until 16.00 - Arrival of participants throughout the day to NH Hotel Brussels City Centre

19.00 - Gathering at the EPP Headquarters

19.30 - Welcome Reception

Tomi Huhtanen, Director of Centre for European Studies

07.00 - Breakfast

08.00 - Departure from the hotel

08.30 - Security control at the European Parliament
European Parliament, Rue Wierrt 47, 1047 Brussels

09.30 - Official Opening of the XX. Winter University

Keynote speech by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament

‘’Europe as a global actor – 20 years after’’

11.00 - Opening Speech by Wilfried Martens, President of the European People´s Party: ‘Europe – I struggle, I overcome”

12.30 - Lunch at Esprit Desel
Place Jourdan / Joourdanplein 52-54, 1040 Brussels

14.00 - EDS Working Groups at the CD&V Headquarters

Wetstraat 89, 1040 Brussels

17.30 - Europe’s agenda for the youth:

Speech by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

Rue Belliard 200, 1040 Brussels

19.00 - Dinner at Amadeo

08.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - Departure from the hotel

10.00 - Greetings by Luc Van den Brande, Outgoing President of the Committee of Regions

10.30 - Speech by Othmar Karas, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group

11.30 - Workshops in the Committee of the Regions

13.30 - Lunch break

14.30 - Informal Discussion with Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, EPP Secretary General

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15.30 - Free time (Bureau Meeting)

19.00 - Dinner and Speech at NH Brussels Grand Sablon with Hans-Gert Pöttering

President of the European Parliament ret., Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

08.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - Departure from the hotel

10.00 - EDS Working Groups: Policies for Europe, Higher Education, Human Rights

Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Avenue de l´Yser 11, 1040 Brussels (Policies for Europe, Human Rights)
STYLE--> STYLE--> CDH Headquarters, Rue des Deux Eglises/Tweekerkenstraat 41, 1000 Brussels (Higher Education & Research)

13.30 - Lunch break

15.00 - Speech by Steven Vanackere, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Belgian Minister of Institutional Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Dress code: Business attire
20.00 - Dinner with EDS Alumni at Hotel Leopold

Greeting speech by Frank Engel MEP, former EDS Vice-Chairman
Rue du Luxembourg 35, 1050 Brussels

08.00 - Breakfast

09.00 - Departure from the hotel

10.00 - EDS Council Meeting at STYLE--> KAS Headquarters

13.00 - Lunch break

14.00 - EDS Council Meeting, interventions by Chairmen, delegates

20.00 - Farewell dinner at Espace 53
Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, 1000 Brussels

08.00 - Breakfast and Departure of participants

The venues will be:

EPP Headquarters, European Parliament, Committee of Regions, European Commission, Headquarters of the CD&V, Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

European Democrat Students (EDS) is a pan-European centre-right student and youth political association founded in 1961 and representing over 500 000 students in 37 member organisations in 32 European countries. It is the recognized and official student organisation of the EPP. It advocates for a free, democratic and united Europe through a greater student mobility and comprehensive education policies across the continent.

Bence Bauer – EDS Chairman

Tel.: +36 20 3345199, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Maria Keris – EDS Secretary General

Tel.: +32 485 914354, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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