With Algirdas SEMETA, European Commissioner Responsible for Taxation and Customs Union, Discharge, Audit and Anti-Fraud and a five-minute statement by Wolf KLINZ MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With William NEALE, Member of Cabinet, EU Commissioner Janez Potonik, Responsible for Environment; Simon BAILEY, Customer Service Director UK & Ireland Unilever, Manufacturer Co-Chairman of the Packaging and Product Waste Work Group, ECR UK and Nina von RADOWITZ, Director, Head of Sustainability, Metro Group. Chairwoman: Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
With Karel DE GUCHT, EU Commissioner, Responsible for Trade and a five-minute statement by Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With António CAMPINOS, President, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and a five-minute statement by Andreas SCHWAB MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Conclusions by Edit HERCZOG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Marielle GALLO MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs; Pedro VELASCO MARTINS, Deputy Head of Unit Intellectual Property and Public Procurement, DG Trade, European Commission Adam ORZECHOWSKI, Deputy Director of the Trade Policy Department in the Ministry of Economy, Representing the Polish Presidency; Stefan JOHANSSON, Deputy Director, Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law, Swedish Ministry of Justice and Alessandra SILVESTRO, International Intellectual Property lawyer, Silvestro Law Firm. Kindly chaired by Bill NEWTON DUNN MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Development
With David HARMON, Member, Cabinet of Commissioner Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, DG Research & Innovations, European Commission; Kay SWINBURNE MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Didier MALHERBE, Board Member, European Biopharmaceutical Enterprises (EBE); Vice-President UCB and Hildrun SUNDSETH, Board Member, European Institute of Women's Health (EIWH). Kindly chaired by Paul RÜBIG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Ana GOMES MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Foreign Affairs and Ruud VAN ENK, Deputy Head of Unit « Kosovo Issues », DG Enlargement, European Commission. Chairperson: Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Vicky FORD MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Kai SPITZER, National Expert in Banking Regulation, DG Internal Market and services, European Commission; Herbert VALLANT, Head of EU Affairs, Österreichischer Sparkassenverband and Christian LAJOIE, Head of Group Prudential Affairs, BNP Paribas. Chairperson: Othmar KARAS MEP
With Olle SCHMIDT MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Walter DEFFAA, Director General, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission. Kindly chaired by Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH, former MEP and Chairperson until 2004 of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Jürgen CREUTZMANN MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Lotte TAYLOR, Member, Cabinet of Algirdas SEMETA, European Commissioner Responsible for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP.
With Margot FRÖHLINGER, Director "Intellectual Property", DG Internal Market & Services, European Commission and Johannes STUDINGER, Head of UNI-MEI Global. Conclusion by Bill NEWTON DUNN MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Development. Kindly chaired by Andreas SCHWAB MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
With Jonathan FAULL, Director General, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission; Jan ZIJDERVELD, Business President Europe, Unilever and Christian VERSCHUEREN, Director General, EuroCommerce. Chaired by Catherine STIHLER MEP
With Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, European Commissioner Responsible for Home Affairs and a five-minute statement by Manfred WEBER MEP, Vice-Chair of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats); Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Kindly chaired by Othmar Karas MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Michel BONGI, Chairman Board International Fragrance Association (IFRA), Former President Global Fragrances Firmenich and a statement by Andreas SCHWAB MEP, Coordinator for the EPP in the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Kindly chaired by Edit HERCZOG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Maros SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Commissioner responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration; Conclusions presented by Edit HERCZOG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Chaired by Diana WALLIS MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament
With Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT MEP, Cristian Silviu BUSOI MEP and Catherine STIHLER MEP. Speakers are Dick BOER, President, European Retail Round Table and Andrew MORGAN, President, AIM "The European Brands Association".
