NGIZ Den Haag | INVITATION European Election Debate One vote: many voices and real choices | Thursday 24 April 2014 - Main contents
| date | April 24, 2014 |
|---|---|
| city | Den Haag |
| attending | A.M. (Agnes) Jongerius i, G.J.M. (Gerben-Jan) Gerbrandy i, B. (Bas) Eickhout i, C. (Cora) van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga i, M.J.R.L. (Marcel) de Graaff i, T. (Tom) Vandenkendelaere i, J. (Joop) Hazenberg i, H.G.P. (Dirk) Gotink i et al. |
| organisation | Nederlands Genootschap voor Internationale Zaken (NGIZ) i |
INVITATION European Election Debate One vote: many voices and real choices
Thursday 24 April, 16.30 - 18.30 hrs.
Auditorium, Campus The Hague of Leiden University (Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague)
The slogan for the 2014 European Parliaments’ elections “This time it’s different”, sounds intriguing. But what’s so different this time? Surely the EP has gained more powers since Lisbon; European political parties have put forward candidates for the position of Commission president and Europe has become more economically integrated than ever. Not at all different, however, is the way the elections for the European Parliament are organised: national political parties campaigning on the basis of national election programmes. That is why this debate is different. It is time for a truly ‘European’ debate for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. Key topics arising from the European political party’s programmes of the European People’s Party (EPP), Party of European Socialists (PES), Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) and the European Green Party will be discussed by Dutch, Flemish and other EU candidates for the elections. What kind of Europe do they envisage and support: Social Europe, Green Europe, Open Europe, or Europe light?
Speakers
Bas Eickhout GroenLinks European Green Party
Agnes Jongerius PvdA Party of European Socialists
Saïd El Khadraoui SP.A Party of European Socialists
Dirk Gotink CDA European People’s Party
Tom Vandenkendelaere CD&V European People’s Party
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen VVD Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Marcel de Graaff PVV Non-inscrits
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy D66 / ALDE
Chair: Joop Hazenberg, EU watcher
Programme outline
16.30 Welcome by Joop Hazenberg Presentation comparative analysis election programmes by Leiden University
16.45 First Reactions and Introducing the politicians
17.00 Debating rounds: Social Europe, Open Europe, Green Europe
18.10 A final election ‘pitch’ by all candidates
18.20 Public voting
18.30 Drinks
Registration For online registration click here.
Organized by Institute Clingendael, Universiteit Leiden Haagse Campus, De Haagse Hogeschool, het Montesquieu Instituut, de Europese Beweging Nederland en het NGIZ.