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XXVth Meeting of European Group
Budapest, 9-11 November 2000
Conference Chairman: Peter Sutherland
Host Country Chairman: Béla Kadar
Friday 9 November
19h00
Guided tour with special sight of St. Stephens' Crown and drinks in Parliament
20h00
Welcoming Remarks in the Hunters room by Ferenc Madl, President of the Republic of Hungary
20h30-22h00
Official buffet reception in the Hunters and Gobelins Rooms of Parliament hosted by the President of the Republic of Hungary
Saturday 10 November
09h30-12h30
SESSION I: HUNGARY
Chaired by Béla Kadar
- Viktor Orban, Prime Minister
- Gy–rgy Mataolcsy, Minister for Economic Affairs
- Zsigmond Jarai, President of the National Bank of Hungary
- Szilveszter E. Vizi, Vice President, Hungarian Academy of
Sciences
Hungarian Economy at the Dawn of EU-Accession (PDF 48kb/6pp)
prepared by Gy–rgy Mataolcsy, Minister for Economic Affairs of Hungary
13h00-14h30
Lunch in the Pest Vigado hosted by Mihaly Varga, Minister of
Finance
Speaker: Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
15h00-18h00
SESSION II: THE "MAKE OR BREAK" ISSUES of EU ENLARGEMENT
Chaired by Peter Sutherland
Agriculture & Labour Movements:
- Andrzej Olechowski, Leader of the Civic Platform; Former Foreign
& Finance Minister of Poland
- Friedrich Verzetnitsch, M.P.; President, Austrian Federation
of Trade Unions, Vienna; President, ETUC
Capital Flows & Regional Funds:
- Vladimir Dlouhy, Senior Adviser ABB; International Advisor, Goldman Sachs; Former Czechoslovak & Czech Minister
- Miguel Herrero de Minon, Member of the Royal Spanish Academy; Former Member of Parliament
20h00-22h00
Official Dinner hosted by Gyorgy Matolcsy, Minister for Economic Affairs
of the Republic of Hungary at the Museum of Fine Arts
Sunday 11 November
08h00-10h00
Breakfast in the Bellevue Room (for Members & Guests only)
SESSION III ON ADVANCING BALKAN REGIONAL STABILITY WITH
A FOCUS ON BOSNIA, SIX YEARS AFTER DAYTON
Chaired by Antonio Garrigues Walker
- Carl Bildt, Former UNSG Special Envoy to the Balkans
(to July 2001)
- Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, Brussels
- Rasim Kadic, Deputy Minister for European Integration of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Sarajevo
- Mladen Ivanic, Prime Minister of Republika Srbska, Banja Luka
10h15-12h30
SPECIAL SESSION ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH ON THE TRILATERAL PARTNERSHIP
- Thomas S. Foley, North American Chairman, The Trilateral Commission; Former
Speaker U.S. House of Representatives & Ambassador to Japan
- Peter Sutherland, European Chairman, The Trilateral Commission; Chairman, BP; Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International
13h00
Closing Lunch
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