With Esko AHO, Former Prime Minister of Finland; Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Member Nokia Leadership Team, NOKIA Corporation. Chairman: Othmar KARAS MEP
With Dan WITT, President of The International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC); Edit HORVATH, Chief Policy Officer, National Tax and Customs Authority, Budapest, Hungary. Chaired by Bill NEWTON DUNN MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Development. Conclusions by Edit HERCZOG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Olle SCHMIDT MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Patrick PEARSON, Head of Unit "Financial Markets Infrastructure", DG Internal Market and Services, The European Commission; Dr. Anthony KIRBY, Director, Financial Services Advisory, Ernst & Young and Enrique VELAZQUEZ, Senior Adviser "Financial Markets & Global Banking Issues", European Banking Federation (EBF). Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Edit HERCZOG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; Peter BILLING, Deputy Head of Unit, ECHO B1, Emergency Response, The European Commission; Amnon GINATI, Head of Integrated Applications department, European Space Agency; Philippe GLAESENER, Vice President & General Manager, Institutions SES ASTRA SA. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU
Statement by Jacques CIPRIANO, Vice President, European Affairs, SAFRAN Group. Kindly chaired by Barbara RAPP, Member of the Executive Board, The Kangaroo Group, Partner in Kemmler Rapp Boehlke
With Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Philippe PELLE, Deputy Head of Unit "Retail issues, consumer policy and payment systems", DG Internal Market and Services, The European Commission Angel MAS, President & CEO, Mortgage Insurance Europe, GENWORTH FINANCIAL Louise O'MAHONY, Senior Manager, Irish Banking Federation. Chaired by Gay MITCHELL MEP
With Ignacio GARCIA BERCERO, European Commission; Commission; Carsten DANNÖHL, BUSINESSEUROPE and Richard BERGSTRÖM, EFPIA. Kindly chaired by Daniel CASPARY MEP
With Ana GOMES MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and Mário DAVID MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Yves MORIER, Head of Internal Occurrences Reporting System, Executive Directorate, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA); Patrick REY, Assistant Director, Armaments Cooperation, European Defence Agency and Klaus WOHLERS, ASD UAS Working Group; Head of Type Certification, Airborne Systems, Rheinmetall Defence Electronics. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Michel BARNIER, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, European Commission and a a five-minute statement by Edit HERCZOG MEP. Conclusion made by Bill NEWTON DUNN MEP and kindly chaired by Andreas SCHWAB MEP
With Gunnar HÖKMARK MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs; Pearse O'DONOHUE, Head of Unit "Radio Spectrum Policy", DG Information Society and Media, The European Commission and Egil BOVIM, Chairman of User Committee at PSC-E and director at KOKOM, National Centre on Emergency Communication in Health, Norway. Chairperson: Paul RÜBIG MEP
With Wolf KLINZ MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Paulina DEJMEK, Member of the Cabinet of EU Commissioner Michel BARNIER, Internal Market and Services, European Commission and Dr. Lothar BLATT-VON RACZECK, Head of Representation to the EU, DSGV (Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband. Chairperson: Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Heinz ZOUREK, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission; Bernd LANGE MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade and Ivan HODAC, Secretary General ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Kindly chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Roza von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Chairperson: Malcolm HARBOUR MEP
With Elmar BROK MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs and chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group
With Michael GAHLER MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence and Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group
With Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group and Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group; Arnaud DANJEAN MEP, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence
With Martin BLESSING, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, COMMERZBANK and a five-minute statement by Olle SCHMIDT MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group.
With Frank ASBECK, Principal Advisor for Security and Space Policy, European Commission; Jean-René LE GOFF, Adviser Defence, French Permanent Representation to the EU and General (rtd) Bernard MOLARD, Chairman of Defence and Security Working group, ASD-EUROSPACE Chairperson: Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Michel BARNIER, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, European Commission and chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Kay SWINBURNE MEP, European Parliament's Coordinator for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and for the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis; María Teresa FÁBREGAS FERNANDEZ, Deputy Head of Unit G3-Securities Markets, DG Internal Market, The European Commission; Judith HARDT, Secretary General, FESE (Federation of European Securities Exchanges) and Antonio H. GARCIA DEL RIEGO, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Affairs in the EU, SANTANDER BANK. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP.
With Philippe VARIN, Chief Executive Officer, PSA Peugeot Citroën and And two five-minute statements by Malcolm HARBOUR MEP, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Jutta HAUG MEP, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Special Committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable EU after 2013 (SURE) and two five-minute statements by Anne E. JENSEN MEP and Gunnar HÖKMARK MEP. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP.
