Programme

1 March

14:00

Launch of the PES – YES campaign “Europe belongs to youth”

PD Headquarters, Rome
15:00

Feminist Seminar – PES Women and YES

Zita Gurmai Elly Schlein Esther Lynch
Italian Parliament, Rome
16:30

Fringe meeting – “Understanding right-wing populism and what to do about it”, S&D Group, PES COR, FEPS

Iratxe García Pérez Christophe Rouillon Elly Schlein Kata Tüttő Heléne Fritzon Andreas Schieder Maria João Rodrigues
PD Headquarters, Rome
16:30

Fringe meeting – “Momentum for democracy in the Western Balkans”, PSI, PD, EFDS, CEE Network

Enzo Maraio Zita Gurmai Radmilla Sekerinska
Partito Socialista HQ, via Santa Caterina da Siena, 57, Rome, Italy
19:30

S&D Group Reception

2 March

09:30 - 14:00

2024 PES Election Congress: “THE EUROPE WE WANT: SOCIAL, DEMOCRATIC, SUSTAINABLE”

La Nuvola, Rome
09:30

Opening and family photo

Welcoming words

Opening speech by PES President Stefan Löfven

Stefan Löfven

Speech by Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez

Pedro Sánchez

Speech by Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frediksen

Mette Frederiksen

Speech by Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa

António Costa

Side talk

Kata Tüttő Elio Di Rupo Christel Schaldemose

Solutions for a better quality of life

Keynote speech by Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner
Paolo Gentiloni Elisa Ferreira Olivier Faure Chris Fearne Francine Closener Peđa Grbin Vasco Cordeiro

Side talk

Raphael Glucksmann Mohammed Chahim Klara Dobrev

Solutions for open and democratic societies

Keynote speech by Frans Timmermans, Party Leader of GroenLinks–PvdA, Netherlands
Frans Timmermans Katarina Barley Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus Zita Gurmai Oliver Röpke Maria João Rodrigues Enric López Jurado

Side talk

Andreas Schieder Heléne Fritzon

Solutions for a fairer world

Keynote speech by Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner
Jutta Urpilainen Magdalena Andersson Lars Klingbeil Antti Lindtman Radmilla Sekerinska Patrick Gaspard

Side talk

Dimitar Kovačevski

Side talk

Esther Lynch

Speech by PES First Vice-President and S&D President Iratxe García Pérez

Iratxe García Pérez

Interventions by PES activists

13:00

Adoption of the manifesto and election of the Common Candidate

Speech by PES Common Candidate Nicolas Schmit

Nicolas Schmit

Speech by Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz

Speech by Leader of Partito Democratico Elly Schlein

Elly Schlein
14:00

Closing