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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

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?

How should we respond: party and policy responses to the far right?

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