The Week Ahead 02 – 08 March 2015 Agenda Political group and committee meetings, Brussels European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). Plans for setting up the EFSI, a European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH) and a European Investment Project Pipeline, the three pillars of the so called “Juncker plan”, will be debated with experts by the Economic and Monetary Affairs and Budgets committees. (Monday) UNRWA. Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krähenbühl will debate the situation in the region, and UNWRA’s funding shortage, with the Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday. Mr Krähenbühl will also meet EP President Martin Schulz on Tuesday. International Women’s Day (IWD). The Women’s Rights Committee will hold a meeting with members of EU and enlargement countries’ national parliaments on "Empowering Women and Girls through Education". EP Vice-President Dimitrios Papadimoulis will open the debate. Women’s Rights Committee chair Iratxe García-Pérez and Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová will hold a press conference at 12:30. (Thursday) Plenary preparations. Political groups will prepare for the 9 – 12 March plenary session in Strasbourg, where MEPs are to vote on the European Long Term Investment Funds designed to boost infrastructure investments, a cap on card payment fees, money market funds, equality of men and women, the 2016 EU budget and the annual report on the EU foreign policy. MEPs will also debate preparations for the March European Council. President’s diary. EP President Martin Schulz will meet Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella and the Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Mr Schulz will meet Slovakia’sPresident Andrej Kiska, followed by a press point (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Protocol entrance), Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Loreta Graužinienė, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Bernadette Ségol and Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Finally, the President will travel to Madrid (Spain), to meet the His Majesty the King of Spain Felipe VI, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez. Seminar for journalists. To mark this year's International Women's Day (8 March), the EP Press Service will hold a seminar on Empowering women and girls through education, where journalists can meet MEPs and invited experts to discuss women's right to education and possible EU measures to protect it (Wednesday) Pre-session press briefing. The EP Press Service will hold a press briefing with the EP political groups’ spokespersons at 11.00 on Friday. (“Anna Politkovskaya” EP Press conference room, Brussels) EN Press Service Directorate for the Media Director - Spokesperson : Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No:20150223APR24610 Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 1/12 Agenda Monday 02/03/2015 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 15:00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Committee on Foreign Affairs • Discussion with Pierre KRÄHENBÜHL, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) • Presentation of the study "Ramifications of the 'Islamic State' in Maghreb and Mashreq Countries" - in the framework of the own-initiative report "The security challenges in the MENA region and the prospects for political stability" Rapporteur: Vincent PEILLON (S&D, FR) • Public hearing on the European Neighbourhood - in the framework of the owninitiative report "The review of the European Neighbourhood policy" Rapporteur: Eduard KUKAN (EPP, SK) - see Public Hearings 15:30-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 Committee on Budgets Joint meeting with ECON committee • Public Hearing on the European Fund for Strategic Investments 15:30-18:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Joint meeting with Budgets Committee • European Fund for Strategic Investments - See Public Hearings PUBLIC HEARINGS 17:00-18:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 The review of the european neighbourhood policy Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs will debate the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy with experts on Monday 2 March from 17.00 in room 2Q2. Grzegorz Gromadski from the Institute of Public Affairs, Poland, and Hassan Mazen from Cairo University will take part in the hearing, organised in the framework of the preparatory work for the forthcoming report on the review of the ENP steered by Eduard KUKAN (EPP, SK). SPECIAL EVENTS 16:00-19:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 5G2 Workshop on tax evasion in developing countries Development Committee will debate with NGOs, representatives from international organisations, and the European Commission the issue of tax avoidance and tax evasion in developing countries in a workshop organised on 2 March in the European Parliament. The workshop will feed in the debate in light of the adoption of the report on 'Tax avoidance and tax evasion as challenges for