20 – 21 NOV 2019

Arena Zagreb, Croatia

14:00 - 20:00EPP CONGRESS: 1ST PLENARY SESSION – ARENA ZAGREB•

Welcome by the Prime Minister of Croatia and HDZ President•

Reports of the EPP President, EPP Secretary General and President WMCES

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Announcement Candidate(s) EPP President

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EPP Merit Award • Discussion and Vote on Congress Resolutions, Emergency Resolutions,

Statutory modifications

• Chairpersons EPP Member Associations

• Presidents Parliamentary Assemblies and Chairmen EPP Groups in the CoR, in the Parliamentary Assemblies of CoE, OSCE and NATO and in Euronest

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Non-EU Opposition Leaders

• EU opposition Leaders• Heads of State and Government non-EU and EU• The European Commission President-elect• Proclamation result election EPP President•

TUESDAY19 NOV

15:00 - 17:00EPP Presidency – Sheraton Hotel Zagreb

09:00 - 15:309th Transatlantic Think Tank Conference, organized by WMCES, KAS, Hudson Institute & IRI – Double Tree Hilton Hotel (upon invitation only)

17:00 - 19:30EPP Political Assembly – Sheraton Hotel Zagreb

19:30Dinner for the members of the Political Assembly – Palace Dverce

20:30 - 22:30Walking Dinner for delegates hosted by HDZ Museum of Contemporary Art -MSU

20:00Bus Departures to Dinner

20:30 - 22:30EPP Summit Heads of State and Government and Opposition Leaders(Restricted to the members of the EPP Summit-upon invitation only)Museum of Contemporary Art - MSU

12:30 - 13:45Lunch for all delegates hosted by the EPP Group in the EP (Sheraton Hotel) and EPP (Arena Zagreb ‒ Village)

WEDNESDAY20 NOV

09:00 - 12:30EPP Group in the EP Study Days (1st session) (open to all delegates)Sheraton Hotel

10:30 - 12:30EPP Resolution Committee – Arena Zagreb ‒ Room 0.5

14:30 - 17:30 Election EPP President

16:00 - 16:45 Panel debate: Western Balkans and EU: Common Challenges and Shared Responsibilities

THURSDAY21 NOV

08:30 - 09:30EPP Group in the EP Study Days (2nd session) – Sheraton Hotel

13:30Lunch hosted by EPP – Arena Zagreb ‒ Village

FROM 13:30Departures to airport

09:45 - 13:30EPP CONGRESS: 2ND PLENARY SESSION – ARENA ZAGREB

Welcome by the HDZ Secretary General

09:30 - 11:45 - Election EPP Secretary General, 10 Vice-Presidents and Treasurer

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• The EPP President• The Prime Minister of Croatia

• Discussion and vote on the Congress resolution ‘EPP vision for a sustainable planet’

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Proclamation result election EPP Secretary GeneralThe EPP Secretary GeneralProclamation result elections EPP Vice-Presidents and Treasurer

• Interventions EU Oppositions Leaders, EPP Group Chairman, EU Deputy Prime Ministers and EU Heads of State and Government

10:00 - 10:45 Panel debate: EPP Climate Action – taking the lead

PROGRAM

ONGOINGSIDE PROGRAM

WED 20 NOV

THU 21 NOV

All day Martens Centre Stand The Martens Centre Marathon of Ideas09:00 - 10:00 Room 3.3 Robert Schuman Institute 09:00 - 10:30 Room 3.2 SME Europe Working Breakfast: ‘Ensuring the Success of European SMEs through e-Commerce & Digitalization’10:00 - 12:00 EPP Talks Arena EPP Group in the CoR ‘European Investments in Regions and Cities post 2020’ 11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.2 SME Europe SME Morning Debate: “Nutrition, Health & Business – the Future of a Trillion Euro Market”11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.4 EDS 11:00 - 12:30 Room 3.3 EUCDW 11:30 - 13:45 Room 3.1 WMCES Honorary Board 15:00 - 16:35 EPP Talks Arena EPP Talks GenYZ #Next Gen: Youthin' Up European Politics16:45 - 17:30 Room 3.4 Young Members Network Three Ideas for Europe16:45 - 18:00 EPP Talks Arena EPP Talks ‘Pitches for VP’

All day Martens Centre Stand The Martens Centre Marathon of Ideas

Bus transport and shuttle services in between the different venues and the hotels will be provided both on Wednesday and Thursday by our co-host HDZ

Updated 18 November 2019

More details on zagreb2019.epp.eu

Nomination for election of the EPP Secretary General by the EPP President