tsiklauri lived in Chechnya and Ingushia during 1992- 1993. He had a close contact with the 1st President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia\, Presidents of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dzhokhar Dudaev and Aslan Maskhadov. In 2011\, Mr. Tsiklauri initiated a resolution adopted by the Parliament of Georgia on Circassian genocide.  \nBrian Glyn Williams (remotely) is tenured Full Professor of Islamic History at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and formerly taught at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He is author of seven field research-based books on ethnicity\, warfare and terrorism in Eurasia. These include his most recent book with Oxford University Press\, The Crimean Tatars. From Soviet Genocide to Putin’s Conquest\, as well as an earlier book Inferno in Chechnya about the Russian Chechen Wars\, from the Tsarist period to Putin’s era. Dr. Williams is regular commentator on news venues ranging from CNN and BBC to Turkish Radio TV and has his work and articles appear in the New York Times\, Times of London\, Washington Post\, Time Magazine\, and Newsweek. He is also a regular writer for such journals as The Huffington Post\, West Point’s Counter Terrorism Center Sentinel and History News Network. He has extensive fieldwork in war zones ranging from Afghanistan and Iraq to Crimea and Bosnia and speaks Russian and Turkish. He has written and spoken on the Circassian genocide in such venues as CNN and the Huffington Post. For his articles\, books\, CV and images from his fieldwork in Eurasia\, see his website at: brianglynwilliams.com
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/their_only_crime_was_not_being_russian_the_circassian_genocide/
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SUMMARY:ECR Eastern Partnership Summit
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 March 2022\, the ECR Group will host recognised experts in the fields of security\, economy\, democratisation and European integration\, as well as current and former decision-makers from the Eastern Partnership region for the first ECR Eastern Partnership Summit\, titled ‘Eastern Partnership – Europe as a civilisational choice’. \nThe summit will focus on the questions: ‘What can the EU offer to the Eastern Neighbourhood countries?’ and ‘What added-value could the Eastern Neighbourhood countries bring to the EU with their gradual integration?’.\n The first panel will aim to carry out a general assessment of EU policies in the region in recent years and their influence on solving existing problems while the second panel will address a more broadly the long-term impact of the ongoing integration process with the Eastern Neighbourhood countries on the EU\, paying particular attention to the implications that this gradual opening towards the East might have for European economy\, security and defence policy\, as well as European demography\, societies and values. Speakers will try to define the role that Eastern Partnership countries have to play in the future of Europe. \nEurope is not only limited to the European Union\, nor should these two terms be treated as synonymous. That is why\, in order to make this reflexion genuinely European\, the ECR Group has decided to include in the debate on the future of Europe the perspectives of those countries aspiring to membership to or closer integration with the European Union\, i.e. those from the Eastern Partnership region and the Western Balkans. We should use the opportunity offered by the Conference on the Future of Europe to make the voice of all Europeans heard. \nLive-streamed in English\, Polish and Russian on the ECR Group’s YouTube channel\, the broadcast will feature ECR Group Co-Chairmen Professor Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto; President of the ECR Institutional Policy Working Group Prof Zdzisław Krasnodębski; ECR MEPs Alexandr Vondra\, Witold Waszczykowski and Anna Fotyga; and distinguished guests as Mr Ostap Semerak\, former Minister of Ecology of Ukraine; Mr Giorgi Baramidze\, former Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia and Mr Franak Viačorka\, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, leader of the Belarussian opposition. \nProgramme \nOpening: Tuesday @ 16:30 CET \n\nECR Co-Chairman Professor Ryszard Legutko\, MEP\nProfessor Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\nMr Giorgi Baramidze\, former Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration of Georgia\nMs Anna Fotyga\, MEP\, former chair of the EP Subcommittee on Security and Defence\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland\n\nPanel I: ‘What can the EU offer to the Eastern Neighbourhood countries?’: Tuesday @ 17:00 CET \nIntroductory remarks \n\nMr Ostap Semerak\, former Minister of Ecology of Ukraine\nProfessor Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\n\nExpert discussion \n\nMr Tevan Poghosyan\, president\, International Center for Human Development\, former Armenian MP\nDr Tinatin Akhvlediani\, research