governance, social protection and 2/12 Agenda development in developing countries' (rapporteur: Elly Schlein (S&D, IT)). The workshop takes place in room 5G2 in Altiero Spinelli Building at 16.00. Contact Kristina-Antigoni ELEFTERIE BXL: (+32) 2 28 32798 STR: (+33) 3 881 74651 PORT: (+32) 498 98 32 83 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_Development 3/12 Agenda Tuesday 03/03/2015 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's diary Brussels 9:55 Welcome of Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Protocol entrance 10:00 Meeting with Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire 12:30 Meeting with His Holiness Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President´s Office 14:00 Meeting with Fleur Pellerin, French Minister of Culture and Communications Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President´s Office 14:30 Meeting with Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President´s Office 16:15 Meeting with Stephan Weil, leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Salon Protocolaire A 18:15 Opening speech at the "One hundred Books on Europe to Remember" event - Altiero Spinelli Building, 5th floor, EPRS library reading room PRESS CONFERENCES 12:00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 "The impunity of crimes against humanity in the Spanish State" Marina ALBIOL (GUE/NGL, ES),Ernest URTASUN (Greens/EFA, ES), Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ (GUE/NGL, ES), Izaskun BILBAO (ALDE, ES),Carlos SLEPOY (abogado) and Chato GALANTE (CeAqua) 15:00-15:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Creation of the working group against the interference of the tobacco industry Gilles PARGNEAUX (S&D, FR), Vice Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 4/12 Agenda Wednesday 04/03/2015 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's diary Brussels 10:25 Welcome of Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Protocol entrance 10:30 Meeting with Andrej Kiska, President of Slovakia, followed by Press Point Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire 15:30 Meeting with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , President of Liberia 16:30 Meeting with Rızanur Meral, President of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Salon Protocolaire A 17:15 Meeting with Bernadette Ségol, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President´s Office 18:15 Meeting with Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire 18:30 Opening speech at the "Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania" - Yehudi Menuhin Hall PRESS CONFERENCES 11:30-12:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 "Human rights and penitentiary policy in the EU" Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ (GUE/NGL, ES) 13:30-14:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 The launch of MEP Group against Wildlife Crime Catherine BEARDER (ALDE, UK), EP Quaestor, Stefan ECK (GUE/NGL, DE), Jacqueline FOSTER (ECR, UK), Benedek JÁVOR (Greens/EFA, HU), Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN (EPP, FI), Pavel POC (S&D, CZ and Daniel TURNER DELEGATIONS 09:00-19:00 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on CFSP and CSDP Riga, Latvia 4-6 March 2015 5/12 Agenda Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, will lead the EP delegation to the 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy to Riga from 4 to 6 March. He will be joined by Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), Arnaud DANJEAN (EPP, FR), Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), Bogdan ZDROJEWSKI (EPP, PL), Richard HOWITT (S&D, UK), Ioan Mircea PASCU (S&D, RO), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT), Ana GOMES (S&D, PT), Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (ALDE, LT), Sabine LÖSING (GUE/NGL, DE), Bodil CEBALLOS (Greens/EFA, SE), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT) and Iveta GRIGULE (NI, LV). The state of play of the European Neighbourhood Policy, with the focus on redefining of the Eastern Partnership and the EU’s answer to the instability and threats in the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the cooperation between the EU and the NATO, the hybrid war as a new security challenge for Europe, and the challenges of the EU battlegroups’ deployment will top MEPs’ discussions with their counterparts from the national parliaments of the EU member states, the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence, as well as Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of the NATO. Contact Václav LEBEDA BXL: (+32) 2 28 32971 STR: (+33) 3 881 73839 PORT: (+32) 498 98 33 27 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_Defence SPECIAL EVENTS Conference: “Political participation of women in the Western Balkans and Turkey” To celebrate International Women’s Day (8 March) on 4 March from 14.45 to 18.45h an inter-parliamentary conference on the “Political participation of women in the Western Balkans and Turkey” will take place in the European Parliament in Altiero Spinelli Building 5G2. This conference is organised in the framework of the European Parliament Support Programme for the Parliaments of the Western Balkans and Turkey by Directorate of democracy support. The main objective of the programme is to strengthen democracy and facilitate these countries' European integration process in line with the European Parliament priorities. Members of the European Parliament, Members of Parliament from the Western Balkans and Turkey and relevant NGO representatives will among others discuss the situation of under – representation of women in political positions in the enlargement countries. 