XVIth EPP CONGRESS The EPP: Your Majority in Europe 4 - 5 February 2004 European Parliament BRUSSELS

Wednesday, 4 February 2004

15.00 – 15.30 hrs

First Plenary Session Welcome address: EPP President Wilfried Martens CDH President Joëlle Milquet CD&V President Yves Leterme

15.30 – 19.00 hrs

Action programme 2004-2009 and Electoral Manifesto Working Group A: Introduction Chapter I: A dynamic, competitive, solidarity-based and job-generating economy Chapter II: Responding to European citizens’ growing need for security and safety Chapter III: Sustainable Development Working Group B: Chapter IV: European Youth Policy Chapter V: Europe and its place in the world Chapter VI: A good European Governance Electoral Manifesto

Thursday, 5 February 2004

9.30 – 13.00 hrs	Second Plenary Session Speech: EPP President Wilfried Martens Report: EPP Secretary-General Antonio López-Istúriz Report: Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Poettering Speeches: EPP Heads of Government Statements
15.00 – 18.00 hrs	Third Plenary Session Reports of the EPP recognized associations Vote on amendments to the statutes Vote on resolutions and on emergency resolutions Adoption of the Action Programme 2004-2009 and the Electoral Manifesto Closing speech by EPP President Wilfried Martens