EPP-CoR External Meeting – Badalona

                                                   29 September 2025, 09:30 – 13:00, Sala del Cristall Sud, Hotel Marina Badalona

 

09:30 – 09:50 | OPENING REMARKS

• SARI RAUTIO, President of the EPP-CoR Group
• XAVIER GARCÍA ALBIOL, Mayor of Badalona, Member EPP-CoR Group

9:50 – 11:20 | ROUND TABLE 1

Challenges and Opportunities in Regional and Local Housing Markets and Urban Planning

Moderator: JUAN BRAVO Deputy Secretary-General for Economy and Housing, PP

Speakers

• BORJA GIMÉNEZ LARRAZ, EPP MEP, Rapporteur for the EP HOUS Committee report on the housing crisis in the EU
• HANNA ZDANOWSKA, Mayor of Łódź, EPP-CoR Group Member
• EMMA BLAIN, Member Dublin City Council, EPP-CoR Group Member
• XAVIER VILAJOANA, President of APCEspaña and APCE Catalonia (Spanish Association of Developers and Builders)
• DONATO MUÑOZ, CEO of CEVASA (Spanish Company of Rental Housing, S.A.) (online)

Questions & answers – interaction with the audience

11:20 – 12:40 | ROUND TABLE 2

Innovative Solutions, Youth Access and European Cooperation on Housing

Moderator: JELENA DRENJANIN, Member of Municipal Council, Huddinge Municipality, EPP-CoR Group Member

Presentation by GEORGIANA-CRISTINA SIMA and BEATRICE NIEBURG (YEP Programme)

Local examples of housing challenges and perspectives in Cluj-Napoca and Düsseldorf

Speakers:

• GONZALO BERNARDOS DOMÍNGUEZ, Director of the Master’s in Real Estate Advisory, Management and Development, University of Barcelona; Economist and real estate market analyst
• RARES VOICU, President of the European Youth Forum
• KEVIN KLINKSPOOR, Municipal Council Member in Westland, YEP Programme

Questions & answers – interaction with the audience

12:40 – 13:00 | CLOSING REMARKS

• SARI RAUTIO, President of the EPP-CoR Group
• XAVIER GARCÍA ALBIOL, Mayor of Badalona, Member EPP-CoR Group

13:00 | PRESS CONFERENCE (separate room)