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The congress was held at the European Parliament and was facilitated by the Dutch delegation of the Independence/Democracy Group (IND/DEM).
European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60
B-1047 Brussels
Belgium
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Report of 2nd member congress
The 2nd Annual ECPM Congress was a great succes.
More than 100 Christian-democratic politicians from 28 countries gathered at the 2nd ECPM congress Vision for Christian-democracy in Europe, which was held in the European Parliament in Brussels on 6 and 7 December 2006.
Read here the full report of the congress.
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Programme
6th December
| 9.00 |
Registration at entrance European Parliament |
| 10.00 |
Opening conference by ECPM President Peeter Vosu |
| 10.45 |
Lecture Christian-democracy in the global village of the 21st century Jim Skillen (Center for Public Justice, USA). |
| 11.45 |
Presentation associated organizations |
| 13.00 |
Free time till 16.00. Lunch in visitors part of EP |
| 17.00 |
Presentation of the survey held under ECPM member parties by Jolanda Baks |
| 17.15 |
Short report about the developments of ECPM in South Eastern Europe by Leo van Doesburg |
| 17.30 | Workshop Future cooperation in the ECPM. The attendants will be split up in three groups. Equipped with the main points of Jolanda’s research, a discussion about regional cooperation will take place |
| 18.45 | Lecture about the role of the government( for example governmental interference in public and private affairs) by David Campanale (CPA, UK) and reaction to it by Paulius Saudargas (LKD, Lithuania) |
| 20.00 |
Dinner |
7th December
| 9.30 |
Lecture about the future of the European Union by Hans Blokland (MEP ChristianUnion/IND-DEM, Netherlands). |
| 10.10 |
Reaction on Hans Blokland's lecture by Miroslav Mikolasik (MEP KDH/EPP-ED, Slovakia) |
| 10.30 |
Lecture on social policy by Stanley Carlson-Thies (Center for Public Justice, USA) |
| 11.00 | Reaction on Stanley Carlson-Thies by Tove Videbaek (EEA) and discussion |
| 11.45 | Conclusion of yesterday’s workshop. Group leaders will present some concrete outcomes of the discussions (about 15 minutes for each group) |
| 12.30 | Lecture on environmental policy in Europe (reaction on “wise stewardship” in the pamphlet) |
| 13.30 | Lunch. Drinks and food can be bought in the European Parliament |
| 14.30 | Discussion between 4 persons about the document a Christian-social contribution to Europe. Opportunity to interrupt and join the discussion by any congress attendant |
| 16.30 | 2nd ECPM Congress |
| 18.30 | Closing speech & end congress |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
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