THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER 2008

Opening of the meeting

• Mrs Monica FRASSONI, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
• Mrs Dominique VOYNET, Senator and Mayor of Montreuil

• Mr Claude BARTELONE, President of the General Council of  la Seine-Saint-Denis

   

EU policy:  human rights or economic cynicism

(interpretation in French, English, German, Italian)

Chair and introduction: Mr Daniel COHN-BENDIT, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the  European Parliament

Speakers:

• Mr Jean-Pierre JOUYET, French Secretary of State for European Affairs
• Mrs Hélène FLAUTRE, Chair of Human Rights Sub-Committee in the European Parliament
• Mrs Rebecca HARMS, Vice-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Temporary Committee of Climate Change
• Mrs Marie-Anne ISLER BEGUIN, Chair of the South Caucasus Delegation in the European Parliament

 Debate/question time

FRIDAY 10 OCTOBER 2008

State of affairs: EU Commission Energy/Climate package

(interpretation in French, English, German, Italian)

Chair and introduction: Mr Alain LIPIETZ, Chair of the Delegation for the relations with the countries of the Andean Community

Speakers:

• Mrs Nathalie KOSCIUSKO-MORIZET, Secretary of State for Ecology, France
• Mrs Kathalijne BUITENWEG, Member of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
• Mr Yannick JADOT, Former Greenpeace Campaign Director, France
• Mrs Michèle RIVASI, Founder of CRIIRAD, Vice-President of Drôme General Council

Debate/question time

Food security and GMOs

(interpretation in French, English, German, Italian)

Chair and introduction:  Mr Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF, Vice-Chair of the Agriculture Committee in the European Parliament

Speakers:

• Mrs Marie-Hélène AUBERT, Vice-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
• Mr Jean-Paul BESSET, Former Editor in Chief of Politis
• Mr José BOVE, Farming Trade Unionist from "ConfédérationPaysanne" and Via Campesina

Round Table - Capitalism: first socio-ecological crisis

(interpretation in French, English, German, Italian)

Chair and introduction: Mr Alain LIPIETZ, Chair of the Delegation for the relations with the countries of the Andean Community

Speakers:

• Mr Pierre JONCKHEER, Vice-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
• Mr Pascal CANFIN, acting Director General and journalist at "Alternatives Economiques"
• Mr Jérôme GLEIZES, Professor of Economics at Paris XIII University, Villetaneuse
• Mr Stéphane ROZES, Director General of CSA (French political polling organisation) and Professor at Sciences-Po

Debate/question time