The Week Ahead February 2015

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1 The Week Ahead February 2015 Political group and committee meetings, European Parliamentary Week. The EP hosts a two-day meeting with national parliamentarians from all over the EU and MEPs to discuss economic, budgetary and social matters, aiming to strengthen cooperation between the European and national parliaments. EP and EC presidents Martin Schulz and Jean-Claude Juncker will participate in this "European Parliamentary Week (EPW)". (Tuesday and Wednesday) Children/legal protection. A draft law to ensure that children suspected or accused of a crime in any EU country have mandatory access to a lawyer at all stages of criminal proceedings, are assisted by their parents, have the right not to be questioned in public and are entitled to receive medical examinations, will be put to a vote in the Civil Liberties Committee. More than 1 million children are involved in criminal proceedings in the EU each year (12% of the overall number). (Thursday) Syria. The United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura will be heard by the Foreign Affairs Committee on the latest developments in the country, including the recently agreed UN plan for a 2.9 billion US dollars aid to help the millions of Syrians in need. The EU has recently increased its assistance to Syria by 136 million in humanitarian funding, having already mobilised over 3.12 billion. (Monday) EU budget. Ideas for improving the way the EU is funded, tabled by the High Level Group on Own Resources, will be debated by the Committee on Budgets, following a presentation by Group Chair Mario Monti. (Thursday) Plenary preparations. Political groups will prepare for the 9 12 February plenary session in Strasbourg, where MEPs are set to vote on resolutions on country-of-origin labelling for meat in processed foods, US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA and the recent atrocities in Northern Nigeria. MEPs will also debate the pricing of medicines in the EU and fine-tune resolutions on anti-terrorism measures ahead of the February European Council meeting. Joe Biden. US Vice President Joe Biden will first have a bilateral meeting with EP President Schulz and then take part in a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of the EP political groups. (Friday) President s diary. EP President Martin Schulz will meet Commission President Jean- Claude Juncker and Swiss Confederation President Simonetta Sommaruga on Monday, and President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Zgonea, on Tuesday. He will meet Latvian Saeima Speaker Ināra Mūrniece on Wednesday. Finally, Mr Schulz will participate in the panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference: "The World in 2015", in Munich (Germany), on Saturday. EN Press Service Directorate for the Media Director - Spokesperson : Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No: APR14805 Press switchboard number (32-2) /7

2 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY Monday 02/02/ :15-20:15 19:15 Meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Simonetta Sommaruga, President of the Swiss Confederation - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire Tuesday 03/02/ :00-16:00 9:00 Chairing of the Plenary: The European Economic Governance framework: stock taking and future challenges 11:30 Meeting with Valeriu Zgonea, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire 15:00 Meeting with delegates of The Youth 20 from France, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire Wednesday 04/02/ :30-12:00 8:30 Meeting with Ināra Mūrniece, Speaker of the Saeima - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, Grand Salon Protocolaire 9:00 Co-chairing of the Plenary: A European New Deal: stimulating public and private investment for growth and jobs in Europe Thursday 05/02/ :30-10:30 9:30 Meeting with Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President s Office Friday 06/02/ :30-12:30 10:30 Welcoming Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America - Paul- Henri Spaak Building, ground floor, protocol entrance, 10:35 Meeting with Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America - Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 9th floor, President s Office 11:00 Conference of Presidents with Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States of America 2/7

3 Saturday 07/02/ :15-10:15 Munich (Germany) 9:15 Participating in the panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference: "The World in 2015" - Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Promenadeplatz 2-6, 80333, Munich 3/7

4 PRESS CONFERENCES A look at migration Tuesday 03/02/ :30-13:00, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO (GUE/NGL, ES), Amparo CLIMENT, Ana FERNÁNDEZ, Ubaldo MARTÍNEZ and José PALAZÓN The launch of "Civil Society Europe'' Tuesday 03/02/ :30-14:00, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D, FR), Vice-President of the European Parliament and Claude ROIRANT Statement on World Cancer Day Wednesday 04/02/ :30-13:00, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Elisabetta GARDINI (EPP, IT) Maria GRAPINI, (S&D, RO), Philippe DE BACKER, (ALDE, BE), Piernicola PEDICINI, (EFDD, IT), Maria MATIAS, (GUE/ngl, PT) and Francesco DE LORENZO, President of the European Cancer patient coalition Greece: the suppression of the Golden Dawn-opposition Wednesday 04/02/ :30-16:00, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Udo VOIGT (NI, DE) Ayotzinapa: Parents of the missing students ask for justice Thursday 05/02/ :30-12:00, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, DE), EP Vice-President, Jordi SEBASTIÀ (Greens/EFA, ES) and Ska KELLER (Greens/EFA, DE) European Parliament inquiry into tax evasion following LuxLeaks Thursday 05/02/ :00-13:30, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050 Philippe LAMBERTS (BE), Co-chair Greens/EFA, Gabriele ZIMMER (DE), Chair GUE/NGL, Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE) 4/7

