We are pleased to invite you to the 13th Brussels Wednesday Social, organised by the European Movement International in partnership with Forum Europe and with the kind sponsorship of METRO AG, which, due to the circumstances, will be held online on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. 

The EU’s Single Market, and the 4 freedoms that underpin it, are one of the greatest and most appreciated achievements of our Union.

This common market of over 400 million allows Europeans to travel, live and trade across the EU, providing them with rights and protections. It is built on the pillars of common interest and mutual trust.

As the virus COVID-19 spreads through our continent, the EU response needs to be one based on its founding principles of solidarity, openness, and the free exchange of goods and ideas.

Panel discussion
Kerstin Jorna, Director General | DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
Eva Maydell MEP President | European Movement International
Ivonne Julitta Bollow, Global Director Corporate Public Policy | METRO AG
Luca Visentini, General Secretary | European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Moderated by Joe Lynam, Presenter, BBC

This on-line version of the Wednesday Social will bring together business, EU officials and trade unions to discuss how the EU can make the most of the tools that the Single Market affords it and how to strengthen and improve it so it continues to provide benefits to EU members states and European citizens throughout this crisis and beyond.

European Co-operation in Action:
the EU Single Market as the avenue to recovery

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Date : Wednesday, 22 April 2020 
Time : 15:30-16:30
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After the initial discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a Q&A session.

Please click HERE to join the webinar. The webinar is free to attend, but advanced registration via the link below is requested.

Find out more about the event and previous Wednesday Socials here and join the debate on Twitter with the hashtag #WSBRU (@EMInternational, @ForumEurope, @METRO_Politics).

The event is part of a series of discussions entitled ‘Prospects for Europe’, launched in March 2017 by the partners of the Wednesday Social, with the aim to foster debate on an innovative and sustainable vision for the EU, involving stakeholders from civil society, political institutions and the business community.

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With the kind sponsorship of