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1 The Week Ahead January 2015 Political group and committee meetings, Brussels LIBOR/EURIBOR scandal. The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee will debate rules to improve the transparency and reliability of benchmarks that may affect key financial market rates or the pricing of retail financial contracts such as mortgages. The legislative proposal to regulate benchmarks at EU level was prompted by rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)) and Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR). (Thursday) Fight against terrorism/right to information. Europol s refusal to allow public access to information on the implementation of the EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP), and the European Ombudsman Emily O Reilly s strong condemnation of it, will be discussed by the Civil Liberties Committee with Ms O'Reilly and the Europol Joint Supervisory Body, Europol's independent data protection supervisor. (Thursday) European Year for Development A Development Committee delegation will go to Riga (Latvia) for the opening event of the European Year for Development (Thursday and Friday) Plenary preparations. Political groups will prepare for the January plenary session in Strasbourg, where MEPs are set to vote on rules on GMOs, resolutions on the European Commission s 2015 work programme and media freedom in Turkey and welcome new European Council President Donald Tusk to debate the outcome of the December EU summit. MEPs will also review the work of outgoing Italian EU Council Presidency with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and discuss the incoming Latvian Presidency programme with Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma. Pre-session press briefing. The EP Press Service will hold a press briefing with the EP political groups spokespersons at on Friday. ( Anna Politkovskaya EP Press conference room, Brussels) EN Press Service Directorate for the Media Director - Spokesperson : Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No: APR01804 Press switchboard number (32-2) /5

2 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY Sunday 11/01/2015 Strasbourg Evening Meeting with François Hollande, President of France and Angela Merkel, German Chancellor Wednesday 07/01/ :00-14:00 Brussels 10:00 Meeting with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council - Justus Lipsius building, Rue de la Loi 175, 1000 Brussels 13:00 Meeting with the directors of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) - Paul- Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Salon Protocolaire A Thursday 08/01/ :00-19:00 Brussels/ Paris 18:00 Speaking at the opening of the exposition "Filmer la guerre : les Soviétiques face à la Shoah ( )" - Mémorial de la Shoah, 17 rue Geoffroy l'asnier, Paris Saturday 10/01/ :15-11:15 Nideggen-Schmidt, Germany 10:15 Opening of the exposition 'Routes of Liberation: European Legacies of the Second World War' - St. Mokka Church, Monschauer Street 1, Nideggen-Schmidt 2/5

3 PRESS CONFERENCES Euro-mediterranean rendez-vous on energy Tuesday 06/01/ :30-13:00 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Gilles PARGNEUAX (S&D, FR) Pre-session briefing Friday 09/01/ :00-11:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 3/5

4 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Budgetary Control Thursday 08/01/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 5G-3 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Thursday 08/01/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Thursday 08/01/ :00-12:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A2 4/5

5 DELEGATIONS Delegation to Riga for official EYD2015 opening event Thursday 08/01/ :00-19:00 Friday 09/01/ :00-19:00 Riga (Latvia) The Development Committee will send a delegation to Riga on 8 and 9 January to participate in the Official European Year for Development (EYD2015) opening event is a special year as it marks the end of the Millennium Development Goals agreed at the United Nations in 2000 and the start of negotiations for the post-2015 framework. As the first ever European Year dealing with the EU's external action, EYD2015 will provide an unparalleled opportunity to engage with citizens and focus on EU's commitment to eradicating poverty worldwide. Contact Kristina-Antigoni ELEFTERIE BXL: (+32) STR: (+33) PORT: (+32) deve-press@europarl.europa.eu TWITTER: EP_Development 5/5

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