5 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Foreign Affairs Monday 02/02/ :00-18:30, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Discussion with Maciej POPOWSKI, Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS and Chief Negotiator on Switzerland on EU-Swiss negotiationsin camera Discussion with Staffan DE MISTURA, United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria ( ) Jointly with the Committee on Development Discussion with Jan ELIASSON, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations ( ) Committee on Budgets Thursday 05/02/ :00-12:30, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A First assessment from the High Level Group on Own Resources - Presentation by President MONTI Investment plan - proposal for a regulation - Discussion Draft amending budget No 1/2015: European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) Draft amending budget n 2/2015 : Transfer of committments shared management; Economic, social and Territorial Cohesion; Sustainable growth; Security and citizenship; Global Europe (BUD) - Rapporteur: Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL (S&D, ES) - Discussion Guidelines for the 2016 budget - Section III (BUD) - Rapporteur: José Manuel FERNANDES (EPP, PT) - Discussion and presentation of the draft report Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year Section I - Parliament (BUD) - Rapporteur: Gérard DEPREZ (ALDE, BE) - Discussion and presentation of the Working document Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : application EGF/2013/007 BE/Hainaut Steel (Duferco-NLMK) - Belgium (BUD) - Rapporteur: Andrej PLENKOVIC (EPP, HR) - Discussion Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2013/009 PL/Zachem, Poland) (BUD) - Discussion Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2013/011 BE/Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Belgium) (BUD) - Discussion Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : application EGF/2014/011 BE/Caterpillar - Belgium (BUD) - Rapporteur: Anneli JÂÂTTEENMÂKI (ALDE, FI) - Discussion Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : application EGF/2014/012 BE/ArcelorMittal - Belgium (BUD) - Rapporteur: Victor NEGRESCU (S&D, RO) - Discussion 5/7

6 Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : application EGF/2014/014 DE/Aleo Solar - Germany (BUD) - Rapporteur: Iris HOFFMANN (S&D, DE) - Discussion Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Tuesday 03/02/ :15-13:15, Paul-Henri Spaak, P1A002 European Parliamentary Week - The European Semester Cycles : Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Thursday 05/02/ :00-12:30, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - Consideration of draft opinion - Rapporteur: Dita CHARANZOVÁ (ALDE, CZ) Mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters - Adoption of outcome of trilogues - Rapporteur: Liisa JAAKONSAARI (S&D, FI) Cableway installations - Consideration of amendments - Rapporteur: Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE (EPP, ES) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Thursday 05/02/ :00-12:30, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 VOTES ( ) Criminal proceedings: procedural safeguards for children suspected or accused (COD), rapporteur Caterina CHINNICI (S&D, IT) - vote on draft report New psychoactive substances (COD), rapporteur Michał BONI (EPP, PL) - vote on a decision on the opening of negotiations (mandate and composition of the negotiating team) Minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking: definition of the term 'drug' (COD), rapporteur Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO (EPP, ES) - vote on a decision on the opening of negotiations (mandate and composition of the negotiating team) Third-country nationals: conditions of entry and residence for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, training, voluntary service and au pairing. Recast (COD), rapporteur Cecilia WIKSTRÖM (ALDE, SE) - vote on a decision on the opening of negotiations (mandate and compositon of the negotiating team The Criminal Justice response to terrorism/foreign fighters - discussion with Michèle CONINSX, President of Eurojust 6/7

7 DELEGATIONS Inter-Parliamentary Seminar on Energy security, energy efficiency and interconnection in the Western Balkans and Turkey Thursday 05/02/ :00-19:00 Friday 06/02/ :00-19:00 Ankara (Turkey) Jerzy BUZEK (EPP, PL), chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, will lead a 6 MEP strong delegation of members of ITRE and AFET committees to the interparliamentary seminar on Energy security, energy efficiency and interconnection in the Western Balkans and Turkey held in Ankara on 5 and 6 February Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO), Tonino PICULA (ALDE, S&D), Nikolay BAREKOV (ECR, BG), Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS (GUE/NGL, CY) and Barbara KAPPEL (NI, AT) will also take part in the seminar. The seminar, which will bring together MEPs and members of parliament of Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, is organized in the framework of the EP support programme for the parliaments of the Western Balkans and Turkey, aiming at capacity building and facilitating the European integration process of these countries. Held in the premises of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the seminar will also feature its deputy speaker and the Turkish energy minister. Contact Václav LEBEDA BXL: (+32) STR: (+33) PORT: (+32) foreign-press@europarl.europa.eu TWITTER: EP_ForeignAff 7/7