6/12 Agenda Contact Maja OREL SCHWARZ BXL: (+32) 2 28 32357 PORT: (+32) 473 86 49 74 Nikos SALLIARELIS BXL: +32 2 28 32017 10:00-18:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B1 Seminar for journalists: Empowering women and girls through education To mark this year's International Women's Day (8 March), the European Parliament's press service is organising a seminar for journalists titled Empowering women and girls through education, which will be held in Brussels on 4 March. The aim of this event is to enable Members of the European Parliament, invited experts and journalists to discuss women's right to education as well as measures that might be taken on this front at European level. The event will be webstreamed. The Interparliamentary Meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Gender Equality and Women's Rights will take place on Thursday, 5 March in the Plenary Chamber(9.00-12.30). Contact Damián CASTAÑO BXL: (+32) 2 28 48643 STR: (+33) 3 881 73479 PORT: (+32) 498 983 335 Iris WALTER 7/12 Agenda Thursday 05/03/2015 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's diary Brussels 9:30 Introductory remarks at the High Level Conference "A new start for social dialogue" - European Commission, Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, 1000 Brussels PRESS CONFERENCES 10:30-11:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 "TTIP: Benefits and costs" Gabriele ZIMMER (DE), GUE/NGL, Chair, and Jeronim CAPALDO 12:30-13:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 International Women Day Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), Chair of the Gender Equality and Women's Rights Committee, and Vĕra JOUROVÁ, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Committee on Employment and Social Affairs • European Fund for Strategic Investments - discussion on an opinion Rapporteur: Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA (EPP, PL) • Votes on opinions: EGF/2014/016 IE/Lufthansa Technik and EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros – France • Investment for jobs and growth - discussion on an opinion - Rapporteur: Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA (EPP, PL) • TTIP - discussion on an opinion - Rapporteur: Marian HARKIN (ALDE, IE) 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 10.45 – 11.30 • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) Presentation of the annual work programme for 2015 and follow-up to the evaluation conducted in 2013, by the Director, Morten KJAERUM and the Chair of the Management Board, Maija Kaarina SAKSLIN Presentation of the conclusion of his term of office by Morten KJAERUM 8/12 Agenda 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, Plenary Chamber Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality • Interparliamentary committee meeting with national parliaments on empowering women and girls through education - see Special events DELEGATIONS 09:00-19:00 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on CFSP and CSDP Riga, Latvia 4-6 March 2015 Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, will lead the EP delegation to the 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy to Riga from 4 to 6 March. He will be joined by Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), Arnaud DANJEAN (EPP, FR), Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), Bogdan ZDROJEWSKI (EPP, PL), Richard HOWITT (S&D, UK), Ioan Mircea PASCU (S&D, RO), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT), Ana GOMES (S&D, PT), Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (ALDE, LT), Sabine LÖSING (GUE/NGL, DE), Bodil CEBALLOS (Greens/EFA, SE), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT) and Iveta GRIGULE (NI, LV). The state of play of the European Neighbourhood Policy, with the focus on redefining of the Eastern Partnership and the EU’s answer to the instability and threats in the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the cooperation between the EU and the NATO, the hybrid war as a new security challenge for Europe, and the challenges of the EU battlegroups’ deployment will top MEPs’ discussions with their counterparts from the national parliaments of the EU member states, the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence, as well as Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of the NATO. Contact Václav LEBEDA BXL: (+32) 2 28 32971 STR: (+33) 3 881 73839 PORT: (+32) 498 98 33 27 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_Defence