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INTERINSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE WITH NATIONAL PARLIAMENTSON THE FUTURE FINANCING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

BRUSSELS, 7-8 SEPTEMBER 2016EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, JÓZSEF ANTALL BUILDING, ROOM JAN 2Q2DRAFT AGENDA(version 24/08/2016)

Wednesday 7 September 2016

14h00 – Arrival at the European Parliament and registration

15h00 – Inaugural session

Welcome address by Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament Presentation by Chairman Mario Monti of the work of the High Level Groupon Own Resources

15h30-17h00 – The role of the EU budget

Introduction by panel membersMr Anne Mulder, Member of the Committee on EU Affairs, NetherlandsHouse of RepresentativesMr Giorgio Tonini, Chair of the Committee on Budget, Italian SenateMr Daniel Dăianu, Member of the High Level GroupMs Ingrida Šimonytė, Member of the High Level Group Open debate with participants

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17h00-18h30 – New sources of revenue for the EU?What works and what should be changed?

Introduction by panel membersMr Jörgen Andersson, Member of the Committee on Finance, Swedish ParliamentMr Joachim Poß, Member of the Committee on EU Affairs, German BundestagMr Ivailo Kalfin, Member of the High Level GroupMr Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the High Level Group Open debate with participants

19h00 – Walking dinner hosted by the President of the European Parliament (by invitation only)

Espace Yehudi Menuhin, Paul-Henri Spaak Building

Thursday 8 September 2016

10h00-11h00 - Intervention by Vice President Kristalina Georgieva,followed by a debate with participants

11h00-12h30 – A better coherence between the EU and national budgets?How can we work better together?

Introduction by panel membersMs Lolita Čigāne, Chair of the Committee on EU Affairs, Latvian ParliamentMr Rafał Trzaskowski, Deputy Chair of the Committee on EU Affairs, Polish SejmMr Clemens Fuest, Member of the High Level GroupMr Alain Lamassoure, Member of the High Level Group Open debate with participants

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12h45-13h30 – Closing session

Marin Schulz, President of the European Parliament Vazil Hudák, Government Plenipotentiary for the negotiations of the EU Budget of theSlovak Presidency of the Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Mario Monti, Chairman of the High Level Group on Own Resources

The conference will moderated by Prof. André Sapir.