Fringe meeting – “Momentum for democracy in the Western Balkans”, PSI, PD, EFDS, CEE Network
Date/ time: Friday, 1 March 2024 – 16:30 – 18:15
Venue: Partito Socialista HQ, via Santa Caterina da Siena, 57, Rome, Italy
Languages: English/Italian
16:30 – 16:45 – Welcome Remarks
- Enzo Maraio, National Secretary PSI
- Daša Šašić Šilović, Chair CEE Network for Gender Issues, Board Member European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
16:45 – 17:30 – Are the Balkans and the neighbourhood boiling?
- Radmila Šekerinska, PES Vice President, former Deputy President SDUM and Minister of Defense North Macedonia, Board Member CEE Network for Gender Issues
- Borko Stefanović, Deputy President Party of Freedom and Justice, Vice President Serbian Parliament
- Zita Gurmai, President PES Women, MP Hungary
- Saša Magazinović, Member National House of Representatives, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Representative in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (tbc)
- Moderator: Daša Šašić Šilović, Chair CEE Network for Gender Issues, Board Member European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
– Political debate, Q&A –
17:30- 18:15 – Is commitment to EU enlargement real?
- Matilda Ernkrans, Deputy Chair, Committee on EU-affairs in the Swedish parliament , former Minister of Development Aid, Sweden
- Bojan Marichikj, First Deputy Prime Minister, Government of North Macedonia in charge of European Affairs, International Secretary SDUM, North Macedonia
- Adnan Dibrani, MP Sweden
- Piero Fassino, Partito Democratico, MP (tbc)
- Moderator: Pia Locatelli, International Secretary PSI, Honorary President SIW, Board Member CEE Network for Gender Issues
– Political debate, Q&A –
