ΔΙΕΘΝΕΙΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ

Freedom and Direct Democracy Conference in Thessaloniki

March 4, 2017 – Egnatia Palace Hotel

Program

SESSION 1

09.00

Welcome and briefing on conference procedures.

Address from organizers: “EFDD” & “Greek Direct Democracy Movement”.

09.15

Addresses from members of the Italian delegation – Movimento 5 Stelle

09.30

Addresses from foreign participants from other Balcan participants: Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia

09.40

Addresses from foreign participants from other participants: Estonia – UK (?)

09.45

Presentation of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group in the European Parliament from MEP David Borelli on “Direct Democracy and the Internet: the experience of EFDD/MoVimento 5 Stelle in Italy and the European Parliament”.

10.15 – 11.15

Presentation of the political, economic, social, security situation in Greece from George Kokkas , lawyer and head of “Greek Direct Democracy Movement” on Greece as victim and “globalization laboratory”.

Each participating party and entity from Greece will present its brief evaluation and perception.

11.15 – 11.30

Coffee and refreshments

11.30 – 12.15

Presentation of the political, economic, social, security situation in the other countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, UK (?).

12.15 – 12.45

The Rousseau Software Platform. Presentation and Demonstration of its capabilities and uses. Discussion on future plan for adaptation to the Greek language and then to other languages.

12.45 – 13.30

“Media-Press-Journalists” open discussion with brief individual presentations. The differences between Media, Press and the role of journalists in them. The Media role in the crisis and as globalization tools. Proposals for reversing the situation.

• Press comference

13.30 – 14.00

Ceremonies for

– presenting the proposal of a inter-European Alliance (“National-International Alliance” as initial name) to preserve the national integrity of nations and societies and protect them (in Europe and beyond) from the globalization-federalization corrosion and destruction.

– presenting the initiative to name sections of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg after the name of Ioannis Kapodistrias, who is the historic and cornerstone personality for Direct Democracy in modern era, the man who created Switzerland with Direct Democracy foundations and saved it from conquest and dissolution.

14.00

Lunch

SESSION 2

15.30 – 18.00

Open discussion with brief individual presentations: Integrating activities in the fields of

– Legal Activism,

– Fundraising and

– Information (Internet activism, web and radio broadcasting, etc)

to counter globalization attacks in local and EU level. Developing a service for secure communications, perhaps as function of the Rousseau Software Platform.

Presenting examples of applied Direct Democracy in political and economic life apart from its use in Referenda.

NOTE:

Preparations and first discussion on these topics will also be made in Friday afternoon and night during first meeting.

(All participants are free to distribute more detailed documents on the topics, in order to keep the speeches as short as possible)

On Sunday morning 5^th of March (after transferring the Italian delegation to the airport), those remaining in Thessaloniki, will go to the Greek-Bulgarian border for the symbolic Direct Democracy ceremony that was postponed due to bad weather and road blocks from protesting farmers.