RETIREMENT IN TIMES OF CRISIS

What future for our pension systems?

European Parliament ASP 01 G2

Tuesday 30 January 2018, 9:00 – 13:00

9:00-9:15

Welcome by hosting MEPs

9:15 – 11:00

Experiences from countries “saved” by the Troika

Moderator: Sofia SAKORAFA, MEP

Ramón FRANQUESA ARTES, professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Barcelona and advisor to Marea Pensionista – Catalonia, Spanish State
Xabier PEREZ DAVILA, trade unionist, economist and teacher – Galiza
Giorgos ROMANIAS, Labour law specialist, former Secretary General of Social Security of Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Welfare – Greece

Questions and discussion session (30’)

11:00-12:45

Proposals for sustainable public pensions systems

Moderator: Lidia SENRA,MEP

Victoria PORTAS MARINO, spokeswoman for the State Coordinator for the Defense of the Public Pension System and member of the Galician Movement for the Defense of Public Pensions – Galiza, Spanish State
Dimitris STRATOULIS, former Deputy Social Security Minister, member of the Political Secretariat of Popular Unity  – Greece
Henri LOURDELLE, Policy Advisor of the European Federation of Retired and Elderly People , ETUC

Questions and discussion session (30’)

12:45-13:00

Closing remarks: Nikos CHOUNTIS, MEP                                     

A light buffet lunch will follow the discussion

Registration by e-mail: [email protected]

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Hosted by MEPs :

Nikos CHOUNTIS

Sofia SAKORAFA

Lidia SENRA