Helmut Scholz ist seit 2009 Mitglied des Europaparlaments.
Er ist Mitglied im Ausschuss für Internationalen Handel und stellvertretendes Mitglied im Ausschuss für Konstitutionelle Fragen. Er ist zudem Mitglied bzw. Stellvertreter unter anderm in den Delegationen für die Beziehungen zu den USA und zur Volksrepublik China.
Internationale Konferenz: JAPAN-EU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT - RISKS & ALTERNATIVES
JAPAN-EU FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
RISKS & ALTERNATIVES
7 November 2017, 9.00 - 15.30
European Parliament Brussels - Room PHS 1A002
(with interpretation EN, FR, DE, CZ, DA, EL, ES, IT, NL, PT, SV, and Japanese)
8.30 Welcome, coffee & tea
9.00 Introduction
Gabi Zimmer, President of GUE/NGL
Takashi Shinohara, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
Lucile Flagueyrac, NGO Seattle to Brussels
9.30 Risks in JEFTA
Moderator Anne-Marie Mineur, MEP GUE/NGL
* Environment and regulatory co-operation (Lora Verheecke, Corporate Europe Observatory)
* Financial services (Sanya Reid, Third World Network)
* Agriculture, food safety, animal welfare (Shoko Uchida, Pacific Asia Resource Center)
* Data flow and privacy (Marija Bartl, researcher University of Amsterdam)
Reactions and debate
11.00 Building alternatives
Moderator: Helmut Scholz, MEP GUE/NGL
* Alternatives for industrial policy, transition and job creation (Peter Scherrer, European Trade Union Confederation)
* Cooperatives work on alternatives (Igor Ortega, researcher Mondragon University, tbc)
* Citizens are organising to win (Cornelia Reetz, Campact)
Reactions and debate
12.15 Conclusions
Kimitoshi Morihara, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan (tbc)
Anja Hazenkamp, MEP GUE/NGL (tbc)
13.30 Workshops
1. Data flow protection (Marija Bartl, University of Amsterdam, Moderator: Helmut Scholz)
2. Defence of services (Pablo Sanchez, EPSU, Moderator: Matt Carthy)
3. Protection of environment (Kees Kodde, Greenpeace, Moderator: Anne-Marie Mineur)
REGISTRATION: http://www.opinio.europarl.europa.eu/opinio/s?s=2773
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