At its Congress in Paris, the European Trade Union movement will elect a new leadership team for the next four years, including a new President and General Secretary, two Deputy General Secretaries and four Confederal Secretaries.
The candidates are
|
Name |
Country |
Candidate for post of |
|
Rudy De Leeuw |
Belgium |
President |
|
Luca Visentini |
Italy |
General Secretary |
|
Veronica Nilsson |
Sweden |
Deputy General Secretary |
|
Peter Scherrer |
Germany |
Deputy General Secretary |
|
Liina Carr |
Estonia |
Confederal Secretary |
|
Esther Lynch |
Ireland |
Confederal Secretary |
|
Monserrat Mir Roca |
Spain |
Confederal Secretary |
|
Thiébaut Weber |
France |
Confederal Secretary |
Photos of the candidates are available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/etuc-ces/albums/72157658196881539
Videos of the candidates are available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeE4Q3gvQB0EjEM_Xn9fWaSbGzn5xPVZh
CVs of the candidates are available at: https://www.etuc.org/etuc-congress-candidates-leadership
The new leadership team will be elected by 509 voting delegates from 90 national trade union organisations in 39 European countries, including many national trade union General Secretaries and Presidents, as well as European trade union federations. The new leaders take up their posts immediately at the end of the Congress.
The candidates will address Congress in the morning of Thursday 1 October, with the vote taking place at 13.00 on the same day
The results will be announced at 09.30 on Friday 2 October followed by a photocall with the new leadership team on stage at Congress in Paris
The newly elected Secretary General will immediately afterwards open a panel discussion on the future role of the ETUC, and then present the Confederation’s Manifesto for 2015-2019 to the vote.
The delegates at Congress will debate and vote on the draft Paris Manifesto and ‘Action Programme 2015-2019’ (a longer policy document). Full Congress programme: PDF
The ETUC Congress takes place from September 29 to October 2 in the Maison de Mutualité, Paris: https://www.etuc.org/european-trade-union-confederation-13th-congress-etuc15
All sessions of the Congress will be open to the media with full access to the Congress hall – to register: Media accreditation
There will also be live streaming at www.etuc.org
Congress hashtag is #ETUC15
