Rules and schedule of the seminar

1) Students will form campus-specific party family groups.

2) Each campus specific party family group will prepare a program logically associate with their party family & their region. The regions will be: South West Europe (Paris), Northern Europe (Gothenburg), Central Eastern Europe (Prague). We will thus have a Northern socialist position, CEE socialist position etc.

3) The political family groups will negotiate a common Europe-wide program (the different socialists need to agree a common platform etc.)

4) The cross-campus family groups will seek to coalesce and form a majority (containing at least 50% of all students), and formulate a (short) common program

5) Those groups that do not enter the majority will formulate minority dissenting positions (explaining why they disagree with the majority).

Here are the key dates. Effectively we need to:

A) Carry out cross-campus family negotiations in the week of Oct 22

B) Start searching for a majority in the week of Nov 5, and complete a majority program before Nov 19

Schedule:

October 2

Introduction to the problem, division to groups, division of research tasks

October 9

European Parliament and Political Groups in Europe. Exchange on past Rebuilding Europe Proposals

October 16

Presentation of group programs – preparation for cross-campus family negotiation

October 23

Formulation of negotiation points, presentation of group positions

October 30

Preparation of common position

November 6

Presentation of cross-campus family platform

November 13

Review of all group programs / search for majority

November 27

Presentation of majority program

December 11

Discussion of Minority dissenting views, final review session

December 18

Simulation of a session of European Council