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Greens/EFA delegation to Greece

Participants:

  • Sven Giegold
  • Eva Joly
  • Ska Keller
  • Ulrike Lunacek
  • Τerry Reintke 
  • Josep-Maria Terricabras
  • Vula Tsetsi

THURSDAY 16 JULY

16:45

Meeting at the Hotel Reception

17:15-20:00

BRIEFINGS /POLITICAL CONTACTS

 

 

 

BRIEFINGS:

17:15  Kostis Papaioannou
Secretary General for Transparency and Human Rights Former President of Greek National Commission for Human Rights and Amnesty International Greece

meeting place: Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights, Mesogion Avenue 96

18:15 Maria Stratigaki
Vice Mayor of Athens, responsible for Social Solidarity, Welfare and Equality

meeting place: Municipal house of Athens, Kotzia square

20:30-23:00

 WORKING DINNER

DISCUSSION

 "Peribanou"  
(Hatzidaki 9 , Ano Patisia)

 1) Labour rights

Petros  Linardos Rilmon 
Institute for Employment

 2) Business, Trade , SMEs

Vassilis Korkidis  
President of the HELLENIC CONFEDERATION OF COMMERCE & ENTREPREUNERSHIP, Vice President of the European Chambers
Merchant in the shipping sector from Pireaus

 

3) Pension system

Dimitris Papastamopoulos  (to be confirmed)
Director of the office of the Minister of Labour

23:30-01:00

(optional)

Late night walk around the centre of Athens to witness illegal prostitution of undocumented migrants, who are unidentified trafficking victims; visit Omonoia square police station to witness inhuman and degrading conditions of detention and lack of appropriate victim identification processes

FRIDAY 17 JULY

10:00 -11:30

PRESS CONFERENCE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S OFFICE
8 AMALIAS AVENUE

11:45-13:00

Option A

Visit at the hospital Paidon " Saint Sofia"

Central  Hospital dedicated to childrens' medical care

Option B

Perama district 

Meeting with the Mayor and  members of the local authority

Visit in shipping sites and  discussion about the serious ecological and unemployment problems of the area

13:30-14:30

Minister of State for Combating Corruption, Panagiotis Nikoloudis

Meeting place: Minister's office
Fragoudi 11 Alexandrou Padou , Kallithea

     14:30-15:00

 Lunch time
(free)

15:30-19:00

Visit to Solidarity Imitative  Piraias
Allilegii Pireas http://solidaritypiraias.blogspot.be/2013/10/blog-post_7912.html

An amazing initiative of local professionals of Pirea to counter the crisis with offering free solidarity food, medical, educational, legal services, including collection and distribution of clothes/shoes/toys to undocumented refugees,  migrants, and detainees, a Social Kitchen, collection and distribution of vegetables, free legal aid, language courses. It basically a full spectrum of social service

- Discussion with the volunteers
- Observation of the supply chains for the soup kitchens
- Discussion with the legal counsel for the households in debt

Contact person: Yiannis Charalampopoulos

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Metropolitan Community Clinic
http://www.mkiellinikou.org/en/

The Metropolitan Community Clinic at Helliniko staffed with a growing network of volunteer doctors, dentists, pharmacists, therapists and support staff provides free  medical assistance to the unemployed, the uninsured and the poor.

-  Demonstration of the work of the clinic 
 - Discussion with the doctors

Contact person: Maritta Corley

 

19:30-21:30

PUBLIC EVENT
ΑΘΗΝΑΪΣ, Silk room , Kastorias 34-36, Votanikos, Athens

ROUNDTABLE: RESPONSES TO THE GREEK AND EUROPEAN CRISIS FROM A GREEN PERSPECTIVE

With interventions of MEPs and Greek guests

Coordination: Vula Tsetsi and Giorgos Karameros, Attica Vice-Governor

Possible interventions:  

  • Sven Giegold  
  • Eva Joly  
  • Ska Keller  
  • Ulrike Lunacek  
  • Τerry Reintke   
  • Josep-Maria Terricabras

THEMATIC UNITS:

- AUSTERITY - FINANCIAL SITUATION
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HEALTH - SOCIAL
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PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT with a new vision for Energy and Ecology
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IMMIGRATION

MEETINGS:
  • Minister of Finance, Euklid Tsakalotos (tbc)
  • Governor of the Βank of Greece, Yiannis Stournaras (confirmed
  • Minister for Health, Panagiotis Koroumblis (confirmed)
  • Alternate Minister for Reconstruction of Production, Environment and Energy , Yiannis Tsironis (confirmed)

     

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Responsible MEPs

Sven Giegold
Sven Giegold
Member
Eva Joly
Eva Joly
Member
Ska Keller
Ska Keller
Member
Ulrike Lunacek
Ulrike Lunacek
EP Vice-President, Member
Terry Reintke
Terry Reintke
Co-President
Josep Maria Terricabras
Josep Maria Terricabras
EFA President and first Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group

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