With Jacques DE LAROSIÈRE, Advisor; Chairman of "De Larosière Group" and two five-minute statements by Sylvie GOULARD MEP and Peter SKINNER MEP. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP
With Major-General Jochen BOTH, Commander of European Air Transport Command (EATC) and a five-minute statement will be given by Jacqueline FOSTER MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Prof. Dr. Axel WEBER, President, DEUTSCHE BUNDESBANK and a five-minute statement by Wolf KLINZ MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Kindly chaired by Othmar Karas MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
Dr. Andreas Gottschling (Global Head of Risk Analytics & Instruments and Operational Risk Management, Deutsche Bank and two five-minute statements by Sharon BOWLES MEP and Vicky FORD MEP. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Paul WEISSENBERG, Director, Aerospace, GMES, Security and Defence, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission and 2 five-minute statements by Edit HERCZOG MEP and Tunne KELAM MEP. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Graham INGLIS, CEO EMEA, DEUTSCHE POST DHL Supply Chain and a five-minute statement by Gesine MEISSNER MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. Chaired by Karl VON WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group
With Wolf KLINZ MEP, Chair of the European Parliament's Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis and Maria Teresa FÁBREGAS FERNANDEZ, Deputy Head of Unit "Securities Markets", DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Eddy WYMEERSCH, Chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and two five-minute statements by Sylvie GOULARD MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and David WRIGHT, Deputy Director General, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission. Kindly chaired Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Philippe DE BUCK, Director General, BUSINESSEUROPE and a five-minute statement by Wolf KLINZ MEP, Chair of the European Parliament's Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. Kindly chaired by Karl von Wogau, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group.
With Christofer FJELLNER MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur "Information on medicinal products"; Nils BEHRNDT, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner John DALLI, "Health and Consumer Policy", European Commission; Brian AGER, Director General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and Patricia GARCIA-PRIETO CHEVALIER, Representing the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC). Kindly chaired by António CORREIA DE CAMPOS MEP
With Holger KRAHMER MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on "Industrial Emissions" at the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; Marianne WENNING, Head of Unit "Industrial Emissions", DG Environment, European Commission and Ulrich VON DEESSEN, President Environment, Health & Safety, Climate Protection Officer, BASF. Kindly chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Enrique GUERRERO SALOM MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on "The effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation"; Walter DEFFAA, Director General, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission;Zsolt DARVAS, Research Fellow, Co-Author of "Financial Transaction Tax: Small is Beautiful", Bruegel and Bernd BRABÄNDER, Managing Director for Economic Affairs, EU Policy and International Relations, Association of German Banks. Kindly chaired by Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH, former MEP and Chairperson until 2004 of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Jörg LEICHTFRIED MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism; Michaela STROHSCHNEIDER, Deputy Head of Unit, Aviation Security, DG Mobility and Transport, European Commission and Jacques CIPRIANO, Vice President, European Affairs, SAFRAN Group. Kindly chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General
With Marielle GALLO MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur of the Draft Report on "Enhancing the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Internal Market"; Margot FRÖHLINGER, Director "Knowledge Based Economy", European Commission; William A. DAVIES, Co-Chair of Digital Europe IPR Group (RIM). Kindly chaired by Cecilia WIKSTRÖM MEP, Member of the European Parliament4s Committee on Committee on Legal Affairs
With Mario MONTI, President of BOCCONI University, former European Commissioner and two five-minute statements by Malcolm HARBOUR MEP and António CORREIA DE CAMPOS MEP. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Philippe JEAN, Head of Unit "Automotive Industry", DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission; Ivo BELET MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Ivan HODAC, Secretary General ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Kindly chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Malcolm HARBOUR MEP, Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection; Jean BERGEVIN, Head of Unit "Free movement of services and establishment II: retail and information services",DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission (tbc); Andrew FRITCHIE, General Counsel, PartyGaming and Tjeerd VEENSTRA, Vice-President, The European Lotteries. Kindly chaired by Christofer FJELLNER MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade
With Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS, The European Ombudsman and a five-minute statement by Rainer WIELAND MEP. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Sir Mike RAKE, Chairman, BT Group and David O'SULLIVAN, Director General, DG Trade, European Commission; Chaired by Robert STURDY MEP, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade
With Alain BÉNÉTEAU, President of NEREUS (Network of European Regions Using Space Technologies; Paul FLAMENT, GNSS Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission and Vladimir REMEK MEP , Member of the European Parliament's Committee for Industry, Research and Energy
With Claude-France ARNOULD, Deputy Director General, Crisis Management and Planning Directorate (CMPD), Council of the European Union and two five-minute statements by H.E. Shirley SKERRIT-ANDREW, OECS Ambassador (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States) to Brussels; Chair of the CARIFORUM Group in Brussels and Bernhardt HALLERMAN, Representative for CARITAS Germany, International Department
With David O'SULLIVAN, Director General, DG Trade, European Commission; Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade; Ivan HODAC, Secretary General ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association) and kindly chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP
With Günther OETTINGER, European Commissioner for Energy, European Commission; Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the Kangaroo group and chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Wolf KLINZ MEP, Chairman of the European Parliaments Special Committee on the financial, economic and social crisis and a five-minute statement by Olle SCHMIDT MEP, Coordinator for ALDE in the European Parliament's Special Committee on CRIS. Kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, President of the Kangaroo Group
With Wubbo de BOER, President, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks & Designs) (OHIM), a five-minute statement by Cecilia WIKSTRÖM MEP and chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP
With Markus WEIGL, Managing Director Superfund Consulting GmbH and a five-minute statement by Ugo BASSI, DG Internal Market and Services, Directorate G, Head of Unit Asset Management, European Commission. Kindly chaired by Wolf KLINZ MEP
With Norbert GLANTE MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and two five-minute statements by Mauro FACCHINI, European Commission and Thomas BRANDTNER, Council of the European Union. The meeting is kindly chaired by Karl von Wogau, Secretary General
With Andrew BAKER, Chief Executive Officer, Alternative Investment Management Association Ltd and a five-minute statement by Jean-Paul GAUZÈS MEP; kindly chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP
With David BRENNAN, Chief Executive Officer, AstraZeneca, a five-minute statement by Vicky FORD MEP, European Parliaments Shadow Rapporteur of ITRE and chaired by Karl von WOGAU, Honorary MEP, Secretary General of the Kangaroo Group
With Jan-Eric SUNDGREN, Senior Vice-President Environmental and Public Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee, VOLVO GROUP and chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP
With Walter DEFFAA, Director General, DG Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission and chaired by Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH, former MEP and Chairperson until 2004 of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With Karl von WOGAU, Secretary General of the European Security Foundation and a statement by Ioan Mircea PASÇU MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliaments Committee on Foreign Affairs
With Luis COBOS, President of GIART (International Organisation of Performing Artists); Orchestra Conductor and Composer; two five-minute statements by Neena GILL MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Legal Affairs and Jacques TOUBON MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection Chaired by Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA MEP
With Daniel SACOTTE, Director Advisor to the Director General Jean-Jacques DORDAIN, European Space Agency (ESA) Three five-minute statements by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Bill NEWTON DUNN MEP and Margaritis SCHINAS MEP Chaired by Etelka BARSI-PATAKY MEP
With Peter CHRENKO, Deputy Minister of Finance, Tax and Customs division, Czech EU-Presidency and a five-minute statement by Olle SCHMIDT MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Chaired by Prof. Dr. h.c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH, Chairperson until 2004 of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Do not miss out on the performance that starts at 19:00 hrs sharp at the Restaurant des Députés, Salons Privés, European Parliament in Brussels. To mark the Czech EU Presidency, Czech specialities will be served.
