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European Nuclear Energy Forum
Bratislava-Prague forum
2nd meeting,
22 & 23 May 2008, Prague
| The second plenary meeting
of the European Nuclear Energy Forum has taken place in
Prague on 22 and 23 May 2008, with a very large support and
a high level audience of around 300 participants.
In addition to high representatives from
Governments, several Members of the European Parliament
representing different political groups and the European
Economic and Social Committee participated actively, as well
as the Presidents and CEOs of major companies,
representatives from energy intensive consumers, NGOs and
Trade Unions, and other key decision makers and
organisations at national and EU level.
The Forum was opened by Mr José Manuel
Barroso, President of the European Commission, and by Messrs.
Mirek Topolánek, Robert Fico and Gediminas Kirkilas,
respectively Prime Minister of the Czech, Slovak and
Lithuanian Republics.
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Activities carried out by the Working Groups "Opportunities", "Risks"
and "Transparency" have been presented by their respective chairmen
The following presentations and speeches (non-exhaustive list)
were given by the panellists
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Opening session
- Prime Ministers and President of the European Commission:
- Other key speakers:
- Mr Luc Chatel, French Secretary of State for Industry
and Government Spokesman
- Members of the European Parliament representing
different political groups
- Mr Giles Chichester (European People's Party and
European Democrats)
- Mrs Edit Herczog (Socialist Group)
- Mrs Rebecca Harms (The Greens – European Free
Alliance)
- Mr Vladimír Remek (Confederal Group of the European
United Left – Nordic Green Left)
- Mr János Tóth, President of the Energy Section of the
European Economic and Social Committee
- Mrs Anne Lauvergeon, Chief Executive Officer of AREVA
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Mr Philippe De Buck, Secretary-General of
BUSINESSEUROPE
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In the presence of
- Mr Waldemar Pawlak, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
- Mr Alexandr Vondra, Czech Deputy Prime Minister for EU
affairs
- Mr Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who welcomed the participants
- Mr Martin Říman, Czech Minister for Industry and Trade
- Mr Vytas Navickas, Lithuanian Minister of Economy
- Mr Ľubomír Jahnátek, Slovak Minister of Economy
- Mr Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner in charge of Energy
- Members of the European Parliament
- Ambassadors
- Mr Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director
General, European Commission, who introduced the speakers
General session
Chair
Mr Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director General,
European Commission
Theme 1: The opportunities of nuclear energy
Presentation of Working Group activities
by
Mr Jean-Pol Poncelet, Advisor to the CEO of AREVA
Statements from panellists and Forum members
- Public authorities
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Mr Martin Říman, Czech Minister for Industry and Trade
- Members of the European Parliament
- Mr Jan Zahradil
- Mr Miloslav Ransdorf
- Nuclear industry and electricity companies
- Mr Helmut Engelbrecht, CEO URENCO
- Mr Alan Svoboda, Executive Director of ČEZ
- Industry and energy intensive consumers
- Mr Daniel Cloquet, Director Industrial Affairs
BUSINESSEUROPE
- Closing address: Mr Martin Roman, CEO of ČEZ
Friday 23 May 2008
Theme 2: The risks of nuclear energy
Presentation of Working Group activities
by
Mr Walter Hohlefelder, Advisor to the CEO of EON
Statements from panellists and Forum members
- Public authorities
- Mr Tomáš Hüner, Czech Deputy Minister for energy
- Members of the European Parliament
- Mrs Nicole Fontaine
- Mr Miroslav Ouzký
- Mr Andrej Stritar, Chairman European High Level Group on
nuclear safety and waste management
- Nuclear industry and electricity companies
- Mr Bruno Lescoeur, Member of the executive board, EDF
- Dr Gerd Jäger, Member of the Board, RWE
- Industry and energy intensive consumers
- Mr Thomas Mock, Head of the German Association of energy
intensive industry consumers
- Technology
- Civil society
- Mrs Patricia Lorenz, Friends of the Earth
- Mrs Ulla Birgitta Sirkeinen, Member of the European
Economic and Social Committee
- Other Forum Members
- Mr Nikolay Spasskiy, Deputy Director General, ROSATOM
Theme 3: Transparency
Presentation of Working Group activities
by
Mr János Tóth, Chairman of the Energy Section of the European
Economic and Social Committee
Statements from panellists and Forum members
Concluding remarks and the way forward
- Mr Alexandr Vondra, Czech Deputy Prime
Minister, who spoke on "Energy as topic of Czech EU Presidency"
- Dominique Ristori, Deputy Director General, European Commission
Conclusions of the Forum
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