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Towards EU Membership and Fair Recovery
November 7–8, Kyiv
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For the first time, Kyiv will host the Progressive Summit — a landmark gathering of progressive voices from across Europe and Ukraine.
Ukraine’s EU membership process must promote social dialogue, justice, and inclusion.
Cooperation between the progressive forces of the EU and Ukraine is the key to a shared future.
Key
topics
Security
Ensuring Ukraine’s defense capability as a prerequisite for lasting peace.
Socially oriented EU integration
Reforms centered on equality, inclusion, and people’s well-being.
Democracy and rule of law
Strengthening institutions, transparency, government accountability, and political pluralism.
Fair recovery and labor rights
Revitalizing trade unions and protecting employees as a foundation for social dialogue.
Programm
Overview
Friday, November 7
14:00
Summit Opening
Security and defense as prerequisites for EU membership and social justice.
14:30
Panel 1
Ukraine’s path to EU membership: justice, efficiency, and social orientation.
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How Ukraine’s integration can become an example of reforms that serve the well-being of all citizens.
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Panel 2
Democracy at home: politics, rule of law, and the fight for transparency.
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Political reforms, institutional resilience, and anti-corruption efforts.
18:00
Reception
19:00
Dinner Debate: Progressive Visions for Ukraine’s Future
Facilitated by Students of the Open Progressive University: Progressive Ukraine Programme

Organized by FEPS, FES and FMS
Saturday, November 8
09:30
Panel 3
Labor rights and the future of trade unions in Ukraine.

Protecting workers, strengthening standards, and revitalizing the trade union movement.
10:45
Coffee break
11:15
Panel 4
A progressive agenda for Ukraine’s recovery.

A vision of fair recovery, veteran support, and social policy in the European context.
12:45
Closing session: Summit Declaration
13:30
Informal lunch
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Day 1
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Speakers
and participants
Katarina Barley
Executive Vice-President of the PES.
Vice-President of the European Parliament.
Germany.
Kathleen van Brempt
Vice-President S&D Group European Parliament.
Belgium.
Thijs Reuten
Dutch S&D Group member of the European Parliament.
S&D spokesperson on Ukraine.
The Netherlands.
Andrzej Szejna
Member of Parliament Poland.
Member of the PES Presidency.
Katarzyna Ueberhan
Member of the Sejm.
Poland.
Uwe Optenhögel
Vice-President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies. 
Political scientist and economist.
Antony Beumer
Coordinator of the Contact Group on Ukraine of the Party of European Socialists.
Netherlands.
Ireneusz Bil
Director Amicus Europae foundation Poland.
Kido Koenig
Director Foundation Max van der Stoel.
Secretary General European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
The Netherlands.
Markus Kauppinen
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee from the Social Democratic Party. Sweden.
Luca Menesini
President of the PES Group in the Committee of the Regions.
Italy.
Yonnec Pollet
Deputy Secretary General Party of European Socialists.
Belgium.
Тереза Мергульяу
Керівниця підрозділу групи S&D
Jean-Marc Germain
French S&D Group member of the European Parliament.
Oleksandr Kornienko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 9th parliamentary assembly.
Taras Kachka
Lawyer, politician. Trade Representative of Ukraine and Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration.
Halyna Vasylchenko
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, economist, and advocate for financial transparency and accountability.
Yaroslav Yurchyshyn
Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of Speech, Ukrainian Member of Parliament, anti-corruption activist, and former Executive Director of Transparency International Ukraine.
Pavlo Frolov
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Chairman of the Temporary Special Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the Protection of IDP Rights.
Dmytro Razumkov
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, former Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada
Robert O’Donoghue
Member of Parliament, Ireland.
Vitaliy Hatselyuk
Member of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine.
Dmytro Lubinets
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (TBC).
Roman Uzhva
Deputy Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional State Administration, Ukraine.
Kateryna Nikonyuk
Coordinator, SD Platform of Ukraine.
Vasyl Andreev
Deputy Head, Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.
Olesya Bryazgunova
International Coordinator, Confederation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.
Liudmyla Kornuta
Coordinator, Progressive&Strong NGO; #TeachersMatter Campaign.
Yuliya Yurchenko
Expert on Economic Policy, University of Liverpool (UK).
Pinja Perholehto
Member of Parliament, Finland.
Ivanna Khrapko
Chairwoman of youth council of Federation of trade unions of Ukraine, head of education, communication and international cooperation department of the State employees union of Ukraine.
Yevheniia Shelest
Coordinator, Progressive&Strong NGO; Initiative for Blinded Veterans “Light Within”.
Andriy Siromakha
Veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian War; Advisor to the Head of the Kyiv Oblast Council.
Artem Bondarev
Veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian War; Defender of Donetsk and Luhansk Regions.
Viktor Riabokin
Co-Founder, Vid Sertsya Budova.
Ivan Nagornyak
Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration; Coordinator, SD Platform of Ukraine.
Bohdan Ferens
Founder, SD Platform of Ukraine.
Ihor Zhovkva
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
Event
contacts
For participation inquiries (Ukraine):
innadyka1996@gmail.com
For partners and participants from Europe:
astrid.boursier@pes.eu
For press:
daliavskat@gmail.com
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