Peace Conference to mark the 100th anniversary of WWI.
04 March 2014: Conference in Brussels
European Parliament ASP 1G2
09:30 -12:30
Moderation: Marie Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL)
9.30 – 10:00
Welcome and greetings
Gabi Zimmer (President GUE/NGL); Ingeborg Breines (International Peace Bureau)
Short video and a historical review
Reiner Braun (International Peace Bureau)
10:00 – 11:30
Militarisation of the European Union
Michael Youlton (PANA, Ireland); Sabine Lösing (GUE/NGL)
11:30 – 12:30
Moderation: Ingeborg Breines (International Peace Bureau)
Pacifism in history and today: lessons learnt for radical
peace engagement
Miloslav Ransdorf (GUE/NGL);
Kate Hudson (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)
12:30 – 14:15
Lunch Break
14:15 -14:45
Screening of the Movie: “Im Westen nichts Neues!”
Introduction by Lucas Wirl (INES)
15:00 – 16:30
1914 -2014 Military technological complex and its development
Reiner Braun (International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms/IPB);
Willy Meyer (GUE/NGL)
16:30 – 18:30
Moderation: Mikael Gustafsson (GUE/NGL)
Round table discussion
with: Paul Lansu (Pax Christi); Nikola Vuljanic (GUE/NGL); Aida Topic (Sarajevo); Francis Wurtz (PCF France & former GUE/NGL President)
19:00 – 20:00
Reception & Exhibition “Pacifists during WWI”
Welcome and Greetings: Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL)
Opening speech: Willi van Ooyen (DIE LINKE)
20:00
Dinner in cooperation with Peace activists in Brussels
Dinner speech: Pieter Teirlinck (Vrede BE),
Takis Hadjigeorgiou (Vice President of the GUE/NGL)
05 March 2014: Trip to Ypres
08:30 – 15:00
Responsible staff member: Martin Herberg, [email protected]
GUE/NGL press contact Gianfranco Battistini + 32 475 646628
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