"ISRAEL IN THE EUROPEAN UNION"
Brussels, 4/6 March 2002
European Parliament
Rue Wiertz 60 – Room PHS 4B01
This conference, which brings together members of parliament and leading figures both from Israel and the European Union, aims to examine the political and juridical feasibility of full Israeli membership of the European Union, both to create the conditions for a lasting peace agreement in the Middle East and to preserve the democratic nature of the State of Israel
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Programme
Monday, 4 March
15:00 – Opening
Introduction: Marco PANNELLA, Member of the European Parliament
Moderators: Yasha REIBMAN, Member of the Regional Council of Lombardy (Italy) and Gianfranco DELL'ALBA, Member of the European Parliament
Speeches by:
- Alfred TOVIAS, Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Why should Israel become a full member of the European Union? A Strategic Perspective"
- Raymond COHEN, Professor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
"Israel: A Return to Europe?"
- Giora ROSEN, Editor, ombudsman of the Israeli Television and Radio
- Avi PRIMOR, Vice president, University of Tel Aviv, former Israeli ambassador
Open debate
18:30 – Closing
Tuesday, 5 March
09:00 – Opening of proceedings
Introduction: Lorenzo STRIK–LIEVERS, Historian, University of Milan, and Member of the Regional Council of Lombardy (Italy)
Moderators: Betty DAN, Editor, Radio Judaica Belgique and Benedetto DELLA VEDOVA, Member of the European Parliament, Co–President of Radicali Italiani
Speeches:
- Emma BONINO, Member of the European Parliament
- Fréderic ENCEL, Professor of Foreign Policy, Univeristy of Paris and Rennes
- Meir OUZIEL, Journalist, Maariv
- Amos GITAI, Film Director
- Marc DAUGHERTY, Journalist, Jerusalem Post
- Sami MICHAEL, Novelist
- Akiva ELDAR, Journalist, Ha'aretz
Open debate
12:30 – Closing
• • • Lunch break
15:00 – Opening
Introduction: Harry KNEY–TAL, Ambassador of Israel to the European Union
Moderators: Frédérique RIES, Member of the European Parliament and Olivier DUPUIS, Member of the European Parliament, Secretary General of the Transnational Radical Party
Speeches:
- Colette AVITAL, Member of the Knesset, Labour
- Roman BRONFMAN, Member of the Knesset, Democratic Choice
- Joseph PARITZKY, Member of the Knesset, Shinui
- Gérard CAUDRON, Member of the European Parliament
General debate
18:30 – Closing
Wednesday, 6 March
09:00 – Opening
Moderators: François ZIMERAY, Member of the European Parliament, Marco CAPPATO, Member of the European Parliament and Maurizio TURCO, Member of the European Parliament
Speeches by:
- José GARSON, Professor, College of Europe of Bruges
- Judith BELINFANTE, Member of the Dutch Parliament, PvdA
- Stefano ZAPPALÀ, Member of the European Parliament
- Willy DE CLERQ, Member of the European Parliament
- Bastian BELDER, Member of the European Parliament
- Carlo FATUZZO, Member of the European Parliament
General debate
Conclusions: Marco PANNELLA, Member of the European Parliament
12:30 – Closing of the Conference
Interpretation: German – English – French – Italian
Organisation: Transnational Radical Party and the radical
members of the European Parliament
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