Friday 18th September

Hotel NH Collection Constanza

C. Deu i Mata, 69-99, Barcelona

FEDERALIST CONVENTION

9h. OPENING

Michael Ehrke, Delegate of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Spain

José Montilla, President of the Foundation Rafael Campalans and former President of Catalonia

9.30h Panel: Towards a European Federalism

Alberto Lopez Basaguren, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of the Basque Country

Enrique Barón, Former President of the European Parliament (1989-1992)

Josep Borrell, Former president of the European Parliament (2004-2009)

Chair: Esther Niubó, Director of the Foundation Rafael Campalans

11.00. Coffee-break

11.30h. Panel 2. The internal organization of Member States in a Federal Europe Mario Kölling, researcher and project coordinator of the Foundation Manuel Giménez Abad

Ramon Jauregui, member of European Parliament

Victoria Camps, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Chair: Meritxell Batet, member of the Spanish Parliament

13.00. CLOSING

Miquel Iceta, First secretary of the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) and candidate for the presidency of

Catalonia

Gregorio Cámara, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Granada and coordinator of the expert group of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) for a Constitutional Reform

Massimo D’Alema, President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and former

Prime Minister of Italy