fellow\, Centre for European Policy Studies\nMr Franak Viačorka\, Senior Advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\, leader of the Belarussian opposition\nMs Veronika Movchan\, Academic Director\, Head of the Center for Economic Studies\, Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting\nDr Witold Waszczykowski\, MEP\, Chair of the EP Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee\, First Vice-Chair of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland\nDr Alexandr Vondra\, MEP\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs\, Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic\n\nPanel II: ‘What added-value could the Eastern Neighbourhood countries bring to the EU with their gradual integration?’: Wednesday @ 10:00 CET \nIntroductory remarks \n\nMr Luc Pierre Devigne\, Deputy Managing Director for Europe and Central Asia\, Director for Russia\, Eastern Partnership\, Central Asia and OSCE\, EEAS\nProfessor Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\n\nExpert discussion \n\nProfessor Ghia Nodia\, political scientist\, Caucus Institute for Peace\, Democracy and Development\, former Minister of Education and Science of Georgia\nMr Taras Voznyak\, political and cultural scientist\, director of the Lviv National Art Gallery\, editor-in-chief of Independent Cultural Journal Ї\nDr Vadim Pistrinciuc\, sociologist\, former Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection\, former Moldovan MP\nProfessor Elena Korosteleva\, political scientist\, University of Kent\nMr Hermann Tertsch\, MEP\, Member of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee\n\nClosing remarks: Wednesday @ 11:15 CET \n\nECR Co-Chairman Raffaele Fitto\, MEP\nProfessor Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, MEP\, Chair of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\n\nThe show will be hosted by Milena Milotinova\, Anchor of “Brussels 1 TV Show”\, BULGARIA ON AIR TV. \nThe event will be streamed with live interpretations in English\, Polish and Russian on the ECR Group’s YouTube channel. \nBroadcast live: Tuesday @ 16:30 – 18:30 CET & Wednesday @ 10:00 – 12:15 CET
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/ecr_eastern_neighbourhood_summit/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211203T093000
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SUMMARY:How to reform the Union for the future of Europe?
DESCRIPTION:On Friday 3 December 2021\, the ECR Group will host an international expert conference in Warsaw on the future of the European Union\, entitled: “How to reform the Union for the future of Europe”. Notable figures from academia will come together across three discussion panels\, entitled: ‘How to properly define common European values\, and how to work these values into the Treaties’\, ‘How to reform the institutional system of the EU’ and ‘Change of the Treaty: How to transpose the proposed institutional form into a legal framework’. \nProgramme \nOpening and introductory remarks @ 9:30 CET \n\nECR Co-Chairman Professor Ryszard Legutko\n\nPanel I: How to properly define common European values? How to put these values down into the Treaties @ 9:45 CET \n\nProfessor David Engels\, historian\, Free University of Brussels/Institute for Western Affairs\nProfessor Renato Cristin\, philosopher\, University of Trieste\nMax-Erwann Gastineau\, essayist\, journalist\, Le Figaro\nModerator: Jacek Karnowski\, journalist\n\nPanel II: How to reform the institutional system of the EU @ 11:00 CET \n\nDr Justyna Schulz\, economist\, director of the Institute for Western Affairs\nProfessor Francisco José Contreras\, Spanish MP\, jurist\, University of Seville\nJoachim Imad\, political scientist\, director of the Fondation Res Publica\nProfessor Jacek Czaputowicz\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland\, political scientist\, University of Warsaw\nProfessor Lucas Bergkamp\, lawyer\, Environment Strategy Council\nModerator: Antoni Opaliński\, Polskie Radio\n\nPanel III: Change of the Treaty: How to transpose the proposed institutional form into a legal framework @ 12:45 CET \n\nProfessor Przemysław Saganek\, jurist\, Polish Academy of Sciences\nProfessor Genowefa Grabowska\, jurist\, Instytut De Republica\nProfessor Dietrich Murswiek\, jurist\, University of Freiburg\nProfessor Magdalena Bainczyk\, jurist\, Institute for Western Affairs\nModerator: Bronisław Wildstein\, author\, columnist\n\nConclusions @ 14:00 CET \n\nProfessor Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, Chairman of the ECR Working Group on Institutional Reform\n\nThe event will be web streamed with live interpretations in English\, Polish\, Italian\, Spanish\, German and French on the ECR Group YouTube channel.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/how_to_reform_the_union_for_the_future_of_europe/
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SUMMARY:The role of the CBAM in the energy and economic strategies of the European Union
