Housing, social progress & defeating fascism. Local communities for another Europe, Brussels - Main contents
| date | February 7, 2019 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | József Antall building (JAN) i  |
| organisation | Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) i |
Housing, social progress & defeating fascism. Local communities for another Europe
REALPE Annual Conference:
Thursday 7 February
13.30entrance of participants
14.30: Introduction of the conference by Gabi Zimmer, president of GUE-NGL
15.00: First panel: social housing and speculation
Introduction by MEPMartina Michels: Die Linke, Germany
15h-15h10: introduction
15h-10-16h30 : Speakers (5 to 7 minutes each)
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-Françoise Desmedt, Brussels MP PTB, Belgique
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-Nasos Iliopoulos, Athens candidate mayor, Vice-Minister of Employment, Greece
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-Ms Katalin Gennburg, Member of the Berlin parliament, Group’s spokesperson on urban development, smart city and tourism; DIE LINKE, Germany
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-José Moury, municipal councillor at Bobigny and responsible for the housing group of ANECR (Association Nationale des Elus Communistes et Republicain), PCF France
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-Emma-Lina Johansson, city councillor of Malmö, Sweden,
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-Mark Ward, Mayor of South Dublin City Council, Sinn Féin Ireland
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-María Chao, municipal councillor of As Pontes, Galicia
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-Mercedes Revuelta, Activist of the Platform of Mortgages Affected Peoples and the platform Against Vulture Funds, Spain
16h30-17h: coffee break
17h-18h: debate moderate by MEP Malin Björk: Left Party, Sweden
18h-18h30: conclusions of the panel by MEP Lynn Boylan: Sinn Féin, Ireland
18h30-19h30: Cocktail in JAN 3Q Brasserie
Friday 8 February
8.30-8.45: entrance of visitors
9.00-12.30 Second Panel: Facing inequalities and raising up of fascism across Europe, which progressist vision for our cities and local communities
9h-9h15: Introduction by Vice President of EP Dimitris Papadimoulis: Syriza, Greece
9h15-10h30 speakers (5 to 7 minutes each)
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-Giusto Catania, Municipal councillor in Palermo, former GUE/NGL MEP, Italy
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-Katerina Notopoulou, Thessaloniki candidate mayor, Vice-Minister of Macedonia-Thrace, Greece,
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-Ignacio Iglesias Villar, city concellor of Teo, Galicia
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-Nazanin Armanian, analyst of international conflicts and the Islamic world
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-Stavros Yerolatsites, AKEL, Cyprus
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-Enrique Oubiña, municipal councillor of Ribadumia, Galicia
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-A representative from Naples City, Italy (tbc)
10h30-11h: coffee break
11h-12h: debate moderate by MEP Marie-Christine Vergiat (tbc): Front de Gauche, France
12h-12h15: conclusions of the debate by MEPAngela Vallina (tbc): IU, Spain
12h15-12h45:
General Conclusions of the initiative by MEP Lidia Senra (tbc):Galicia
For more information please contact:charlotte.balavoine@europarl.europa.eu