Conservative Answers for the Future of the European Union
The Political Academy’s main goal is to promote the ECR Party its positions and ideology to the European public. The conference aims to increase the knowledge among civil society, young politicians, mayors and city councillors about the importance of conservative values and conservative-driven policies for bringing back common sense to the European Union. ECR Party Members, politicians, activists and staff should be well trained to know what policies are important for the Member States and what policies promote ECR Party’s conservative values that contribute to achieving the EU reform.
Location
Interhotel Sandanski
Agenda
9:00 - 10:00
Registration of participants
10:00 - 10:15
Welcoming Remarks by Atanas Stoyanov – Mayor of the Municipality of Sandanski
10:15 – 10:30
Keynote Speech by Angel Dzhambazki, Vice-President of VMRO, Member of the European Parliament and Member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party
10:30 – 10:45
European Conservatism:
Ashley Fox – Former MEP and leader of the British Delegation in the ECR Group (remote participation)
Richard Milsom - Secretary General of the ECR Party (video message)
10:45 – 11:00
The future of Europe (TBC):
Hermann Tertsch – Member of the European Parliament from VOX, Spain, ECR group
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 11:45
Video messages
Charlie Weimers - Member of the European Parliament from Sweden Democrats, Sweden, ECR group
Jorge Buxade - Member of the European Parliament from VOX, Spain, ECR Group
11:45 – 12:00
Conservatism in Bulgaria
Krystian Szkwarek – ECR liaison officer in Bulgaria
12:00 – 12:30
Keynote speech by Krasimir Bogdanov – Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria
12:30 – 13:30
Official Lunch
13:30 – 14:15
Status and powers of the Great National Assembly
Ivan Georgiev – lawyer, Lecturer in Civil Procedure Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of National and World Economy
14:15 – 15:15
How to write, read and understand political news
Kalina Vlaykova - political journalist, trainer and influencer
15:15 – 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 – 17:15
Political campaigns in social media and the fight against disinformation.
Hristo Klimentov and Vesselin Gergov - experts in mass communication
17:15 – 17:45
What affects public opinion?
Parvan Simeonov - political scientist, CEO of Gallup International Bulgaria
17:45 – 18:00
Concluding Remarks
Angel Dzhambazki - Vice-President of VMRO, Member of the European Parliament and Member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party
