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A critical response to the 5 Presidents' Report
One year after publication

15.00–15.15:    Opening by GUE/NGL President Gabriele Zimmer and Marisa Matias, ECON Coordinator for GUE/NGL

15.15-16.15:     The Five Presidents' Report: Reforming the Euro or Deepening Austerity?
Chair: Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President of the European Parliament and member of ECON, GUE/NGL, Greece
Engelbert Stockhammer, Kingston University, Britain
José Castro Caldas, Coimbra University, Portugal
Fabio De Masi, ECON member, GUE/NGL, Germany

16.15–17.15:    What alternatives to the 5 Presidents’ Report: Discussing Economic and Fiscal Union  
Chair: Matt Carthy, ECON member, GUE/NGL, Ireland
Anastasia Nesvetailova, City University London, Britain
Roland Kulke, Rosa Luxemburg Institute, Brussels
Kenneth Haar, Corporate Europe Observatory, Brussels

17.15 – 18.15:    What alternatives to the 5 Presidents' Report: Discussing Social Union and Democratic Accountability
Chair: Paloma Lopez Bermejo, ECON member, GUE/NGL.
Leo Hoffmann-Axthelm, Transparency International, Brussels
Nikos Theocarakis, Professor of Economics, University of Athens
Barbara Spinelli, AFCO member, GUE/NGL, Italy

18.15–18.30:    Conclusions and closure by Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President of the European Parliament and member of ECON, GUE/NGL, Greece and Marisa Matias, ECON Coordinator, GUE/NGL, Portugal

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