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EP News, January 4th, 2007(No. 287)

 

The Week Ahead in the European Parliament

8-12 January 2007

 

MEPs return to Brussels on 9 January to meet in their political groups to prepare voting positions ahead of the next plenary session of Parliament in Strasbourg.

The highlights of the session from 16-19 January include:-

  • elections of President of the European Parliament and Vice-Presidents ;
  • Elections of committee chairs;
  • Railways package - 2nd reading (freight liberalisation: training of train crews, passenger compensation) ;
  • Road safety action programme - mid-term review ;

 This will be the first European Parliament with the 35 new Romanian MEPs and 18 Bulgarian MEPs. It will also be the first session with Irish as an official working language.

 

The next issue of EP News will be published on 12 January 2007.

 

 

 

Hearings

28 February - 1 March 2007
ECON - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Interparliamentary debate with national parliaments: Eurozone - Converging or drifting apart? - programme

 

 

Diary Dates

Link to the European Parliament's session calendar: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/staticDisplay.do?id=118

 

 

Further information

Simon Duffin, simon.duffin@europarl.europa.eu, European Parliament UK Office, tel 020 7227 4300

 

 

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