09.00 – 09.15:  Opening by Gabi Zimmer President of GUE/NGL and Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President of the European Parliament and ECON member, GUE/NGL.

 

09.15 – 10.45: Rebuilding austerity-stroke economies and societies: Models for inclusive and sustainable growth                       

                       

                        Chair: Matt Carthy, GUE/NGL, ECON member, Ireland

 

• Ozlem Onaran, Director of Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre, University of Greenwich, London
• Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Bruegel Institute, Brussels
• Veronica Nilsson, Deputy General Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation, Brussels
• Giorgos Galanis, Goldsmiths College University of London and New Economics Foundation

 

10.45 – 12.15:  Enhancing fair development and growth in the EU peripheral economies and the role of EFSI.

 

Chair: Matt Carthy, GUE/NGL, ECON member, Ireland

 

• EFSI: Fabio De Masi, GUE/NGL, ECON member, Germany.
• Ireland: Prof. Jim Stewart, School of Business, Trinity College Dublin
• Spain: Ernest Urtasun, The Greens, ECON member, Spain.
• Portugal: Mariana Mortagua, Economist, MP
• Greece: Petros Linardos Rulmond, Advisor to the Greek Deputy Minister of Economy and Nicos Poulantzas Institute

 

12.15–12.30:   Conclusions by Gabi Zimmer President of GUE/NGL and Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President of the European Parliament and ECON member.

 

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