The Week Ahead 31 May - 6 June 2010
Committee meetings - Brussels
Road and water passenger rights
The Transport Committee deals with legislation giving bus, coach and boat passengers similar rights to those already available to air passengers.
Monday Ebs 4 - 19.05 CET
Air accident investigations
A draft law setting common standards for air accident investigations, such as how and when to inform relatives of those caught up in an accident will be put to a vote in the Transport Committee.
Monday Ebs 4 - 19.05 CET
Waste electronic equipment
The Environment Committee votes on changes to the rules on electronic devices, aiming to reduce the quantity of toxic material they contain (Wednesday).
Divorce rules
The Legal Affairs Committee will vote on whether Parliament should allow ten member states to work together on common rules concerning cross-border divorce issues (Tuesday).
Derivatives markets/financial services
Ahead of legislative proposals due later in the year on the supervision of derivatives markets, MEPs in the Economics Committee will vote on their political stance on the issue. Also, the EP Press Service is organising a workshop for journalists on current legislation on financial services (both Wednesday).
EP/Iran
The Foreign Minister of Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, will take part in discussion with the Foreign Affairs Committee (Tuesday).
Tuesday Ebs 14.30 CET: Infoclip
Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.35 CET: Extracts from the meeting
Bosnia and Albania
The Foreign Affairs Committee votes on the progress
made by Albania and by Bosnia and Herzegovina in European integration (Tuesday).
EP President visits Greece
Jerzy Buzek makes an official visit to Greece, meeting President Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister George Papandréou, Parliamentary Speaker Philippos Petsalnikos and opposition leader Antonis Samaras (Wednesday).
Wednesday Ebs 4 - 19.05 CET: Meetings and press point
EP/Pakistan
Mr Buzek meets Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in Brussels (Thursday).
Thursday Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET
Energy policy
Ahead of next week's interparliamentary meeting, President Buzek will discuss the idea of a European Energy Community with both the Industry and Environment Committees (Tuesday and Thursday).
Tuesday Ebs S - 10.00 CET : Videokit Energy
Tuesday Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET : Extract from the statement by EP President
Thursday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET : Extract from exchange of views
The President's diary
The EP President Jerzy Buzek also meets with David Roy Lidington, British Minister of State for Europe (Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET) and with Viktor Orban, Hungarian Prime Minister (Thursday Ebs 2 - 14.45 CET)
Reform in the Arab World
The Subcommittee on Human Rights is organising in cooperation with the NGO Freedom House a public hearing on the Reform in the Arab World.
Wednesday Ebs S - 19.30 CET
Wednesday Ebs LIVE 13.30 - 14.00 CET: Press conference by Hedi Hautala (Greens/EFA-FI), Chair of the Subcommitte on Human Rights
Revision of the Financial Regulation
The Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control are holding a joint hearing on the revision of the Financial Regulation.
Tuesday Ebs LIVE 09.00 - 12.30 CET
Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.50 CET
Press conference
Parliament's mandate for the Budget 2011 negociations - adoption in Budgets Committee. Ebs will cover the press conference by Sidonia Elzbieta Jedrzejewska (EPP-PL), Budget 2011 general rapporteur and Alain Lamassoure, Chair of the Budgets Committee.
Wednesday Ebs LIVE 13.00 - 13.00 CET
Contact
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E-mail: hotlinenewsdesk@europarl.europa.eu
