Saturday 19. november 2016
12.00 Registration starts
12.45 Doors close
13.00-14.30 Opening (Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK)
Speakers
- Pernille Skipper, MP and Political spokesperson, Enhedslisten – The Red-Green Alliance, Denmark
- Luka Mesec, MP, Iniciativa za demokratični socializem, Slovenia
- Zoe Konstantopoulou, Former President of the Hellenic Parliament, and Head of Course to Freedom, Greece
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon, MEP and co-founder, Parti de Gauche, France
- Tiny Kox, MP and Chairperson of SP senate group, Chairperson in Unified European Left Group (UEL) in PACE, Socialist Party, Netherlands
- Audun Lysbakken, MP and Chairperson of Sosialistisk Venstreparti - Socialist Left Party, Norway
(Moderator: Jonas Sjöstedt, MP and Chairperson of Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden)
14.30-16.00 Session 1
Workshop 1. The Euro: What does economic governance look like under the EMU and what are the alternatives? (Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK) (Conference Room 1)
Speakers:
- Peter Wahl, Chairperson of Weed (World Economy, Ecology & Development) and founding member of ATTAC Germany, Germany
- Andy Storey, Lecturer, University College Dublin, Ireland
- Cristina Asensi, Democracia Real Ya and Money Sovereignty Commission, Spain
(Moderator: Kenneth Haar, Corporate Europe Observatory, Denmark)
Workshop 1b. The euro and the debt-crisis (English only) (Conference room 2)
Speakers:
- Eric Toussaint, Spokesperson, Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) International, Belgium
- Stefano Fassina, MP and former Italian Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, Sinistra Italiana - Italian Left, Italy
(Moderator: Malin Björk, MEP, Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden)
16.00-16.30 Break
16.30-18.00 Session 2
Workshop 2a. Can the euro be reformed? (Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK) (Conference room 1)
Speakers:
- Fabio De Masi, MEP, Die Linke, Germany
- Costas Lapavitsas, Professor of Economics at the University of London and former Syriza MP, Greece
- Jeanne Chevalier, Parti de Gauche, France
- Catarina Martins, Coordinator, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
(Moderator: Nikolaj Villumsen, MP, Enhedslisten – The Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
Workshop 2b. EU, the Common Market and Social Dumping
Speakers:
- Joanna Bronowicka, Member of National Council, RAZEM, Polen
- Finn Sørensen, MP and Labour Rapporteur, Enhedslisten - The Red-Green Alliance, Denmark
- John Douglas, General Secretary of Mandate Trade Union, Ireland
(Moderator: Hanna Gedin, National Board, Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden) (English only)
18.00-18.30 Closing (Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK)
Speakers:
- Special guest-speaker: Filiz Kerestecioğlu, HDP, Turkey
- Jonas Sjöstedt, MP and Chairperson of Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden
(Moderator: Pernille Skipper, MP and Political spokesperson, Enhedslisten – The Red-Green Alliance, Denmark)
18.30-19.30 Reception
Sunday d. 20 november 2025
8.00 Registration starts
8.45 Doors closes
9.00-11.00 Session 3: Challenges in Europe and the Left’s response (Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK)
Speakers:
- Special announcement on next step in PlanB:
Stefano Fassina, MP and former Italian deputy minister of economy and finance, Sinistra Italiana – Italian Left, Italy
- Malin Björk, MEP, Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden
- Asbjørn Wahl, Director of Campaign for the Welfare State, Norway
- Catarina Martins, Coordinator, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
- Li Andersson, MP and Chairperson of Vasemmisto, Left Alliance, Finland
- Myriam Martin, Member of the regional council of Occitania, Ensemble!, France
- Miguel Urbán Crespo, MEP, Podemos, Spain
(Moderator: Jonas Sjöstedt, MP and Chairperson of Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden)
11.00-11.30 PAUSE
11.30-13.00 Further discussions on Challenges in Europe and the Left’s response
(Translation: EN, FR, ES, DK)
Kl. 13.00 Closing and brief summary
Jonas Sjöstedt, MP and Chairperson of Vänsterpartiet – Left Party, Sweden