SAVE THE DATE - S&D/PES CONFERENCE ON THE PORTO SOCIAL SUMMIT

Thursday 6 May 2021 in Porto, Portugal

From 18.00 to 20.00 - Porto time
From 19.00 to 21.00 - Brussels time

A detailed programme is attached below

Join us via live streaming (EN FR ES DE PT) from the iconic Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões in Portugal on https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/

The event will also be livestreamed on Youtube in EnglishPortugueseFrenchGerman and Spanish. More information can also be found on the Facebook event page.

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Programme

The conference will begin at 18:00 in Porto (Utc+1), 19:00 in Brussels (Utc+2). It will be moderated by journalist Chris Burns. 

Opening: Social Europe our Fight - from Gothenburg to Porto

The event will be opened with interventions from:

  • Luísa Salgueiro, Mayor of Matosinhos
  • Iratxe García Pérez, President of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament
  • Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and S&D Group Member
  • Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Panel 1: Town Hall on Quality Jobs

  • Ana Mendes Godinho, Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Portugal
  • Agnes Jongerius, S&D Coordinator for the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
  • Manuel Pizarro, S&D Member of the European Parliament (EMPL) and Medical Doctor
  • Alicia Homs, President of the Young European Socialists (YES) and S&D Member of the European Parliament (EMPL)
  • Representatives from essential sectors

Panel 2: Time for a Fair Recovery

  • Andrea Orlando, Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Italy
  • Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany
  • Heléne Fritzon, S&D Group Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament (EMPL)
  • Vasco Cordeiro, First Vice-President of the European Committee of Regions (CoR) and Member of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES Group) in the CoR
  • Mikael Leyi, Secretary General of Solidar and Solidar Foundation

Key-note speeches

  • Teresa Ribera, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Co-chair of the Independent Commission for Sustainable Equality (ICSE)
  • Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
  • Pedro Marques, S&D Group Vice-President and Member of the European Parliament

Sustainable Wellbeing Starts Now

  • Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
  • David Maria Sassoli, President of the European Parliament
  • Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden, Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
  • António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, Secretary General of the Socialist Party

Closing

  • Iratxe García Pérez, President of the S&D Group
  • Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES)
Eurodeputati coinvolti
Presidente
Spagna
Capo delegazione
Vicepresidente
Svezia
Capo delegazione
Coordinatrice
Paesi Bassi
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