The Week Ahead 4-10 October 2010
Plenary session and committee meetings, Brussels
Brussels session
Biodiversity
MEPs debate the loss of animal and plant species as well as EU strategy for the forthcoming Nagoya meeting (debate Wednesday, vote on resolution Thursday).
Wednesday EbS 4 19:00 CET summary
Wednesday EbS+ LIVE 16:00 CET
20 years since German reunification
To mark the anniversary, MEPs hear from two speakers: Lothar de Maizière, the only democratically-elected Prime Minister of East Germany, and former Commission President Jacques Delors (Thursday).
Thursday EbS 2 14:30 CET
Thursday EbS 2 14:35 CET
Thursday EbS+ LIVE 12:00 CET
Visa-free travel
Parliament will decide if Albanian and Bosnian citizens will be allowed to travel to the EU without visas from January (debate Wednesday, vote Thursday).
Wednesday EbS+ LIVE 17:00 CET debate
Thursday EbS+ LIVE 11:00 CET votes
Timor Leste
President José Ramos Horta will address MEPs. He will also have a meeting and give a joint press conference with EP President Jerzy Buzek (Wednesday meeting at 14:30, joint press conference at 16:30).
Wednesday EbS 16:30 CET LIVE joint press conference
Wednesday EbS3 17:30 CET summary
EU cohesion and regional policy after 2013
MEPs will ask the European Commission on Thursday to give its views on the future direction and financing of the regional policy after 2013.
Thursday Ebs 9.00 - 10.50 CET and Ebs 1 - 11.30 CET
Other parliamentary business
EU Budget 2011
The Conference of Presidents meets to consider Parliament's approach to negotiations with the Council on the 2011 EU Budget (Tuesday).
Tuesday EbS1 11:30 CET
Committee chairs meet Commission
The 23 chairs of Parliament's committees will have debate priorities with the 27 Commissioners (Thursday).
External Action Service
The Legal Affairs Committee will vote on including the EEAS in the EU's staff regulation (Wednesday), while the Foreign Affairs Committee will hear from the newly-appointed Head of Delegation to Japan (Tuesday).
LIVE Webstreaming - EP LIVE
Maternity Leave
The Women's Rights and Employment Committees will discuss an impact assessment on the costs and benefits of extending maternity leave rights (Tuesday).
LIVE Webstreaming - EP LIVE
Late payments
The Internal Market Committee will vote on new rules to ensure large companies and public bodies pay their bills on time (Tuesday).
LIVE Webstreaming - EP LIVE
Infoclip family package
Sakharov Prize
The nominees for the 2010 Prize for Freedom of Thought will be discussed at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (Tuesday).
Tuesday EbS3 17:35 CET Presentations of the nominations 2010
Tuesday EbS1 14:00CET Infoclip-compilation 20 years of Sakharov
LIVE Webstreaming - EP LIVE
Transparency register
EP Vice-President Diana Wallis and Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovic join a seminar on plans for a common register for lobbyists (Wednesday).
Jerzy Buzek's diary
The EP President will meet the UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (Tuesday meeting 10:00 CET, EbS1 summary 11:40 CET) and will take part in a ceremony in memory of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006 (Wednesday ceremony at 13:00 CET).
Interparliamentary meeting with national Parliaments
The Committee on Civil Liberties will hold a meeting with national Parliaments on Operational cooperation between agencies in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (FRONTEX, EUROPOL)
Monday EbS+ 18:00-21:00 CET LIVE
Monday EbS 17:00 CET infoclip on Frontex-Immigration
Tuesday EbS+ 09:00 CET LIVE meeting Civil Liberties committee, 25th anniversary of the Schengen agreement
Tuesday EbS2 14:30 CET extracts of the Interparliamentary meeting
Open days
The 8th European Week of Regions and Cities will take place next week. A debate on "Objective 2020: Competiveness, co-operation and cohesion for all Regions" will take place in the Hemicycle at 15:00 with Danuta Hübner (PPE, PL), chairperson of the EP REG Committee, Mercedes Bresso, President of the Committee of the Regions, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (PPE, GR), EP Vice-President, Rudy Demotte, Minister-President of the Walloon region, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Philippe Maystadt, President of the EIB.
Monday EbS 15:00 CET LIVE
Monday EbS3 17:30 CET extracts
LIVE Webstreaming - EP LIVE
Death Penalty
Parliament will hold a debate on death penalty with statements by the Council (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) Catherine Ashton, after which Parliament will adopt a resolution to be voted on Thursday.
Wednesday EbS+ LIVE 16:00 CET
Wednesday EbS3 17:35 CET Extracts of the statement by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative / EC Vice-President & MEPs debate
Reminder: All votes are broadcasted LIVE on Ebs. Please check the schedule
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