The Forum on the future of Europe will take place at the Congress Centre Roma Eventi and will be followed by a March for Europe. The Turkey European Union Association also known as the European Movement-Turkey will be attending both the Forum and the March for Europe.

08:00 – 08:45 Arrival and Registration

08:45 – 09:00 Opening greetings by the promoting organisations

• Elmar BROK, Member of the European Parliament, President of the Union of European Federalists (UEF)
• Isabelle DURANT, President of The Spinelli Group
• Jo LEINEN, Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Movement International (EMI)

09:00 – 09:10 Opening address

• Sandro GOZI, Italian Undersecretary of State for European Affairs

09:10 – 10:25 Round table I

• Andrew DUFF, Visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre  and former Member of the European Parliament and
• Daniel INNERARITY, Philosopher and essayist
• Kalypso NIKOLAÏDIS, Director of the Center for International Studies at Oxford University
• Jean QUATREMER, EU Correspondent for Libération
• Eugenio SCALFARI, Journalist and writer, founder of “La Repubblica” (tbc)
• Albert SOLÉ, Film director, Goya Prize winner
• Loukas TSOUKALIS, Professor, University of Athens

MODERATOR: Eva GIOVANNINI, RAI Journalist

10:30 – 11:45 Round table II

• Romano PRODI, former President of the European Commission and Italian Prime Minister
• Emma BONINO, former European Commissioner and Italian Foreign Minister
• Sylvie GOULARD, Member of the European Parliament
• Christopher GLÜCK, President of the Young European Federalists (JEF)
• Danuta HÜBNER, Chair of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
• Guy VERHOFSTADT, European Parliament Brexit Negotiator and President of the ALDE group

MODERATOR: Beppe SEVERGNINI, Vice-Director of Corriere della Sera and Director of Sette

11:45 – 12:20 Interventions in Plenary

• Markku MARKKULA, President of the European Committee of the Regions
• Emily O’REILLY, European Ombudsman
• Luis ALVARADO MARTINEZ, President of the European Youth Forum
• Brando BENIFEI, Member of the European Parliament
• Josep BORRELL, former President of the European Parliament
• Silvia COSTA, Member of the European Parliament
• Monica FRASSONI, Co-Chair of the European Green Party
• Guillaume KLOSSA, Initiator of CIVICO Europe, President of Europa Nova
• Alain LAMASSOURE, Member of the European Parliament
• Marcin ŚWIĘCICKI, Member of the Polish Parliament
• Frédéric VALLIER, Secretary General, Council of European Municipalities and Regions
• Jeremy WATES, Secretary General of the European Environmental Bureau

12:20 – 12:30 Closing speech

Buses will transfer participants from the Forum to the March gathering point

Because of an unexpected high number of registrations, the sign-up form for the Forum “Europe Fights Back: Re-building vision, Re-gaining Trust, Re-launching Unity” had to be closed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

PROGRAMME

MARCH FOR EUROPE 2017

11:00 – 13:00 Gathering at Piazza della Bocca della Verità

13:00 – 14:00 Opening speeches

14:00 – 14:30 March for Europe 2017

14:30                 End of the March at the Coliseum (Constantin Arch)

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