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Monday, 10 November 2003

Preparation of the Brussels European Council : Towards a Constitutional Treaty

15.00

Welcoming speeches by Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the EPP-ED Group, Messrs Antonio Leone, Vice-President of the Forza Italia Group (FI) and Luigi Maninetti, Vice-President of the Union of Christian Democrats and the Democrats of the Centre (UDC) Group in the Chamber of Representatives of the Republic of Italy

15.30

Speech by Michel Barnier (tbc), European Commissioner responsible for the institutional reform of the Union and former Member of the Presidium of the European Convention

16.00

Representatives of the EPP-ED political family within the European Convention

17.00

Speeches by Presidents of the Parliamentary Groups and debate

18.30

Mr Franco Frattini, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and current President of the Council

19.30

End of debate

Tuesday, 11 November 2003

Preparation of the EPP Congress ahead of the 2004 European Elections

09.30

Introduction by Françoise Grossetête, First Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group responsible for relations with national parliaments and by Messrs Antonio Leone, Vice-President of the Forza Italia Group (FI), and Luigi Maninetti, Vice-President of the Union of Christian Democrats and the Democrats of the Centre (UDC) Group in the Chamber of Representatives of the Republic of Italy Presentation by Wilfried Martens, President of the EPP

10.00

Othmar Karas, Treasurer and President of the EPP-ED Group's 2004 European Elections Working Group and James Elles, Vice-President of the EPP-ED Group and Founder of the European Ideas Network and presentation from the Vice-Presidents of the Group in their own fields

11.15

Wim van Velzen, Vice-President of the EPP and the EPP-ED Group and President of the Robert Schuman Institute (Budapest)

11.30

Speeches by Presidents of the Parliamentary Groups and debate

12.00

End of Summit