(9.3.2011)
Vasemmistofoorumi järjestää yhteistyössä Transform! Europen kanssa seminaarin Transformative Left Parties in Europe – The Question of Democracy and Participation. Tilaisuus on osa Transform! Europen Strategic Perspective of the Left in Europe -projektia. Seminaari järjestetään Helsingissä 1.-2.4. Ravintola Bottan juhlakerroksessa (Museokatu 10).
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Seminar
TRANSFORMATIVE LEFT PARTIES IN EUROPE
THE QUESTION OF DEMOCRACY AND PARTICIPATION
Helsinki, Ostrobotnia (“Botta”, Museokatu 10), 1-2 April 2011
Programme
Friday, 1 April
09:30-09:45
Opening
Ruurik Holm, Left Forum (Vasemmistofoorumi) and Transform! Europe
09:45-12:00
Democracy in Parties and Movements
Franco Russo, transform! italia
Teivo Teivainen, University of Helsinki
12:00-13:00
Lunch (at your own cost)
13:00-15:00
European (Radical) Left Party Structure and the Issue of Internal Democracy
Cornelia Hildebrandt, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin
Luke March, University of Edinburgh
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-18:00
Identities and Parties of the (Radical) Left
Elisabeth Gauthier, Espaces Marx and Transform! Europe
1-2 Speakers (to be announced)
Saturday 2 April
09:30-12:00
Presentation of the Study on the Development of a European Party System
Walter Baier, Transform! Europe
Presentation of the Survey on the European Left Party
Haris Golemis, Vagia Lysikatou, Stavros Panagiotidis (Nicos Poulantzas Institute and Transform! Europe)
Members and Voters of European Left Parties
Anna Striethorst, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Brussels
12:00-12:45
Lunch (at your own cost)
12:45-14:30
Case studies on some European Left Parties
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14:30-16:30
Public Event on Solutions to the Economic and Financial Crisis
(organized by Left Alliance)
Paavo Arhinmäki, president, Left Alliance
Heikki Patomäki, professor, University of Helsinki
Miguel Portas, Member of European Parliament, GUE/NGL
Helmut Scholz, Member of European Parliament, GUE/NGL
Esko Seppänen, former Member of European Parliament
Alexis Tsipras, president (Synaspismos) and vice-president (European Left Party)
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16:30-16:45
Coffee break
16:45-18:30
Case studies on some European Left Parties
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