Fair Tax Event - Stop the corporate tax race to the bottom.
18.00-18.55 Registration
18.55 Opening with “TOGETHER” video presentation and introduction by the moderator Dolf Jansen
Welcome
Paul Tang MEP, Head of the Dutch S&D delegation
Udo Bullmann MEP, President of the S&D Group
Sergei Stanishev, President of the Party of European Socialists (tbc)
19.10 Keynote speeches by
Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, UK
Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media
Reaction by
Lodewijk Asscher, Leader of the Dutch Labour Party – PvdA
Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media
20.00 Panel discussion: “Our solution to tax avoidance in Europe”
(in alphabetical order):
Ana Gomes, MEP S&D, Vice Chair of the Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance in the European Parliament
Brooke Harrington, Professor, Department of Business & politics, Copenhagen Business school (invited)
Peter Simon, MEP, S&D Spokesperson for financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (tbc)
Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media
Reaction by discussants coming from the NGO world:
Dereje Alemajehu, Director of the global alliance against tax avoidance
20.45 Conclusions from the political panel and presentation of the “TOGETHER” Ambassadors by Jeppe Kofod, MEP, S&D Group Vice-President
20.50 Musical intermezzo
21.05 Adoption of the Statement introduced by Pervenche Berès, MEP, S&D Group Spokesperson on Economic and Monetary affairs and Paul Tang MEP, Head of the Dutch S&D delegation
21.10 Closing remarks by John Crombez, Leader of Belgian Socialist Party sp.a
21.25 Reception
