EPP-ED Group:

MEETING OF THE EPP-ED GROUP BUREAU
6 - 7 March 2003
Regensburg, Germany

Programme

Last update: 15/01/2003

Thursday March 6th 2003

9.00 - 10.00	Welcoming ceremony (in the Reichssaal) - Special Sitting Welcome Hans SCHAIDINGER, Oberbürgermeister of Stadt Regensburg Emilia Franziska MUELLER MEP Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament
10.15	Opening session (in the Salzstadel) Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Reinhold BOCKLET MdL, Bavarian Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs, Chairman of the EPP Group in the Committee of the Regions
11.00 - 13.00	*Session I: The development of the Danube Region - States newly accepted in the European Union* Chairman: Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Speakers (Invited): Hans SCHAIDINGER, Oberburgermeister of Stadt Regensburg Prof. Andras INOTAI, Institute for World Economics (Hungary) Prof. Juraj STERN, University of Economics (Slovakia) N.N. - European Commission Followed by a debate Conclusion: Jürgen SCHRÖDER MEP, Rapporteur for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy for Enlargement with the Czech Republic
15.00 - 16.30	*Session II: The development of the Danube Region - Candidate countries likely to join in 2007* Chairman: Othmar KARAS MEP, Treasurer of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Speakers (Invited): Prof. Andrey ZAHARIEV, Academy of Svishtov (Bulgaria) Ulm SPINEANU, Member and Economic Expert of the PNTCD (Romania) Werner SCHNAPPAUF, Bavarian Minister of State for Rural Development and Environment Eugenio GARLA, Member of the PPCD, Member of the Budget and Finance Committee (Moldova) Gyorgy FUNDA, Senator for UDMR (Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) Followed by a debate Conclusion: Geoffrey VAN ORDEN MEP, Rapporteur for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy for Enlargement with Bulgaria
16.30 - 18.00	*Session III: The development of the Danube Region - The Balkan Region* Chairman: Othmar KARAS MEP, Treasurer of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament Speakers (Invited): Miroljub LABUS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Economic Relations (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Gernot ERLER MdB, President of the South East Europe Society, Munich Sulejman TIHIC, Chairman of the SDA (Party of Democratic Action, Bosnia) Ivo SANADER, Chairman of HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union, Croatia) Followed by a debate Conclusion: Arie OOSTLANDER MEP, EPP-ED Group Coordinator for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy for Enlargement and Member of the Delegation for South East Europe

Friday March 7th 2003

9.00 - 12.00

Session IV: Cultural relevance of the Danube Region

Chairman: Wim van VELZEN MEP, Vice Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament
Speakers (Invited):
Erhard BUSEK, Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact
Prof. Dr Alf ZIMMER, Rector of Regensburg University
Andrei Gabriel PLESU, Philosopher, Art Historian, Bucharest, Romania
Regina HELLWIG-SCHMID, Artist
Conclusion: Doris PACK MEP, EPP-ED Group Coordinator on the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport