(AGENPARL) – Wed 21 January 2026 WORKSHOP ON
Financing industrial policy and
competitiveness in the post-2027 MFF
Organised by the Budgetary Support Unit
for the Committee on Budgets
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
14h30 – 16h30
European Parliament, SPINELLI 1G3, Brussels
PROGRAMME
Opening remarks and introduction
14:30 – 14:35
Johan Van Overtveldt
Chair of the Committee on Budgets
Panel 1: Lessons learned from financing competitiveness and
industrial policy
14:35 – 14:45
Daniel Gros
Director of the Institute for European Policymaking at Bocconi
University
14:45 – 14:55
Judith Arnal
Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute
Questions and answers
14:55 – 15:15
Q&A with the Members
Panel 2: Assessment of the budgetary and governance dimension
of the Commission’s MFF proposals
15:15 – 15:30
Johannes Jarlebring
Senior Researcher in Political Science at SIEPS
15:30 – 15:45
Philipp Lausberg
Senior Policy Analyst at the European Policy Centre (EPC)
15:45 – 16:00
Sylvie Matelly
Director of the Institute Jacques Delors
Questions and answers
16:00 – 16:25
Q&A with the Members
Conclusions and closing remarks
16:25 – 16:30
Johan Van Overtveldt
Chair of the Committee on Budgets