XXI Annual EPP Group intercultural dialogue with churches and religious institutions, Mafra

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date October 18, 2018 09:00 - October 19, 2018 12:45
city Mafra, Portugal
organisation European People's Party (EPP) i

What kind of Europe do we want? Time for vision and solutions

The XXI Annual EPP Group Intercultural Dialogue with Churches and Religious Institutions will be held in an inspirational place near Lisbon in Ericeira, Portugal, from 17-19 October 2018. With a stimulating content: What kind of Europe do we want? - Time for vision and solutions, the debates will mainly focus on rethinking Europe, the role of the family, youth, education and how peace and security can be maintained in Europe and the world. The event is organised in the form of a ‘dialogue’ between European and national politicians, Church leaders, experts and religious representatives, in order to enable an open and honest discussion between speakers and participants of different cultural, religious, geographic and linguistic backgrounds.

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Thursday

Friday

Thursday

09:00

Opening Session

Speakers

Hélder Sousa Silva, Mayor of Mafra

José Silvano, Secretary General of PSD

Assunção Cristas, President of the CDS-PP

Paulo RANGEL, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (EP)

György HÖLVÉNYI, Co-Chairman of the EPP Group Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue

Jan OLBRYCHT, Co-Chairman of the EPP Group Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue

Session I: Rethinking Europe

Chair

Speakers

Paulo RANGEL, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the EP

Interventions

Speakers

Olivier Poquillon OP, General Secretary, Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the EU (COMECE)

Jarka Chloupková, Director of Research, Bussola Institute

Nektarios Ioannou, Archimandrite, Representative of the Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches in the European Union (CROCEU)

Henrique Mota, Moderator of the radio programme "And God created the Universe..."

Natan Peres, Rabbi of the Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa

Daniel Bodnár, President of the Milton Friedman University

Discussion

Speakers

Sofia RIBEIRO, Portuguese Delegation of the EPP Group in the EP

Friday

Session II: Youth, Family and Education

Chair

Speakers

Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the EP

Interventions

Speakers

Miguel Ángel Sancho Gargallo, President of the European Foundation 'Society and Education'

Antoine Renard, President of the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe

Emmanuel Pisani OP, Director of the Institut des Sciences et de Théologie des Religions de Paris

Maximos Pafilis, Archimandrite, Representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate

Raquel Vaz-Pinto, Researcher and expert in Religion and International Relations, IPRI-Univ. Nova of Lisbon

Discussion

Speakers

György HÖLVÉNYI, Co-Chairman of the EPP Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue

Session III: Peace and Security

Chair

Speakers

Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Chair of the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, Chair of the parliamentary working Group on Christians in the Middle East in the European Parliament, Former Minister of State in France

Interventions

Speakers

Graça Franco, Director of Radio Renascença

Eric Gozlan, Executive Director of the Union of Peoples for Peace

Felipe Pathé Duarte, Professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa

Discussion

Speakers

Jan OLBRYCHT, Co-Chairman of the EPP Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue

Closing Session

Speakers

Jan OLBRYCHT, Co-Chairman of the EPP Group Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue

György HÖLVÉNYI, Co-Chairman of the EPP Group Working Group on Intercultural Relations and Interreligious Dialogue


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