9th of May 2025 - Europe Day
plenary hall
► Opening of the second day of the Congress - "Europe Day"
Czesław Siekierski - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Andrzej Grzyb - Member of the Polish Parliament, chairman of the National Defence Committee
Marek Woźniak - President of the Greater Poland Region
Adam Szłapka - Minister for the European Union
► Vision for agriculture and food
Christophe Hansen - EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
► The future of agriculture and rural development - discussion
Christophe Hansen - EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
Czesław Siekierski - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland
Francesco Lollobrigida - Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of Italy
Maria Panayiotou - Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of Cyprus
Georgi Tahov - Minister of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria
Ignas Hofmanas, Minister of Agriculture of Lithuania
Ludmila Catlabuga - Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova
Jerry Buttimer T.D. - Minister of State for Community Development and Charities of Ireland
Begoña García Bernal - Secretary of State for Agriculture and Food of Spain
► How to achieve multifunctionality in rural areas
Wiktor Szmulewicz - President of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers (Poland)
Massimiliano Giansanti - President of COPA
Arūnas Svitojus - President of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania
Kerli Ats - European Economic and Social Committee
Günther Felßner - Vice-Chairman of the German Council of Farmers
Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski – Member of the Polish Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland (2018-2020)
► European Rural Parliament
Tom Jones -President of the European Rural Communities Alliance (ERCA), member of the European Rural Parliament's Steering Group
Radim Sršeň - Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic
Urszula Budzich-Tabor - Rural Pact Support Office
► Rural development: policy changes after 2027
Czesław Siekierski - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Olgierd Geblewicz - Marshal of the West Pomeranian Voivodship
LUNCH
► AGRI REGIONS - Shared ambition for European agriculture
Arnaud Lécuyer - Vice-President of the Regional Council Brittany
Ramón Fernández-Pacheco Monterreal - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia (tbc)
► Partner regions of Polish regions on Rural Renewal and Development
Thomas Schmidt - Member of the Landtag of Saxony, Minister of the Environment and Agriculture of Saxony (2014-2019), Minister of Regional Development of Saxony (2019-2024)
Dr Herbert Daschiel - Minister Counsellor, Bavarian Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism
Paweł Gancarz - Marshal of the Lower Silesia Voivodship
Piotr Całbecki - Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship
► Village a historic monument an exapmple
Dr Eugenie Trützschler von Falkenstein - Thuringia
► ARGE-programme for villages
Dr Marija Markes - Slovenia, Ministry of the Environment
► Hopes for the next generation - the viewpoint of Europe's youth
A representative CEJA
Daniel Grist, Rural Youth Europe
A representative of the European Rural Parliament
Claudia Guidi, Confederation of Young Farmers, Region of Emilia-Romania
► Spain's policy towards depopulation
Jesus Ramón Asensio Echegoyen - Director of the Castilla la Mancha Office to the European Union
Piotr Sadłocha - President of ELARD
► Strengthening rural communities on their way to sustainable transformation
Dr Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak
Dr Ilona Rac, Slovenia
► Polish Rural Parliament
Summary of proceedings
Newly elected (on 8th of May 2025) president of the Polish Parliament
► Poland outside the big cities in the European Union
Bronisław Komorowski – former President of the Republic of Poland (2010–2015) (tbc)
Eugeniusz Grzeszczak – former Deputy Speaker of the Polish parliament (2011-15)
Jerzy Buzek – former Polish Prime Minister (1997-2001), former President of the European Parliament (2009-2012)
Czesław Siekierski - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Poland)
DINNER