With Onno RUDING, Member of the De Larosière High-Level Experts Group on EU Financial Supervision, Emil PAULIS, Director Financial Services Policy & Financial Markets, DG MARKT, European Commission and a five-minute statement by Wolf KLINZ MEP, ALDE Group Coordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament Chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP
With Jean-Luc DEHAENE MEP, European Parliaments Rapporteur on the topic, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Constitutional Affairs and chaired by Alain LAMASSOURE MEP
With Giuseppe SECCO, Capabilities Manager Manoeuvre, European Defence Agency; Henrik DAM, Head of Joint Armaments & Industry Section in NATO's Armaments Directorate and Hartmut BUEHL, International consulting EU Security & Defence Policy and NATO. Chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP
With Basil MATHIOUDAKIS, Head of Unit food law, nutrition and labelling, DG SANCO, European Commission; Renate SOMMER MEP, European Parliament's rapporteur on "Provision of food information to consumers" and Dick TOET, Vice-President External Affairs, Unilever - kindly chaired by Edit HERCZOG MEP
With Gerhard KOCH, Head of European Affairs, WIENERBERGER AG, the worldmarket leader in clay construction products and a five-minute statement by Den DOVER MEP, European Parliaments Rapporteur on construction products for the Industry, Research and Energy Committee; chaired by Malcolm HARBOUR MEP
With Commissioner Neelie KROES, Responsible for Competition, European Commission and two five-minute statements by Gerhard HOFMANN, Member of the Board, Federal Association of German Co-operative Banks (BVR) and Ieke van den BURG MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
With John KETCHELL, Director New Opportunities and Pre-Standards, CEN (European Committee for Standardisation) and Richard FROH, Deputy Assistant Secretary General and Director for Armaments Directorate NATO; Chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the European Parliaments Subcommittee on Security and Defence
On the first of January 1999, when the euro saw the light of day, it was viewed with great skepticism. Back then, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder spoke of a premature birth. At the time the big guru of the financial world, Alan Greenspan, gave the new currency a short and painful lifespan.
With Philippe HERZOG, President « Confrontations Europe » and two five-minute statements by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group and Richard CORBETT MEP, PSE Group Coordinator for Constitutional Affairs in the European Parliament Chairman: Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA MEP
With Georgette LALIS, Director for consumer goods, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission; Malcolm HARBOUR MEP, EPP-ED Group Coordinator for internal market and consumer protection affairs in the European Parliament; Ivan HODAC, Secretary General ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association) and chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
With Maître Bernard REYNIS, Président du Conseil des Notariats de l'Union Européenne and a five-minute statement by Diana WALLIS MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament, ALDE Group Coordinator for Legal Affairs in the European Parliament; chaired by Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA MEP
With Didier MIRATON, Managing Partner, MICHELIN Group; Philippe JEAN, Head of the Unit Automotive Industry DG Enterprise&Industry, European Commission and Andreas SCHWAB MEP, European Parliaments rapporteur on Type approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles Chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP, rapporteur for opinion in the European Parliaments ITRE Committee on Type approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles
With David WRIGHT, Deputy Director-General DG Internal Market and Services, Responsible for Public Procurement and Financial Services Policy, European Commission; Wolf KLINZ MEP, ALDE Group Coordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament; Helmut BAUER, Deutsche Bank and Jean-François PONS, Executive Director European and International Affairs, French Banking Federation. The meeting will be chaired by Othmar KARAS MEP.
With Karl von WOGAU MEP, European Parliaments Rapporteur on European Security Strategy and ESDP; two five-minute statements by Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK MEP, ALDE Group Coordinator for Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament; Angelika BEER MEP, Greens/EFA Group Coordinator for Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament and chaired by Ioan Mircea PASCU MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliaments Committee on Foreign Affairs
With Stavros B. THOMADAKIS, Chairman of the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB)- The PIOB was constituted on 1 March 2005 to oversee the public interest activities of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), especially audit, ethical, and educational standard-setting activities - and chaired by Wolf KLINZ MEP
Breakfast Debate at the occasion of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Valencia with Dr. Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group, Member of the European Parliaments Delegation at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and Dr. Karl A. LAMERS MdB, Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
With Alexander WEIS, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency and Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence
With Patrick KRON, Chairman and CEO of ALSTOM - French company and global leader in equipment and services for power generation and rail transport; Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Defence and chaired by Malcolm HARBOUR MEP
Dinner Debate with Stefan MOSER, Acting Head of Unit "Clean Air & Transport", DG Environment, European Commission; Anja WEISGERBER MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Ivan HODAC, Secretary General of ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The dinner debate will be chaired by Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS MEP.
