Conferences of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament - 15 & 16 Februray
’SERVICES’ DIRECTIVE (Gebhardt report)
FOR SERVICES OF HIGH QUALITY : ESSENTIAL FOR THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL
Tuesday, 15 February 2005 10h30-12h30 / 14h30-18h00,
Room P1 A002
10.30 Welcome: Martin SCHULZ, President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament
10.40 Introduction: Evelyne GEBHARDT, European Parliament rapporteur on the Commission proposal for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market
10.50 I. Clarifying the legal and political consequences for all services
Introduction:
Ms Rita Baeten, Expert, European Social Observatory
Mr. Jean Quintard, responsible for Legal Professions in the Directorate for Civil Cases and the Seal, French Ministry for Justice
Ms. Catelene Passchier, ETUC Confederal Secretary
Mr. Andre Jourdes, Member of the Social Affairs Committee of Solidar
11.20 Debate with the participation of national parliamentarians
12.30 Lunch
14.30 II. Guaranteeing coherence between Community initiatives and international law
Introduction: Prof. Paul R. Beaumont, Professor of European Union and Private International Law
14.45 Debate with the participation of national parliamentarians
15.45 III. The principle of the country of origin, a threat for the European social model
Introduction: Mr. Jean Quintard, responsible for Legal Professions in the Directorate for Civil Cases and the Seal, French Ministry for Justice.
Mr Dan Holke, Head of Legal Services at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation
16.15 Debate with the participation of national parliamentarians
17.45 Conclusions
Anne Van Lancker, Draftsperson for the opinion of the Committee of Employment and Social Affairs in the European Parliament on the Commission proposal for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market
Evelyne Gebhardt, European Parliament rapporteur on the Commission proposal for a Directive on Services in the Internal Market
Harlem Desir, Vice-President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament
’LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND THE INTERNAL MARKET’
Wednesday, 16 February 2005 10h00-13h00, Room P1A002
10.00 - Welcoming speech: Martin SCHULZ, President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament
10.10 - Round table led by Gilles SAVARY
with (10 minutes per speaker)
- Jean-Claude VAN CAUWENBERGHE, Minister-President of the Walloon Government, Chairman of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy in the Committee of the Regions
- Karl-Heinz KLÄR, Secretary of State, Vice-President of the PSE in the Committee of the Regions
- Jeremy SMITH, Secretary-General of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions
- Holger TSCHENSE, Deputy Mayor of Leipzig, President of the Working Group on "Services of general interest" EUROCITIES
- Elisabeth BEER, Federal Chamber of Labour for Austria
- József KOZMA, Deputy Mayor of Szeged (Hungary), in charge of Foreign Affairs
- Carola FISCHBACH-PYTTEL, Secretary General of EPSU European Federation of Public Service Unions
- Rainer PLASSMANN, Secretary General of CEEP European Centre of Entreprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest
- Bernhard RAPKAY, PSE Member, Rapporteur on the White Paper on "Services of General Interest"
11.40 General Debate
12.45 - General conclusions by Robert GOEBBELS
Organized by the Socialist Group in the European Parliament Info: PSEservicesconference@europarl.eu.int
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