Programme

Dates: Tuesday, 25 May – Saturday, 29 May 2021

Time zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST) / Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) + 2

Venue: online (see platforms here)

Language: English

Tuesday, 6th May
18:00 - 20:00	Political meeting with delegates for presentation of resolutions

Tuesday, 25th May
11:00 - 12:00	Meet and greet session with EGP Committee (read more)
17:00 - 19:30	Compromise Amendments Sessions I / II

Wednesday, 26th May
17:00 - 19:30	Compromise Amendments Sessions III / IV
17:30 - 19:30	EGP finances meeting - CAS on finances
19:30 - 20:30	Test - Voting platform

Thursday, 27th May
16:00 - 17:00	Meet and greet session with EGP Committee (read more)
17:00 - 19:30	Compromise Amendments Session VII (CAS VI cancelled)

Friday, 28th May
9:00 - 10:00	Compromise Amendments Session VIII on the final texts
10:00 - 11:30	Networks meetings Mediterranean Network (closed meeting - by invitation only) European Network of Green Seniors: Homelessness and Poverty (read more) Tilt! Digital campaigning in Europe (read more)
11:30 - 13:00	General Assembly of the European Network of Green Seniors (read more)
13:00 - 13:30	Street and online action: Join us in Brussels or online to #SaveTheGreenDeal (read more)
	Host of the thematic part of the Council: Dena Vahdani (read more)
15:30 - 16:45	Parallel sessions Defending our fundamental rights in the face of biometric mass surveillance in Europe (read more) Campaigns of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament (read more) Fit-for-Climate? Understanding what the EU legislative package means for member states and the climate (read more) Green European Journal: Democracy ever after? Reimagining representation (read more)
17:00 - 17:30	Opening of the Council Speakers: Evelyne Huytebroeck, Co-Chair, European Greens Meyrem Almaci, Co-chair, Groen Rajae Maouane, Co-chair, Ecolo (read more)
17:30 - 17:40	Artistic performance: Dha Khan (read more)
17:40 - 17:45	Break
17:45 - 19:15	Plenary: Caricaturing the Greens: A desperate move from competitors? Speakers: Philippe Lamberts, Member of the European Parliament, co-President of the Greens / EFA group in the European Parliament Grégory Doucet, Mayor of Lyon Tonia Mastrobuoni, journalist, Berlin correspondent for la Repubblica Terry Reintke, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-president of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament Sandra Benčić, Member of the Croatian Parliament, Možemo Political Platform Rokhaya Diallo, journalist, writer, and filmmaker Ernest Urtasun, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-president of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament Maria Ohisalo, Chairperson, Finnish Greens, Minister of Interior Erika Solomon, journalist, Berlin correspondent for Financial Times Moderator: Mélanie Vogel, Committee Member, European Greens (read more)
19:15 - 19:30	Break
19:30 - 20:00	Keynote session with Annalena Baerbock, Candidate of the German Greens for chancellor 2021, Co-leader of the German Green Party and Member of the Bundestag Interviewed by: Vula Tsetsi, Committee member, European Greens (read more)
20:00 - 20:15	Stand-up comedy with Daniel Ryan Spaulding (read more)
20:15 - 21:00	Green cocktail gathering (wonder.me online platform) (read more)

Saturday, 29th May
09:00 - 09:30	Membership relations and reporting
09:30 - 10:00	Finances
10:00 - 10:45	Q&A with candidates
10:45 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 11:15	Test vote, quorum check
11:15 - 11:30	Elections
11:30 - 13:00	Voting session
	Host of the thematic part of the Council: Dena Vahdani (read more)
14:30 - 15:45	Parallel sessions Digital Gender Gap and Digital Feminism (read more) Tilt: Biodiversity, climate ambition and marine protected areas: banning bottom trawling (read more) How do Green local leaders act for quieter, safer and less polluted streets and public spaces? (read more) EU Recovery Fund - Will National Plans deliver the Green and Social Transformation we need? (read more)
16:00 - 16:30	Keynote Session by Petra De Sutter, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister (read more)
16:30 - 18:00	Plenary: Climate and Biodiversity - exchange between youth movements, Global South activists and Green policy makers Speakers: Beppe Sala, Mayor of Milan Elizabeth Wathuti, Kenyan climate activist, founder of the Green Generation Initiative and Head of Campaigns at Wangari Maathai Tara Houska, Tribal attorney fighting for indigenous rights and justicee, land defender, and former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders. She is a co-founder of Not Your Mascots Zaïre Krieger, spoken word artist Pia Olsen Dyhr, Leader of SF (Denmark) Adélaïde Charlier, Fridays for Future activist Eleonora Evi, Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA Group Nyke Slawik, Candidate for the Bundestag, Climate Activist Grüne Jugend Moderator: Thomas Waitz, Co-Chair, European Greens (read more)
18:00 - 18:30	Closing of the 33rd Council with Mar Garcia, Secretary General, European Greens (read more) Artistic performance: Pretty Loud (read more)