DESCRIPTION:On Monday 29 November 2021\, ECR MEP Izabela Kloc will host an online event on the role of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in the energy and economic strategies of the European Union. Politicians and experts will exchange views over one of the most important regulatory instruments that the European Union intends to use to maintain its economic competitiveness in the era of the European Green Deal. \nProgramme \nWelcome remarks @ 10:00 CET \n\nMs Izabela Kloc\, ECR MEP\, Poland\n\nIntroductory remarks @ 10:05 CET \n\nProfessor Ryszard Legutko\, Co-Chairman of the ECR Group\n\nRemarks @ 10:10 CET \n\nMr Mateusz Morawiecki\, Prime Minister of Poland \n\nImpact of the abolition of the ETS system on the Polish economy @ 10:30 CET \n\nMs Anna Moskwa\, Minister of Climate and Environment\, Poland \n\nIntroduction of CBAM as a trigger for a global trade war? @ 10:40 CET \n\nMr Alexandr Vondra\, ECR MEP\, Czech Republic \n\nThe significance of the CBAM pilot phase @ 10:50 CET \n\nProfessor Zdzislaw Krasnodebski\, ECR MEP\, Vice Chair of the Committee on Industry\, Research and Energy \n\nThe impact of CBAM on the process of equitable energy and economic transition in Poland @ 11:00 CET \n\nMr Piotr Pyzik\, Secretary of State in the Ministry of State Assets \n\nPresentation on the use of carbon footprint in building climate strategy of enterprises @ 11:40 \n\nProfessor Krzysztof Stanczyk \n\nPresentation on the impact of CBAM on the micro- and macro economy @ 12:00 \n\nDr. Marcin Baron\n\nConcluding remarks @ 12:30 \n\nMs Izabela Kloc\, ECR MEP\, Poland\n\nYou can follow the live broadcast here.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/the_role_of_the_cbam_in_the_energy_and_economic_strategies_of_the_european/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211127T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211127T163000
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SUMMARY:Europe’s Strategy for beating cancer: the long-term effects for our health
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday 27 November\, a webinar organised and hosted by MEP Andrey Slabakov will bring together Members of the European Parliament\, representatives from the European Commission and Bulgarian Ministry of Health\, international oncology experts and the pharmaceutical industry for a virtual roundtable discussion on the EU’s approach to fighting cancer. In light of on an upcoming vote of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer\, MEP Andrey Slabakov has invited stakeholders to the table to discuss the expected impacts of the Beating Cancer Plan\, not only on a policy level\, but for real patients\, for those at risk\, and for cancer survivors. The event aims to highlight both the strong and weak points underlying the European strategy on cancer and any potential for its improvement. \n​Programme \nOpening and welcome remarks @ 9:30 CET \n\nMr. Andrey Slabakov\, ECR MEP\, Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer\n\nHow Europe is beating cancer and what it means for the future @ 9:40 CET \n\nMs. Joanna Kopcinska\, ECR MEP\, Vice-Chair of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer\n\nThe new EU mission on cancer @ 10:00 CET \n\nMs. Barbara Kerstiens\, Acting Director for Health\, Directorate-General Research & Innovation\, European Commission\n\nParliament’s view on the Beating Cancer Plan @ 10:20 CET \n\nMs. Dolors Montserrat\, MEP\, Rapprorteur for the Pharmaceutical Strategy report\nMr. Pietro Fiocchi\, ECR MEP\, Shadow Rapporteur for the report on the EU Beating Cancer Plan\nMr. Andrey Slabakov\, ECR MEP\, Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer\n\nThe Bulgarian approach to the Beating Cancer Plan @10:50 \n\nDr. Maria Tyufekchieva\, Chief of Department of Health Promotion\, Prevention of Diseases and Additions Directorate\, Ministry of Health\, Bulgaria\n\nDiscussion with Q&A from oncology experts @ 11:00 \nThe long-term effect of the Beating Cancer Plan on our health – roundtable discussion @ 13:30 \n\nProf. Dobrin Konstantinov\, MD\, PhD – Head\, Pediatric Clinical Hematology and Oncology Department\, “Tsaritsa Johanna” Hospital\, Sofia\nAssoc. Prof. Dimitar Kalev\, MD\, PhD – Head\, Medical & Radiation Oncology Direction SBALOZ “Dr. M. Markov”\, Varna \nAssoc. Prof. Ilina Micheva\, MD\, PhD – Haematology Department Medical University of Varna \nAssoc. Prof. Natalia Chilingirova\, MD\, PhD – Head of Medical Oncology Clinic at the Center of Clinical Excellence\, Pleven\nDr. Alexandrina Vlahova – Chairperson of the Bulgarian Pathology Association \nDr. Stanimir Hasardzhiev – Founder and Chairperson of the Bulgarian National Patients’ Organization (NPO) \nMs. Ivana Cattaneo – Vice-Chair\, EFPIA Oncology Platform\n\nConclusion: \n\nDr. Ivian Benishev\, Director of the Medical Activities Directorate at the Bulgarian Ministry of Health \n\nQ&A session with viewers @ 15:00 \nConclusion and closing remarks @ 16:00 \n\n Mr. Andrey Slabakov\, ECR MEP\, Member of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer\n\nYou can follow the live broadcast on YouTube (EN) and Facebook (BG).
