Study days of the GUE/NGL in COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Study days of the GUE/NGL in COPENHAGEN, Denmark
05-08 JUNE 2012
Location: Hotel Scandic – Vester Søgade, 6, DK-1601 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Tel: + 45 33 14 35 35 – Email: [email protected]
- EU – the Euro Crisis and the Financial Crisis
- Unemployment and the Climate Crisis – is green jobs the answer?
- Visit to Copenhagen Airport
- Left Parties and Government
PROGRAMME
Interpretation: DA-DE-EN-CS-GR- PT
Tuesday, 05 June 2012
Morning/Afternoon: Arrival of participants and transfer to hotel.
Wednesday, 06 June 2012
9’00-9’15 Opening of the meeting and welcome:
►Gabi ZIMMER, President of GUE/NGL
►Søren SØNDERGAARD, GUE/NGL MEP
- EU – the Euro Crisis and the Financial Crisis
Chair: ►Gabi ZIMMER, President of GUE/NGL
Guest contributions:
09’15 – 10’00 ► Henrik HERLEV, Economist and editor of the magazine ‘Kritisk Analyse’ on “The Euro Crisis from a Scandinavian Perspective – is the Euro the solution or part of the problem?”
10’00 – 10’30 Debate: first round of speakers ► Jürgen KLUTE, GUE/NGL MEP (ECON coordinator);
10’30 – 10’45 Coffee break
10’45 – 10’50 Chair: ► Søren SØNDERGAARD, GUE/NGL MEP
Guest contributions:
10’50 – 11’20► Kenneth HAAR, Researcher/campaigner at Corporate Europe Observatory, former advisor to the Red-Green Alliance, former spokesperson for ATTAC-Denmark on “The financial lobby in the EU”
11’20 – 12’30 Debate continued
- Unemployment and climate crisis – is green jobs the answer?
15’00 – 15’10 Chair: ► Kartika LIOTARD, Vice-President of the GUE/NGL
Guest contributions:
15’10 – 15’40 ► Gareth DALE, Campaign Against Climate Change
15’40 – 16’00 ► Anders OLESEN, Chairman of the Construction Workers Association (Bygsam)
16’00 – 16’30 Debate: first round of speakers
► Sabine WILS, GUE/NGL MEP (group shadow in ENVI), on Energy Efficiency Directive),
► Miloslav RANSDORF (group shadow in ITRE), ………………………………………………….
► Thomas HÄNDEL GUE/NGL MEP (EMPL) , ……………………………………………………….
► Mikael GUSTAFSSON, GUE/NGL MEP (FEMM)
Chair: ► Ines ZUBER, Vice-President of EMPL, GUE/NGL
16’55 – 18’00 Debate
18’00 – 18’15 Information from Trade Union Delegation to Colombia, ► Anders OLESEN , Chairman of the Construction Workers Association (Bygsam)
18’30 Departure by bus to the free-town of Christiania, Prinsessegade, 49 – Copenhagen
19’00 Arrival at Christiania
19’00 – 20’30 Guided Tour of the free-town of Christiania
Thursday, 07 June 2012
- IVisit to Copenhagen Airport
08’30 Bus departure from the hotel to the Copenhagen airport
09’00-12’00 Programme:
09’00 – 09’05 Welcome and introductions to Copenhagen Airports by
► Henrik Peter JØRGENSEN, VP External Relations
09’05 – 09’30 Presentation of Environmental Actions in the Airport
Copenhagen airports and the environment by
► Inger STURM, Head Environment Dept. (10 min)
Presentation of CPH’s Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system (ATES) by
► Hans ANDERSEN, Head OF Asset Management Utility (15 min)
09’25 – 09’50 Presentation of particle project
► Jesper Abery JACOBSEN, Senior Project Manager and
► Lars BROGAARD, Trade Union 3F, Kastrup
09’50 – 10’25 Debate
10’45 – 12’00 Meeting with the Trade Union 3F
► Ole Donbæk JENSEN, Trade Union 3F, Kastrup and
► Frank Vid STEIN, Vice-President of Trade Union 3F, Kastrup
12’00 Bus departure from the airport to the hotel
- Left Parties and Government
15’00 – 15’05 Chair: ► Søren SØNDERGAARD, GUE/NGL MEP
Guest contributions:
15’05 – 15’35 ► Asbjørn WAHL, Director of the broad Campaign for the Welfare State and author of several publications about the Left and government on “To be in Office, but not in Power: Left Parties in the Squeeze between Peoples’ Expectations and an Unfavourable Balance of Power”
15’35 – 15’50 ► Jonas SJÖSTEDT, Chairman of Vänsterpartiet, Sweden.
On: ” The Swedish perspective”
15’50 – 16’05 ► Johanne SCHMIDT-NIELSEN, MP Red-Green Alliance, Denmark.
On: ” The Danish perspective”
16’05 – 16’20 ► Mattias TESFAYE, Vice-Chairman Socialist Peoples Party Denmark.
On: ” The Danish perspective”
16’20 – 16’30 Debate: first round of speakers: ► Takis HADZIGEORGIOU, GUE/NGL MEP
16’45 – 17’30 Debate continued
17’30 Departure by Bus to the Nyhaven (boat departure point)
18’00 Departure by boat to Flakfortet island, Nyhavn 71, Copenhagen
18’45 – 19’45 Tour of Flakfortet
Friday, 08 June 2012
09’30 – 11’00 Group meeting of the GUE/NGL
14’00 Departure of buses to the airport.