EPP Local Dialogue with students and young people

Anchor: Emma Blain, County Councillor of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (Ireland)

 

13.30 - 13.50 Opening remarks

Olgierd Geblewicz, President of the EPP-CoR Group, President of West Pomerania Region (Poland)

Manfred Weber, EPP President and Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament

Henna Virkkunen, MEP

 

13.50 – 14.15 Engaging with the EPP Youth to strengthen democracy: local stories from Finland and the EU

Moderator: Hugo Huet, City Councillor of Asnières-sur-Seine (France), representative of the CoR Young Elected Politician Programme

Open dialogue with

Tanya Hristova, Mayor of Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Chair of the CoR commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC), EPP-CoR Group

Sari Rautio, Member of Hämeenlinna City Council (Finland), EPP-CoR Group

Joel Vanhanen, City Councillor of Espoo (Finland), representative of the CoR Young Elected Politician Programme  

 

14.15 – 14.25 Keynote speech: Karlo Ressler MEP, Member of the EPP Group Young Members Network (YMN)

 

14.25 - 14.50 Youths' needs in the 21^st century – solutions from the EPP: local stories from Finland and the EU

Moderator: Venla Väli-Torala, City Councillor of Heinola (Finland), representative of the CoR Young Elected Politician Programme

Open dialogue with

Tomi Huhtanen, Executive Director, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

Markku Markkula, President of the Helsinki Region (Finland), EPP-CoR Group

Mathieu Cuip, Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, EPP-CoR Group

 

14.50 - 15.15 Joint launch of the Helsinki roadmap to engage youths for the 2024 European Elections 

Emma Blain, County Councillor of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (Ireland)

Silva Mertsola, Vice-President of YEPP                                  

Beppe Galea, Chairman of EDS