The Week Ahead 3 - 9 October
Committee meetings - Brussels
Budget 2012
The Budgets Committee holds its main vote on the EU's budget for next year. It will also vote on proposed further cuts to the EP budget for next year (Tuesday-Thursday).
Tuesday Ebs 1 - 11.40 CET
Eurozone
The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee will discuss the sovereign debt markets and the situation in the Eurozone with the ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet. It will be his last appearance at the committee before leaving the ECB (Tuesday).
Tuesday Ebs LIVE 15.00 CET + Ebs 3 - 17.35 CET
Angela Merkel/Euro
The German Chancellor will have a meeting with President Buzek and the political group leaders. A press point is scheduled for 17.30h (Wednesday).
Wednesday Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET + Ebs 4 - 19.05 CET
Wednesday Ebs + LIVE 17.30 - 17.45 CET : Live press point
E-waste
Environment Committee MEPs will vote on improving rules to collect and recycle more of the EU's growing stream of electrical and electronic waste (Tuesday).
Tuesday Ebs 10.00 - 10.05 CET: Infoclip
Tuesday Ebs 1 - 11.35
Killing pests, protecting health
The Environment Committee will vote on modernising EU rules on pest control products to better protect public health and the environment, while cutting red tape for businesses (Tuesday).
Tuesday Ebs 1 - 11.30 CET
Home-made explosives
Civil Liberties Committee MEPs will vote on legislation on the marketing of chemicals that can be used in home-made bombs, with a view to restricting public access to these chemicals (Tuesday).
Major-accident hazards
Environment Committee MEPs will vote on rules on safety plans for around 10,000 industrial installations that manage hazardous waste and substances (Tuesday).
Future regional policy
The Regional Development Committee will begin its discussion of a package of legislation on EU regional and structural policy after 2013 (Thursday).
Election observation
President Buzek and Catherine Ashton host a high level meeting with speakers including Jimmy Carter, to discuss the role of international election observers two weeks before a delegation of MEPs travels to Tunisia to observe the first of the Arab Spring elections (Tuesday).
Tuesday Ebs - 10.00 CET : Memoclip,
Tuesday Ebs + LIVE 14.30 - 16.30 CET + Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET, Ebs 4 19.00 CET
Tuesday Ebs + LIVE 16.30 - 17.30 CET: Press conference
Wednesday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET + Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET
Thursday Ebs 2 - 14.30 CET + Ebs 4 - 19.00 CET
2011 Sakharov Prize
The Joint meeting of the committees on Foreign Affairs, Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights will present the nominations for the 2011 Sakharov Prize (Wednesday).
Wednesday Ebs 3 - 17.30 CET
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