Fair Tax: “Stop the corporate tax race to the bottom”

Interpretation: DE/EN/NL

18.00-18.55 Registration

18.55 Opening with “TOGETHER” video presentation and introduction by the moderator Dolf Jansen

Welcome

Paul Tang MEP, Head of the Dutch S&D delegation

Udo Bullmann MEP, President of the S&D Group

19.10 Keynote speech by

Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, UK

Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media

Reaction by

Lodewijk Asscher, Leader of the Dutch Labour Party – PvdA

Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media

20.00 Musical intermezzo

20.05 Inspiring debate with

Paul Mason, Award-winning British journalist, Broadcaster and Author,
and the audience

20.25 Panel discussion: “Our solution to tax avoidance in Europe”

(in alphabetical order):

Dereje Alemajehu, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice

Pervenche Berès, MEP, S&D Group Spokesperson on Economic and Monetary affairs

Ana Gomes, MEP S&D, Vice Chair of the Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance in the European Parliament

Alex Wilks, Campaign Director AVAAZ

Reaction by discussant:

Esmé Berkhout, OXFAM Novib

Followed by Q&A session from the audience and via social media

21.10 Presentation of the “TOGETHER” Ambassadors and of the “TOGETHER” Statement by Paul Tang MEP, Head of the Dutch S&D delegation

21.25 Musical intermezzo by King Miles

21.30 Closing remarks by John Crombez, Leader of the Belgian Socialist Party sp.a

Reception

Fair Tax “Stop the corporate tax race to the bottom”