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/europes_strategy_for_beating_cancer_the_long_term_effects_for_our_health/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211117T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260929T221648Z
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SUMMARY:Maritime Security and the Blue Economy
DESCRIPTION:The ECR Group has the pleasure to invite you to an online conference on ‘The unexploded munitions and chemical residues in the sea – in search for lasting and economically viable solutions’ with the participation of main EU stakeholders and leading experts from Europe and North America. \nProgramme \nWelcome remarks @ 10:00 CET \n\nAnna Fotyga\, ECR Foreign Affairs Spokesperson\, Poland\n\nKeynote speeches \n\nVirginijus Sinkevičius\, EU Commissioner for Environment\, Seas and Fisheries \nJacek Sasin\, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland\, Minister of State Assets\n\nPanel I: Underwater unexploded ordnance and chemical residues – from global problem to best solutions @ 10:30 CET \nSea dumping of unwanted chemical and conventional munitions has occurred at many sites around the world. Most of the dumping episodes occurred following the end of the World Wars when unused war stocks required disposal. These hazards did not evaporate deep below the surface of the seawater. They still affect the Baltic Sea\, the North Sea\, the Adriatic Sea\, but also Atlantic coast of the United States\, Canada and continue to be a source of concern for Australia or Japan. Conventional and chemical weapons threaten human life and the marine environment. They endanger fishing and navigation\, impeding the development of offshore energy\, aquaculture\, shipping\, tourism and other sectors of the blue economy. \nIn this panel we will assess the legal framework and global attempts to tackle the problem of the conventional and chemical munitions dumped in the seas and oceans. \nSpecial remarks \n\nTerrance P. Long\, CEO\, International Dialogues on Underwater Munitions\, Canada\n\nModerator \n\nAssita Kanko\, ECR MEP\, Belgium\n\nSpeakers \n\nFredrik Haag\, Head of the Office for the London Convention/Protocol and Ocean Affairs\, International Maritime Organization\, UK\nCDR Herman Lammers\, Director\, NATO Naval Mine Warfare Centre of Excellence\, Belgium\nDr. Margo Edwards\, Director\, Applied Research Laboratory\, University of Hawaii\, USA\nCapt. (N) Prof. Bartłomiej Pączek\, Dean\, Faculty of Command and Maritime Operations\, Polish Naval Academy\, Poland\n\nPanel II: Unexploded ordnance and chemical residues in the Baltic Sea – the state of play and call for further actions @ 12:30 CET \nAs a consequence of World War II dozens of tons of munitions and chemical weapons were sank in the Baltic Sea\, which now experts consider to be one of the most polluted seas in the world. Due to inter alia incomplete documentation on the number and places of dumps\, it is impossible to determine the exact amount of the chemical munitions lying on the seabed\, containing toxic substances\, such as mustard gas\, and representing a serious hazard to the environment and to the people. Apart from the munitions itself\, there are also hundreds of shipwrecks which progressive corrosion creates a risk of leakage of fuel\, petroleum products and poisonous warfare agents. This may cause an ecological disaster and poison large areas of the Baltic Sea. \nPanellists will present the most current knowledge on unexploded ordnance\, munitions and chemicals lying on the bottom of the Baltic Sea\, and propose the most effective and economically viable solutions. They will also suggest what course of action should the EU Institutions\, Member States\, science\, private sector and other stakeholders take to solve this problem. \nSpecial remarks \n\nAmbassador Vaidotas Verba\, Head of Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the International organizations in Vienna\n\nModerator \n\nAnna Fotyga\, ECR Foreign Affairs Spokesperson\, Poland\n\nSpeakers \n\nIglika Yakova\, Deputy Head of Unit A3\, Sea-basin strategies\, maritime regional cooperation and maritime security\, DG MARE\, European Commission\nAmbassador Grzegorz M. Poznański\, Director General\, Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat\, Sweden\nProf. Paula