The Week Ahead 30 November - 6 December 2009
Committee meetings - Brussels
High Representative/Commission Vice-President-designate
Catherine Ashton will have a first exchange of views with the Foreign Affairs Committee one day after starting working as EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs. Wednesday Ebs + LIVE 10.00 - 12.00 CET
Wednesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET.
Baroness Ashton will face a hearing in January as her appointment - along with that of the rest of the future European Commission - is subject to Parliament's approval.
EP/Spanish Presidency
EP President Jerzy Buzek and the political group leaders will have a meeting in Madrid with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the Spanish government, ahead of the Spanish Council presidency, which begins in January (Thursday-Friday).
Thursday Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET and Ebs S - 21.45 CET
Maternity leave
The Women's Rights Committee will have a new discussion on the proposals to extend to 18 weeks the minimum period of maternity leave (Tuesday).
Egypt and Turkey
The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Ahmed About Gheit (Tuesday), and the Turkish EU Affairs Minister, Egemen Bağiş (Wednesday), will both have discussions with the Foreign Affairs Committee.
President's diary
Mr Buzek will go to Lisbon to celebrate the entry into force of the Lisbon treaty in a special event. The President's other engagements include meetings with the President of Serbia, Boris Tadić (Monday, press point 1815), the Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, Volodymyr Lyvtyn (Monday) and the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond (Wednesday).
ACP-EU Assembly
Climate change and Madagascar's institutional and political crisis top the bill of subjects to be discussed at the 18th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) in Luanda (Republic of Angola) (Monday - Thursday)
Ombudsman
The three candidates running for the position of European Ombudsman, Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS (Greece), Vittorio BOTTOLI (Italy) and Pierre-Yves MONETTE (Belgium) will outline their priorities at a hearing before the Petitions Committee ahead of the Parliament's election of the new Ombudsman in January 2010 (Monday).
STOA
The founder of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee will tell MEPs about the latest developments of the internet at this year's annual lecture organised by Parliament's scientific research panel STOA. (Tuesday)
Global Warming and Food Policy
Sir Paul McCartney and IPCC Chair Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri take part in a meeting with MEPs to make the case that reducing meat consumption would play a part in reducing CO2 emissions (Thursday).
Thursday Ebs+ LIVE 10.00 - 11.15 CET and 11.30 - 12.30 CET
Thursday Ebs 1 - 11.30 CET and Ebs 2 - 14.35 CET
Ebs will cover the press conference with Sir Paul McCartney; IPCC Chair Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri; and Mr Edward McMillan-Scott (NI-GB) EP vice-President.
Thursday Ebs+ LIVE 12.30 CET
Thursday Ebs 2 - 14.45 CET Extracts.
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EU - China
The Sub-Committee on Human Rights organizes a public hearing on Human rights in China.
Tuesday Ebs+ LIVE 09.00 - 11.45 CET
Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET
Lisbon Treaty/Media workshop
Parliament's press service is organising a workshop for journalists on the changes in Parliament's role with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
Eurinfo magazine
Next week's Eurinfo magazine, on "Iceland and the EU" will be broadcast on EbS on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 20:40 CET and repeated at 20:48 CET - please check EbS website for description and shotlist.
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