2011. július 8.

The Week Ahead 11-17 July 2011

Committee meetings - Brussels

Online child abuse

The Civil Liberties Committee is set to vote on an agreement reached with Member States' representatives on an EU law aimed at protecting children from abuse, including provisions to deal with online images of child abuse (Tuesday).

Tuesday Ebs 09.00 CET: Stockshot "Combating child abuse"

Tuesday Ebs 09.10 CET: Infoclip "Child abuse"

Tuesday Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET

Offshore oil and gas drilling

The Industry Committee will vote on how to ensure the safety of European offshore oil and gas platforms, notably in the light of the Deepwater Horizon disaster (Tuesday).

Tuesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET  

Future of the CAP

MEPs in the Agriculture Committee will meet their counterparts from national parliaments for a debate on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (Tuesday).

Tuesday EbS3 17:30 CET

Migration/refugees: MEPs visit Tunisia

A delegation from the Civil Liberties Committee will be in Tunisia for discussions with the Prime Minister, government members and NGOs on issues concerning both refugees and other migrants (Wednesday-Friday).

Thursday Ebs S - 20.00 CET

Friday Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET  

Events in Syria

The Foreign Affairs Committee will discuss the protests and crackdown in Syria with representatives of the Syrian opposition (Tuesday).

Wednesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET

Polish Council Presidency

Members of the Polish government will be taking part in most of the EP committee meetings this week, to discuss the priorities for the Polish presidency of the Council during the rest of 2011 (Monday-Thursday).

Waldemar Pawlak, Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, will hold a press conference at 13h on Tuesday (Salle Anna Politkovskaya).

Tuesday EbS+ LIVE 13:00 CET

EP President's activities

Jerzy Buzek will be in Dublin for an official visit to Ireland, including meetings with President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and parliamentary leaders (Monday-Tuesday).

Tuesday Ebs 1 - 11.30 CET + Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET

In Brussels, he will meet the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Derviş Eroğlu (Wednesday).

EP-Kosovo

Committee on Foreign Affairs in association with the Delegation for relations with Souht-East Europe will hold an exchange of views with Enver Hoxhaj, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo

Wednesday EbS1  11:30 CET

EP-Belarus

Committee on Foreign Affairs jointly with the Subcommittee on Human Rights and in association with the Delegation for relations with Belarus will hold an exchange of views on the situation in Belarus since the presidential elections of 19 December 2010.
Wednesday EbS2  14:30 CET

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