Vanninen\, Director\, Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention\, University of Helsinki\, Finland\nProf. Jacek Bełdowski\, Institute of Oceanology\, Polish Academy of Sciences\, Poland\n\nPanel III: Research and innovative technologies as economically viable solutions @ 14:30 CET \nExperts and stakeholders agree that disposal of old conventional and chemical weapons\, lying in the seas and oceans\, is a necessity. Changing ocean temperatures\, salinity and density levels are having an unknown effect on the dumped munitions. As human use of the sea for energy\, aquaculture and other resources expands\, tackling munitions in the seas is becoming an increasingly pressing issue. Views on how to deal with this threat are divided and engineers\, scientists\, policymakers and financiers are currently debating the best strategies for safely destroying the weapons. Some experts insist that the munitions should be left where they are\, but that they should be properly secured against leakage and corrosion\, others argue it should be removed or neutralised\, ia. bioremediation. \nPanellists will discuss and present some of the environmentally-friendly and cost-effective solutions for controlling and cleaning the pollution emerging from the dumped munitions. \nModerator \n\nKosma Złotowski\, ECR MEP\, Poland\n\nSpeakers \n\nAnna Lutek\,Director of PR and Communications\, Enea Group\, Poland\nClaus Böttcher\, Ministry for Energy Transition\, Agriculture\, Environment\, Nature and Digitization of Schleswig-Holstein\, Coordinator of the Knowledge Hub “Munitions in the Sea”\nCharles Diggs\, CEO\, Dynasafe \, USA\nŁukasz Porzuczek\, CEO\, GeoFusion Group\, Poland \n\nClosing remarks @ 15:45 CET \n\n Anna Fotyga\, ECR Foreign Affairs Spokesperson\, Poland\n\nYou can follow the live broadcast on YouTube (EN & PL) or on Twitter.
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/maritime_security_and_the_blue_economy1/
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SUMMARY:Webinar \"Network of Networks: The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe\"
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, 10 November\, a webinar organised and hosted by MEP Charlie Weimers\, Chair of the ECR’s Working Group on Religious Freedom\, will bring together key experts on the Muslim Brotherhood to discuss the organisation’s radical intolerant Islamist ideology that runs counter to European values and fundamental rights. \nThe webinar will explore research and case studies on how the organisation’s ideology and activities threaten social cohesion and the Member States’ national security. The experts will also provide concrete policy recommendations on how European governments and the EU institutions can best counter the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe as part of the continent’s fight against terrorism and radicalisation. \nPanellists: \n\nCharlie Weimers\, MEP\nDr. Paul Stott\, Head of Security and Extremism\, Policy Exchange\, UK\nProf. Dr. Ruud Koopmans\, Director\, Migration\, Integration\, Transnationalisation Research Unit\, Berlin Social Science Centre\, (WZB)\, DE\nDr. Tommaso Virgili\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)\, DE\nModerator: Dr. Richard Burchill\, Senior Fellow\, European Foundation for Democracy\, BE\n\nYou can follow the live broadcast here. \nWhen: Wednesday @ 13:30 – 15:00
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/network_of_networks_the_muslim_brotherhood_in_europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210928T193000
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SUMMARY:Cuba - Fighting to be free
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \n\nHermann Tertsch MEP\, President ECR Eurolat Policy Group\, Spain\nRadek Fogiel MP\, Poland\, ECR Party Vice-President\nRosa María Payá\, Executive director of the Foundation for Pan American Democracy and founder of Cuba Decide\nFreyser Martinez\, Independent journalist and promoter of Cuba Decide
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/cuba_fighting_to_be_free/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210714T100000
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SUMMARY:Forgotten Leaders who built our Europe: How faith and freedom prevailed over totalitarianism
