FAMILIES IN EUROPE - WHAT FUTURE? SEMINAR, CHAIRED BY MARIE PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU

16/03/2007: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP, President of the European Parliament's Intergroup on Family and Protection of Childhood, will preside over the seminar "What future for the families in Europe?" on 28 March in Brussels.

This seminar is organised in the context of the preparation of the World Congress of Families which will be held in Warsaw 11-13 May. The seminar will also facilitate the adoption of a resolution on the future of families in Europe.

The speakers include three members of the EPP-ED Group: Mario Mauro (Italy), Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ingo Friedrich (Germany), Quaestor of the European Parliament and President of the movement "Paneuropa Union", and José Ribeiro e Castro (Portugal), as well as Stéphane Buffetaut, rapporteur for the family for the Economic and Social Committee.

Two co-organisers, Elizabeth Montfort, President of 'Femina Europa' and former EPP-ED MEP, and Giorgio Salina, President of the Association for the Foundation of Europe, will also deliver speeches at this event.

Interested NGOs are also welcome to participate.

The seminar will take place from 4.30 to 6.30pm in room A5E3 of the European Parliament. There will be a press conference afterwards at 7pm in room PHS 0A50.

For further information:
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP, Tel: +32-2-2847447, Fax: +32-2-2849447