Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination
and Governance in the European Union, 12 October 2020
Draft Programme videoconference
Monday, 12 October 2020
10.30
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10.45 hrs
10.45
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12.15 hrs
Welcome and opening remarks
by Dr Wolfgang
Schäuble,
President of the German Bundestag
Session I:
New partnership: will monetary policy now receive the requested
fiscal support?
Keynote statements:
Dr Isabel
Schnabel,
Member of the Executive Board of the ECB
Olaf
Scholz,
Federal Minister of Finance
Potential topics: Between price stability and supporting economic policy: the
ECB's tools and limitations. Between budgetary discipline and economic stim-
uli: Fiscal policy's tools and tasks. Next Generation EU: Beginning to complete
economic and monetary union through a common fiscal policy? What has
changed since the financial and sovereign-debt crisis? Expansive fiscal policy
and expansive monetary policy: can the two work together in the long run?
Discussion
12.15
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12.45 hrs
12.45
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14.15 hrs
Break
Session II:
The future of the European fiscal rules: are they still constructive?
Keynote statements:
Paolo
Gentiloni,
EU Commissioner for Economy (tbc.)
Klaus
Regling,
Managing Director of the ESM
Potential topics: Do the European fiscal rules still pass a reality test? Are the
rules still relevant today? How to return to the rulebook? Necessity to change
methods, indicators and rules on expenditure (moving away from structural
deficit, golden rule for investments, Stability and Growth Pact, review of the
Six-Pack and Two-Pack)? Shaping this democratically: how can the national
parliaments and the European Parliament be involved to a greater extent?
Discussion
14.15
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14.45 hrs
Break
As at: 17 September 2020