Wednesday, 14 January

20:00 – 22:00
Progressive Open Mic
Welcome drink and tapas

Thursday, 15 January

09:15 – 09:30
Registrations

09:30 – 09:45
Welcome and Opening
Carolina Darias San Sebastián, Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Luca Menesini, President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions
João Martins Pereira, President of the Young European Socialists (YES)
Representatives of Juventud Socialista (TBC)

09:45 – 10:45
Session I: EU Budget — Waste of Money or Added Value?
Jean-Marc Germain, S&D Members of the European Parliament (tbc)

10:40 – 11:00
Coffee break ☕︎

11:OO – 12:00
Session II: Meet Your Progressive Leader 

Antje Grotheer, President of the Bremen State Parliament and Vice President of the PES Group
Pascal Smet, Member of the Parliament of the Brussels- Capital Regions
Joško Klisović, President of the City Assembly of Zagreb
Nuška Gajšek, Mayor of Ptuj, Slovenia
 

12:OO – 13:00
Session III: Workshop by the Young European Socialists (YES)

13:00 – 15:00
Lunch break ☕︎

15:00 – 19:00
PES Group Extraordinary Meeting

19:30 – 21:00
Citizen’s Debate

21:30 – 23:00
Walking dinner

Friday, 16 January

09:OO – 10:30
Session IV: Democracy at the brink: what’s next? Workshop by the S&D Group in the European Parliament, chaired by Thomas Bajada, S&D Member of the European Parliament

10:30 – 10:45
Coffee break and family picture ☕︎

10:45 – 12:00
Session V: Drafting 10 Points to Fight for Democracy

12:00 – 12:15
Closing remarks

Representative of S&D Group in the European Parliament 
Luca Menesini, President of the PES Group in the European Committee of the Regions

12:15 – 13:15
Lunch 

13:30 – 15:30

Visit to the Foundation Juan Negrin (optional)

You’re invited to visit the Foundation Juan Negrin in the context of the 50th anniversary of Spain’s democratic transition, with historical context on Juan Negrín, last Prime Minister of the Second Republic, and his early defence of democratic legitimacy and constitutional order in the face of authoritarianism at📍 C. Reyes Católicos, 30, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Espagne.