PRESS CONFERENCE ON "FAMILIES IN EUROPE"

28/03/2007: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP (EPP-ED , Greece ), President of the intergroup "Family and protection of childhood" of the European Parliament, will preside over a seminar "What future for the families in Europe?" taking place today, Wednesday, 28 March, in Brussels.

The seminar is organised in the context of preparing 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 MEP (Italy ), Vice-President of the European Parliament, Ingo Friedrich MEP (Germany ), President of the movement "Paneuropa Union" and Quaestor of the European Parliament, and José Ribeiro e Castro MEP (Portugal ), as well as Stéphane Buffetaut, rapporteur for family of the Economic and Social Committee.

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