Committee meetings - Brussels

EP President Jerzy Buzek will address the latest EU summit before holding a press conference (Thursday 18.30 CET TBC).  After the summit, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy will brief Parliament's political group leaders on the outcome (Friday).

(All details on the European Council coverage, please check Ebs Schedule)

The Economics Committee begins its consideration of six draft EU laws intended to strengthen economic governance structures (Tuesday).

Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET

Parliament and Council negotiators meet to try to reach a deal on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers directive (Tuesday).

Following the plenary vote, work begins on the 2011 Budgetary conciliation process.  President Buzek and Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme will lead the Parliament and Council delegations at the first meeting (Wednesday Ebs 3 -17.30 CET)

The Environment Committee holds its second-reading vote on plans to allow patients to use healthcare systems in EU countries other than their own (Wednesday).

The Civil Liberties Committee holds a hearing on transatlantic data protection issues (Monday).

Monday Ebs + LIVE 15.00 - 18.30 CET

Monday Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET

The High Representative/Commission VP will discuss priorities with the Foreign Affairs Committee, a few days after MEPs gave the green light to the budget and staffing rules needed to create the EAS (Wednesday).

Wednesday Ebs + LIVE 15.00 - 18.30 CET and Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET

Jerzy Buzek visits the Vatican for a meeting with the Pope and senior officials (Monday Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET). Back in Brussels, he will meet Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan (Tuesday). Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET

The 65th EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee meeting takes place in Brussels, with the Turkish EU affairs minister, Egemen Bağış, taking part and also meeting President Buzek. In addition, the Human Rights Subcommittee holds a hearing on human rights in Turkey (Monday-Tuesday).

Monday Ebs 14.00 CET - Infoclip Turkey

Monday Ebs 3 - 17.35 Extracts of the hearing.

The film director will speak at a Culture Committee hearing on cinema and European identities, organised in association with the Parliament's Lux Prize for cinema.  Wednesday Ebs+ LIVE 10.00 - 12.30 CET and Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET

He will also meet President Buzek (Wednesday Ebs 3 -17.30 CET).

Ebs will cover the press conference by Doris Pack, Chair of the Culture committee, and Wim Wenders, Director and President of the European Film Academy.

Wednesday Ebs+ LIVE 12.30 CET

Tuesday Ebs 17.00 CET - Memoclip Wim Wenders.

Tuesday Ebs 3 -17.35. LUX Prize 2010 - Statement by Wim Wenders.

Tuesday Ebs 14.00 CET - LUX Prize - Trailers of the 3 films in competition.

The EP is holding a conference on a new space policy for Europe in presence of EP President, Jerzy Buzek, Herman Van Rompuy, Antonio Tajani, Jean Jacques Dordain, General Director of the European Space Agency and Mercedes Bresso, President of the European Committee of the Regions.

Tuesday Ebs+ LIVE - 09.00 - 09.30 CET

Tuesday Ebs + LIVE 11.00 CET.  Press conference by G. Pittella (S&D - IT) EP Vice President on the space policy.

Tuesday Ebs 1 -11.30 CET

The Human Rights committee organises a public hearing on the situation in prisons in Syria, Lebanon.

Monday Ebs 4 - 19.05 CET

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