With Daniel O. HILL, Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security, USA Department of Commerce, a five-minute statement by Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF MEP, European Parliaments Rapporteur on Public contracts in the field of defence and security and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group
With Jos DELBEKE, Acting Director General, DG Environment, European Commission; Jean-Marie CHANDELLE Chief Executive, CEMBUREAU (European Cement Industry Association); Jean-Claude LAHAUT, Executive Director, General Counsel CEFIC (European Chemical Industry); Elisa FERREIRA MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur for the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on "Greenhouse gas emission allowance: trading system of the Community"; and Shadow Rapporteur on this topic for the Committee on International Trade. The debate will be chaired by Barbara RAPP, Member of the Board of the Kangaroo Group, Partner in Kemmler Rapp Boehlke
With Elmar BROK MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, EPP Coordinator for Foreign Affairs and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP
With Alain LAMASSOURE MEP, Author of the report to the President of the French Republic "Le citoyen et l'application du droit communautaire" and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group
With Alexander WIEDOW, Director for indirect taxation and tax administration, DG Taxud, European Commission; John PURVIS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliaments Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Alain LIPIETZ MEP, Green/EFA Group Coordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament and chaired by Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH
With Fabio COLASANTI, Director General for Information Society and Media, European Commission; Frédéric MION, Secretary General of Canal + Group; Catherine TRAUTMANN MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on Electronic Communications: Networks and Services; Elisabeth ALTEKÖSTER, Director for Information Society and Transport, Council of the EU
Breakfast Debate at the occasion of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Berlin with Karl von Wogau MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group, Member of the European Parliament's Delegation at the NATO Parliamentary Assemby and Karl A. Lamers MdB, Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assemby
With Anne HOUTMAN, Director for Internal Market & Sustainability, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission; Reinhard RACK MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on "Towards a new culture for urban mobility"; Nicholas LEE, Director Corporate Communications and External Relations PSA Peugeot Citroën UK and Dominic ROWLES, Co-Chair of CEMR's Public Services Working Group (Council of European Municipalities and Regions)
With Jean-Pol PONCELET, Senior Vice President of AREVA Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement and a five-minute statement by Eija-Riitta KORHOLA MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; and of the temporary Committee on climate change
Since 30 March 2008 the Schengen Agreement applies fully in 22 of the 27 Member States of the European Union, and all the controls at their internal borders at land, seaports and airports are removed. It is the highlight of the European project started in 1985 to create an area of freedom of movement inside Europe and it is an important further step in European integration.
With Simon FRASER, Chairman Simon FRASER, Chairman of the Forum of European Asset Managers (FEAM); President Institutional Businesses, FIDELITY International and a five-minute statement by Othmar KARAS MEP, European Parliaments Rapporteur on Retail Financial Services in the Single Market
With Alojz PETERLE MEP, Member of the European Parliaments Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe; former Prime Minister of Slovenia
With Siegfried JASCHINSKI, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) and President of the Association of Public Sector Banks in Germany (VÖB)
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Joaquín ALMUNIA on 13 September 2005, with a statement from Alexander RADWAN MEP and coordinator for economic and monetary affairs for the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament. To download the minutes click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Stavros DIMAS on 21 June 2005, with a statement from Hartmut NASSAUER MEP, Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA MEP and Lena EK MEP. To download the minutes click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK on 24 May 2005, with a five minutes statement from Giles CHICHESTER MEP. To download the minutes click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner László KOVÁCS on 19 April 2005. Alexander RADWAN MEP, Co-ordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the EPP-ED Group gave a "five-minutes statement". To download the minutes click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Jacques BARROT on 15 March 2005. Paolo COSTA MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism gave a "five minutes statement". To download the speech click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Vice President Günter VERHEUGEN on 1 February 2005, with statements from Pervenche BERES MEP and Giles CHICHESTER MEP. To download the speech click 'more'.
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Reding on 18 January 2005. Click on more to download the pdf.file of Commissioner Reding's speech given at this occasion.
