Day of Progressive Economic Policy 2022

Welcome remarks & Opening by the moderators Franziska Stasik, TV journalist  and Jens Tönnesmann, DIE ZEIT

Setting the Scene: In a time of uncertainty? The global economic outlook and its implications for European modernization and recovery

• Ann Pettifor, Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME), author and political economist
• Martin Sandbu, European Economics Commentator at the Financial Times

Opening panel: Ushering in a decade of modernisation: What challenges do Europe and Germany face?

• Ann Pettifor,  Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME), author and political economist
• Antti Rinne, Deputy Speaker of the Finnish Parliament (SDP), former Prime Minister of Finland and former Minister of Finance
• Martin Sandbu, European Economics Commentator at the Financial Times 

Building site Germany – investment, skilled workers, good jobs and the role of social partners

• Stefan Körzell, Member of the Executive Federal Board of the DGB
• Ariane Reinhart,  Member of the Executive Board Group Human Relations and Group Sustainability, Director of Labor Relations, Continental AG

Forum I – Investment & Finance

Sustainable financial policy from a young perspective: public investment and its financing from the point of view of intergenerational equity

• Carl Mühlbach, Chairman of FiscalFuture
• Maximilian Reiter, Federal Board of the Young Liberals (JuLis)
• Melanie Wegling, MP, Member of the Finance Committee, SPD

Moderation: Mark Schieritz, DIE ZEIT

Forum II – Transition & Recovery

Skills shortages in the Just Transition: a zero-sum game?

• Gunilla Fincke,  Head of Department Qualification, Training and Further Education and Securing of Skilled Workers at the BMAS
• Sandra Hofmann, Research Field Director International Social Policy, WifOR
• Stefanie Janczyk, Head of the General Social and Labor Market Policy Department/AGA at the Executive Board of the IG Metall trade union
• Susanne Müller, Deputy Head of Department Education, Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA)

Moderation: Julia Bläsius, FES

Forum III – Governance & Participation

Beyond money: removal of non-monetary barriers to a progressive investment offensive

• Katja Rietzler, Head of Division "Tax and Fiscal Policy" at the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) of the Hans Böckler Foundation
• Hubertus Bardt, Managing Director & Head of Research at the German Economic Institute (IW)
• Jutta Steinruck, Mayor of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• Bernd Westphal, MP and Spokesman for Economic Affairs of the SPD Parliamentary Group

Moderation: Henrik Scheller, German Institute of Urban Affairs (DifU)

Three more parallel forums:

Forum IV – Investment & Finance

Resources for a sustainable economy: the promises and pitfalls of sustainable finance

• Philipp Steinberg, Head of Department I (Economic Policy) of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection
• Maxi Leuchters, Head of Divison “Corporate Law and Governance” at the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Governance of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
• Ariane Reinhart, Member of the Executive Board Group Human Relations and Group Sustainability, Director of Labor Relations, Continental AG
• Nancy Saich, Chief Climate Change Expert at the European Investment Bank (EIB)

Moderation: Thomas Wendel, Tagesspiegel Background Sustainable Finance

Forum V – Transition & Recovery

The climate & social impact of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs)

• Elisabetta Cornago, Senior Research Fellow, EU energy climate policy, Center for European Reform (CER)
• Lydia Korinek, Policy Consultant, ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies
• Anni Marttinen, Chief Economist, SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health

Moderation: David Rinaldi, Director of Studies & Policy, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

Forum VI – Governance & Participation

The Recovery and Resilience Facility as a blueprint for fiscal capacity in the EU?

• Jérôme Creel, Director of the Research Department at SciencesPo-OFCE and an Associate professor at ESCP Business School in Paris
• Margarida Marques, MEP (S&D), Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Budgets
• Alexander Thiele, Professor of State Theory and Public Law, especially State and European Law, at the BSP Business & Law School Berlin
• Jakob von Weizsäcker, Minister of Finance Saarland

Moderation: Mark Schieritz, DIE ZEIT

Summary/visualisation of the discussions from the panels

• Franziska Stasik  and Jens Tönnesmann 

Panel discussion: Facing the challenges – Progressive economic policy for a resilient and prosperous future

Discussion with:

• Sebastian Dullien, Scientific Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK)
• Verena Hubertz, MP and Deputy Chair of the SPD Parliamentary Group 
• Carsten Schneider, Minister of State for Eastern Germany
• László Andor, Secretary General, Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)