The Week Ahead 11 -17 January 2010
Hearings of Commissioners-designate and political group meetings - Brussels
Commission hearings
Parliament's committees hold the first 22 of the 26 three-hour long hearings with the Commissioners-designate, assessing their suitability for membership of the European Commission and their plans for their specific portfolios. After each hearing, the committee(s) concerned will send their assessment to the Conference of Presidents, which, together with the assembled committee chairs, will review the outcome of the hearings as a whole when the final four hearings have been held the following week in Strasbourg.
Follow this link for more information on Hearings of the Commissioners-designate and practical information for the media.
Ebs coverage
Monday Ebs LIVE - 11.15 CET: Press conference on hearings of Commissioners-designate.
Monday Ebs LIVE - 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Janusz LEWANDOWSKI (Poland), Commissioner-designate for Budget and Financial Programming followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Monday Ebs+ LIVE - 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Catherine ASHTON (UK), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / EC Vice-President-designate followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Monday Ebs LIVE - 16.30 - 19.30 CET Hearing of Olli REHN (Finland), Commissioner-designate for Economic and Monetary Affairs followed by a press point at 19.30 CET.
Monday Ebs+ LIVE 16.30 -19.30 CET Hearing of Andris PIEBALGS (Latvia), Commissioner-designate for Development followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Tuesday Ebs LIVE - 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Karel DE GUCHT (Belgium), Commissioner-designate for Trade followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Tuesday Ebs+ LIVE 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Algirdas SEMETA (Lithuania), Commissioner-designate for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Tuesday Ebs LIVE -13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Stefan FÜLE (Czech Republic), Commissioner-designate for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy followed by a press point at 16.00 CET.
Tuesday Ebs+ LIVE 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Viviane REDING (Luxembourg), EC Vice-President designate in charge for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Tuesday Ebs LIVE - 16.30 - 19.30 CET Hearing of Rumiana JELEVA (Bulgaria), Commissioner-designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Response followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Tuesday Ebs+ LIVE 16.30 -19.30 CET Hearing of Joaquin ALMUNIA (Spain) , EC Vice-President-designate in charge for Competition followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Wednesday Ebs LIVE 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Janez POTOCNIK (Slovenia), Commissioner-designate for Environment followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Wednesday Ebs+ LIVE 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of László ANDOR (Hungary), Commissioner-designate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Wednesday Ebs LIVE 16.30 -19.30 CET Hearing of Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN (Ireland), Commissioner-designate for Research, Innovation and Science followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Wednesday Ebs+ LIVE 16.30 -19.30 CET Hearing of Michel BARNIER (France), Commissioner-designate for Internal Market and Services followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Thursday Ebs LIVE 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Siim KALLAS (Estonia), EC Vice-President designate in charge for Transport followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Thursday Ebs+ LIVE 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Günther OETTINGER (Germany),Commissioner-designate for Energy followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Thursday Ebs LIVE 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of John DALLI (Malta), Commissioner-designate for Health and Consumer Policy followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Thursday Ebs+ LIVE 13.00 - 16.00 CET Hearing of Androulla VASSILIOU (Cyprus), Commissioner-designate for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth followed by a press point at 16.00 CET
Thursday Ebs LIVE 16.30 - 19.30 CET Hearing of Johannes HAHN, (Austria) Commissioner-designate for Regional Policy followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Thursday Ebs+ LIVE 16.30 - 19.30 CET Hearing of Neelie KROES (Netherlands), EC Vice-President designate for Digital Agenda followed by a press point at 19.30 CET
Friday Ebs LIVE 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Dacian CIOLOS (Romania), Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Friday Ebs+ LIVE 09.00 - 12.00 CET Hearing of Connie HEDEGAARD (Denmark), Commissioner-designate for Climate Change followed by a press point at 12.00 CET
Preparing for the plenary
Parliament's political groups will devote most of the week to preparations for the 14-17 December plenary session in Strasbourg. The main points of the agenda include the final vote on the 2010 EU budget and the award ceremony for the 2009 EP Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva, on behalf of Memorial and all other human rights defenders in Russia. There will be a debate with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on the outcome of Sweden's EU presidency.
EP Journalism Prize 2010
This year's edition of the European Parliament's Prize for Journalism will be launched on Friday.
Friday Memoclip Ebs 2 -14.30 CET
Press briefings
The EP Press Service holds a briefing on the Commission hearings on Monday at 11.15, while the regular pre-session briefing with the spokespeople of the political groups available to comment on the agenda will take place as usual on Friday Ebs LIVE at 11.00 CET (Anna Politkovskaya room, PHS 0A050).
Contact
EP HOTLINE NEWSDESK +32 2 284 28 00 / +33 3 88 17 28 00
