The 13th Universidade Europa starts this Friday in the Curia (Aveiro) and will bring together several AD ministers over the weekend, with speeches on Sunday from Luis Montenegro and the head of the European list, Sebastian Bugalho.
The University of Europe is a political learning initiative aimed at young people on European topics, organized by the SDP since 2008. In this edition the program includes topics such as the environment, defence, the future of Europe or the financing and functioning of the EU, among others.
This Friday, the speaker of the dinner on the theme “EU Defense and Security” will be the Minister of National Defense and leader of the SDS-PP, Nuno Melo.
First, at the opening of the meeting, the secretaries general of PSD Hugo Soares and PSD-PP Pedro Morais Soares, as well as party youth leaders Alexandre Pozo (DSD) and Francisco Camacho (JP) will speak: as well as the director of the European University and coordinator of the PSD Training Academy, Member of the European Parliament Carlos Coelho.
On Saturday, in addition to a “class” with Carlos Coelho, who was not included in the AD list for Europeans on June 9, on the functioning of the European Union and a conference lunch with journalist and commentator Nuno Rogueiro, the program will feature speeches by the Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho and MEP Lydia Pereira on the priority of the environment and climate.
The conference dinner, themed “EU Challenges Today,” will feature speeches by State and Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel and Spanish People’s Party MP Esteban González Pons, former vice-president of the People’s Party. European group.
The last day of the initiative, Sunday, will be opened by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, José Manuel Fernandez, and the former PPE coordinator of the Budget Committee, who will speak on the topic “Who pays for the EU?”
The closure will be the responsibility of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro and the head of the AD list for Europeans, journalist and commentator Sebastián Bugallo, which will be the first intervention in a party initiative since his name was approved by the PSD National Council. , on Monday.
In this case, the PSD president justified the choice of the independent 28-year-old Sebastian Bugalho by saying that he is a “talented young man” and is at times subversive.
“A talented young man, a young man whom the country knows, in some places even controversial, offensive, subversive, encouraging confrontation with democratic respect. He is an example of what we want: that it is worth being in Portugal, fighting for Portugal and going to Europe to defend the interests and colors of Portugal,” said Luis Montenegro, saying he is convinced that Bugalho “will play an important role in the next European elections.”
In the last European elections in June 2019, the SDP ran alone and achieved its worst result ever, with less than 22% of the vote, and elected six MEPs.
The University of Europe, along with the Summer University, which takes place at the end of August in Castelo de Vide (Portalegre), is one of two annual PSD initiatives aimed at political training for young people.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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