DESCRIPTION:Forgotten Leaders who built our Europe: How faith and freedom prevailed over totalitarianism – the life of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac \nOn Wednesday\, the ECR Group will broadcast a webinar on “How faith and freedom prevailed over totalitarianism – the life of Cardinal Alojzije Stepinac”\, moderated by Croatian ECR MEP Ladislav Ilčić. \nBorn on 8th May 1898\, Cardinal Stepinac served as the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1937 until his death on 10th February 1960. Although disliked by the Ustaše and the German Nazis for his righteousness\, after World War II\, Cardinal Stepinac was trialled by the communist Yugoslav government and convicted of treason and collaboration with the Ustaše regime. Cardinal Stepinac is known for his actions promoting free and independent Croatia\, but also for his struggle to save the lives of many Croats\, Serbs and Jews. On 3rd October 1998 Cardinal Stepinac was declared a martyr and was beatified by Pope John Paul II. \nPart of the “Forgotten Leaders who built our Europe” series by the ECR Group\, this event aims to commemorate the life and deeds of the Croatian Cardinal with a debate\, the screening of a documentary movie “The Incarnated Lie” and the publication of the bilingual booklet “A Victor Over the Incarnated Lie”. \nSpeakers: \n\n Ladislav Ilčić MEP\, Croatia\nCristian Terhes MEP\, Romania\nAlexander Vondra MEP\, Czech Republic (video message)\nDavor Trbušić\, screenplay writer for “The Incarnated Lie”\nMario Jareb\, PhD\, Croatian Institute of History\n\nLive broadcast on the ECR Group YouTube channel
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/forgotten_leaders_who_built_our_europe_how_faith_and_freedom_prevailed_over/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210701T143000
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DTSTAMP:20260929T221714Z
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SUMMARY:Terrorism in the XXI century - What should the EU do?
DESCRIPTION:Patryk Jaki MEP cordially invites you to the international conference ‘Terrorism in the XXI Century – What should the European Union do?’ \n15.00 Welcome Remarks \n\nPatryk Jaki MEP\, Rapporteur on Terrorist Content Online regulation\, Former Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland\, Former Chairman of the Polish Penitentiary Council\n\n 15:05 I. PANEL DISCUSSION \nTerrorism continues to be a major threat to our society. Experts will present the main challenges and problems as well as their solutions. They will also summarize what their institutions are doing in the fight against terrorism. The key question will be what strategy the European community should adopt to deal with the problem. \nRemarks \n\nMr. Fabrice Leggeri\, Executive Director of Frontex\nMs. Heike Buss\, European Commission\, Deputy Head of Counter-Terrorism Unit\nMr. Claudio Galzerano\, Europol\, Head of Department of the European Counter Terrorism Centre\nMs. Beata Marczak\, Deputy National Prosecutor in Poland\, responsible for the Counter-Terrorism Unit\nModerator: Patryk Jaki MEP\, Rapporteur on Terrorist Content Online regulation\, Former Deputy Minister of Justice of Poland\, Former Chairman of the Polish Penitentiary Council\n\n 16:00 II. PANEL DISCUSSION \nTerrorism must be looked at not only through the prism of European but also global problems. Uncontrolled movement of people between continents may be an important element to consider. How do we deal with terrorism today? Especially when a huge part of their activity is gathered on the Internet. Experts and politicians will present the main challenges and problems and their solutions. \nRemarks \n\nMr. Saad Amrani\, Chief Commissioner at the Brussels Police Department and Strategic Advisor to the Commissioner General of the Federal Police of Belgium\nMr. Javier Zarzalejos MEP\nMr. Nicola Procaccini MEP\nDr Wojciech Szewko\, Expert of the Terrorism Research Centre for Collegium Civitas\nModerator: Charlie Weimers MEP\n\n 17:30 Closing remarks \nBroadcast of the event: https://terrorismdebate.eu/
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/terrorism_in_the_xxi_century_what_should_the_eu_do/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210626
DTSTAMP:20260929T221721Z
