25th Conference on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe
A Green New Deal for Europe - Opportunities and Challenges
from 26-28 September 2019
The EuroMemo Group conference 2019 was jointly hosted with the Paris University 13 and took place on 26-28 September 2019 (Thursday-Saturday). The conference venue was the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord (20, avenue George Sand, 93210 La Plaine Saint-Denis).
Against the background of the deepening climate and environmental crisis, the conference particularly addressed the need for socio-ecological transformation in Europe and critically discussed related policy proposals, in particular the Green New Deal.
The programme was as follows:
Thursday, September 26th 2019
1:00 - 2:30 Pre-Conference Event: Founding assembly of the EuroMemo legal association
2:30 - 3:00 Registration (at the right hand side of the entry hall)
3:00 - 7:00 Opening plenary on the state of the Union (4th floor)
Welcome Address: Jonathan Marie (CEPN, University Paris 13) and David Berinque (directeur général Campus Condorcet)
Part I: The State of the Union
Chair: Pascal Petit (CEPN, University Paris 13)
- Donatella Della Porta (Scuola Normale Superiore Firenze): Political State of the Union
- Henri Sterdyniak (Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques, OFCE): Economic State of the Union
Part II: Prospects for a Green New Deal for Europe - Panel discussion
Chair: Laura Horn (EuroMemo Group and Roskilde University)
- Aurélie Trouvé (INRA and ATTAC France)
- Michael Löwy (French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS)
- Alain Lipietz (French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS, ex MEP)
Open discussion
8:00 Conference Dinner
Friday, September 27th 2019
10:00 - 1:30 Seven parallel workshops on key themes of EU policy Workshop programme
2:30 - 4:00 Plenary on policy proposals from workshops
Chair: Werner Raza (EuroMemo Group and Austrian Foundation for Development Research)
4:15 - 6:00 Special plenary 'The current politico-economic situation in France and its repercussions for Europe'
Chair: Marica Frangakis (EuroMemo Group and Nicos Poulantzas Institute)
- Guillaume Duval (Alternatives Économiques)
- Liêm Hoang-Ngoc (Université de Paris 1, ex MEP)
Saturday, September 28th 2019
9:00 - 12:00 Planning meeting: EuroMemorandum 2020 and other activities (1st floor, auditorium)