SPECIAL EVENTS 09:00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, Plenary Chamber Interparliamentary committee meeting on "empowering women and girls through education" Joint meeting with national parliaments To celebrate International Women’s Day 2015 (8 March), the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee, in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments and the Directorate for Democracy Support will hold an 9/12 Agenda interparliamentary committee meeting on “Empowering women and girls through education." Members from both national parliaments and the EU member states will discuss the importance of eliminating gender disparity in education and training; challenges for equal access to continuous and quality education and moving towards the empowerment of women and girls through education in the EU. The event will be opened by Martin SCHULZ (S&D, DE), President of the European Parliament (to be confirmed). Chair: Iratxe GARCIA PÉREZ (S&D, ES) - chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Co-Chair: Silvia COSTA (S&D, IT) - Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education Press Conference: 12.30 with Iratxe GARCIA PÉREZ (S&D, ES) - Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and Věra JOUROVÁ, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Further information: Seminar for journalists will take place on Wednesday, 4 March 2015. Please see separate article in Special Events Contact Maja OREL SCHWARZ BXL: (+32) 2 28 32357 PORT: (+32) 473 86 49 74 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_GenderEqual 10:00-12:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 5G2 Workshop on the role of private sector in sustainable development Development Committee will debate with experts the role of private sector in fostering sustainable development in a workshop organised on 5 March in the European Parliament. The workshop takes place in room 5G2 in Altiero Spinelli Building at 10.00 and will be chaired by the Committee's Vice-Chair Mr Nirj Deva (ECR, UK). Contact Kristina-Antigoni ELEFTERIE BXL: (+32) 2 28 32798 STR: (+33) 3 881 74651 PORT: (+32) 498 98 32 83 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_Development 10/12 Agenda Friday 06/03/2015 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's diary Madrid 11:00 Meeting with His Majesty Felipe VI, King of Spain, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez - Palacio de Zarzuela 14:15 Lunch conference at the Foro de la Nueva Economía - Hotel Ritz, Plaza de la Lealtad 5, 28014 Madrid PRESS CONFERENCES 11:00-11:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Pre-session briefing DELEGATIONS 09:00-19:00 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on CFSP and CSDP Riga, Latvia 4-6 March 2015 Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, will lead the EP delegation to the 6th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy to Riga from 4 to 6 March. He will be joined by Michael GAHLER (EPP, DE), Arnaud DANJEAN (EPP, FR), Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), Bogdan ZDROJEWSKI (EPP, PL), Richard HOWITT (S&D, UK), Ioan Mircea PASCU (S&D, RO), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&D, IT), Ana GOMES (S&D, PT), Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (ALDE, LT), Sabine LÖSING (GUE/NGL, DE), Bodil CEBALLOS (Greens/EFA, SE), Fabio Massimo CASTALDO (EFDD, IT) and Iveta GRIGULE (NI, LV). The state of play of the European Neighbourhood Policy, with the focus on redefining of the Eastern Partnership and the EU’s answer to the instability and threats in the Southern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the cooperation between the EU and the NATO, the hybrid war as a new security challenge for Europe, and the challenges of the EU battlegroups’ deployment will top MEPs’ discussions with their counterparts from the national parliaments of the EU member states, the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Defence, as well as Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary General of the NATO. 11/12 Agenda Contact Václav LEBEDA BXL: (+32) 2 28 32971 STR: (+33) 3 881 73839 PORT: (+32) 498 98 33 27 EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: EP_Defence SPECIAL EVENTS 09:30-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50 Seminar for new journalists in Brussels The Press service will hold a half-day seminar on 06 March for journalists new to Brussels to explain how the EU legislative process works (with particular attention to co-decision), why the European Parliament matters in it (and hence why it makes sense to cover its work), and what services Parliament's DG COMM provides to make journalists' work easier. We shall explain what services journalists can expect from the press unit and how to use the EP studios or book a cameraman for interviews. The seminar will close with a guided tour of the EP audiovisual facilities. Contact Constanze BECKERHOFF BXL: (+32) 2 28 44302 STR: (+33) 3 881 73780 PORT: (+32) 498 98 35 50 EMAIL: [email protected] 12/12
© Copyright 2024