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SUMMARY:Continuation of the ECR Group’s European Tour in Madrid\, Spain
DESCRIPTION:On Friday 25 June\, Madrid\, Spain\, will host the eighth event in the ECR Group’s conference on the future of Europe: “Europe’s Future – A New Hope”. \nThe ECR Group’s live broadcast “Europe’s Future: A New Hope\, Madrid” will feature ECR Group Co-Chairman Professor Legutko\, President of the ECR Institutional Policy Working Group Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodębski\, Santiago Abascal\, President of VOX in Spain\, ECR MEPs Jorge Buxadé\, Angel Dzhambazki\, Nicola Procaccini\, Mazaly Aguilar\, Margarita de la Pisa\, Hermann Tertsch and other distinguished guests. \nAnyone is invited to stream the event live on Friday 25 June at 19:00 CET and pose questions to the panellists directly in the YouTube Livestream chat\, or by tweeting with the hashtag #AskResetEU. \nA Live broadcast from Madrid\, Spain \nEuropean Union 2.0: a programme for reform \nFriday 25 June at 19:00 CET \nSpeakers \n\nProf. Ryszard Legutko MEP\, Poland\, Co-Chairman of the ECR Group\nRaffaele Fitto MEP\, Italy\, Co-Chairman of the ECR Group\nProf. Zdzisław Krasnodebski MEP\, Poland\, President of the ECR Institutional Policy Working Group\nJorge Buxadé MEP\, Spain\, Leader of VOX Delegation in the European Parliament\nHermann Tertsch MEP\, Spain\, VOX\, President of ECR Eurolat Policy Working Group\nAngel Dzhambazki MEP\, Bulgaria\, Leader of the VMRO Delegation in the European Parliament\nNicola Procaccini MEP\, Fratelli d’Italia\, Italy\nMazaly Aguilar MEP\, VOX\, Spain\, Vice-Chair of the Agriculture Committee in the European Parliament\nMargarita de la Pisa MEP\, VOX\, Spain\, member of the FEMM committee in the European Parliament\nSantiago Abascal\, VOX\, Spain\, President\nRocio De Meer MP\, VOX\, Spain\, deputy in Congress\nCarla Toscano MP\, VOX\, Spain\, deputy in Congress\nHumberto Calderón Berti\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela\nMaria Corina Machado\, President of Vente Venezuela\, Venezuela\nMarion Marechal\, Director of the ISSEP\, France\n\nProgramme \nOur vision @ 19:00 CET \n\nProf. Ryszard Legutko MEP\, Poland\, Co-Chairman of the ECR Group\nRaffaele Fitto MEP\, Italy\, Co-Chairman of the ECR Group\nProf. Zdzisław Krasnodebski MEP\, Poland\, President of the ECR Institutional Policy Working Group\n\nAgenda 2030 @ 19:20 \n\nModerator: Jorge Buxadé MEP\, Spain\, Leader of VOX Delegation in the European Parliament\nAngel Dzhambazki MEP\, Bulgaria\, Leader of the VMRO Delegation in the European Parliament\nNicola Procaccini MEP\, Fratelli d’Italia\, Italy\nMazaly Aguilar MEP\, VOX\, Spain\, Vice-Chair of the Agriculture Committee in the European Parliament\nMargarita de la Pisa MEP\, VOX\, Spain\, member of the FEMM committee in the European Parliament\nRocio De Meer MP\, VOX\, Spain\, deputy in Congress\nCarla Toscano MP\, VOX\, Spain\, deputy in Congress\n\nSpain made Europe – the role of the Iberosphere in Europe @ 19:50 \n\nModerator: Jorge Buxadé MEP\, Spain\, Leader of VOX Delegation in the European Parliament\nHermann Tertsch MEP\, VOX\, Spain\, President of ECR Eurolat Policy Working Group\nMaria Corina Machado\, President of Vente Venezuela\, Venezuela\n Humberto Calderón Berti\, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela\n\nFuture of Europe @ 20:00 CET \n\nModerator: Jorge Buxadé MEP\, Spain\, Leader of VOX Delegation in the European Parliament\nSantiago Abascal\, VOX\, Spain\, President\nMarion Marechal\, Director of the ISSEP\, France\n\nThe event will be web streamed with live interpretations in English\, Spanish\, Polish\, Italian and French: \n\n English: https://youtu.be/ZhE8N222esg\nSpanish: https://youtu.be/fYC04Cg3OWo\nPolish: https://youtu.be/CLvfGZ1nOKo\nItalian: https://youtu.be/YPlBqIJRC-Y\nFrench: https://youtu.be/6N7oytBwkqY\n\nJoin us as we stop in the capitals of our European nations to discuss Europe’s Future with politicians\, academics\, and civil society. Our broadcasts will be live streamed to share our vision across the continent. \nMore to come on our Social Media Channels and on our website: www.ecrthefuture.eu #ResetEU
URL:https://ecrgroup.eu/event/continuation_of_the_ecr_groups_european_tour_in_madrid_spain/
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