Fringe meeting – “Understanding right-wing populism and what to do about it”, S&D Group, PES COR, FEPS
Joint workshop in the framework of the PES electoral Congress
Understanding right-wing populism and what to do about it
Friday, 1 March 2024, 16:30 – 19:00
Partito Democratico headquarters, Rome, Italy
Via di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte, 16
David Sassoli meeting room
16:30 – 16:45 Welcome
- Iratxe García Péréz, Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D Group)
- Christophe Rouillon, President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Mayor of Coulaines, France
16:45 – 17:00 Keynote speech
- Elly Schlein, Leader of the Partito Democratico (Italy)
17:00 – 18:45 Working sessions
Moderator: Ania Skrzypek, Director for research and training at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
17:00 – 18:00 Session 1: The rise of far-right populism
Why is the rise of far-right a threat to democracy?
- Daphne Halikiopoulou, Chair in comparative politics, University of York
How should we respond: party and policy responses to the far right?
- Tim Vlandas, Associate professor in social policy, Oxford University
Political debate & Q&A
18:00 – 18:45 Session 2: The geography of discontent: Comparative outlook on case studies
- Germany: Gabriele Bischoff, Vice-president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- Hungary: Kata Tüttő, Deputy Mayor of Budapest and Vice-president of the PES Group in the CoR
- Sweden: Helene Fritzon, Vice-president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- Spain: María Victoria Chivite Navascues, President of the Autonomous Community of Navarre
- The Netherlands: Thijs Reuten, Member of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- Austria: Andreas Schieder, Chair of the Next Left, Member of the S&D Group in the European Parliament
- Portugal: Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the regions, President of the Socialist party of the Azores
Political debate and Q&A
18:45 – 19:00 Conclusions
- Maria João Rodrigues, President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)
- Nicola Zingaretti, President of DEMO, Foundation of the Italian Democratic Party