EP News, the electronic newsletter from www.europarl.org.uk

The Week Ahead, 11-15 February 2008

HRH The Prince of Wales will speak at the European Parliament on Climate Change Thursday 14 February

The Prince of Wales is to visit Brussels to help raise the profile of climate change in the European Union. He will speak on the subject to an invited audience of MEPs and others at the European Parliament on Thursday morning. The meeting will be shown live on Europe by Satellite and also streamed on the European Parliament website. The Prince will also have a bilateral meeting with EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering

Pakistan elections

London Labour MEP Robert Evans will be leading the European Parliament's election observation team in Pakistan on 15-20 February. Baroness Nicholson MEP (Lib Dem, South East) is also a member of the delegation.

MP and Peers attend European Parliament meeting

On 11 and 12 February 2008, MEPs will meet with representatives of the 27 National Parliaments to discuss the Lisbon Strategy. They will focus on: R & D; globalisation and labour markets. Michael Connarty MP, Chair of the Commons EU Scrutiny Committee will attend, along with Lords Grenfell and Wright from the House of Lords EU Scrutiny Committee.

Urban transport

Merseytravel Director General Neil Scales to give evidence to Transport Cttee hearing on Urban Mobility (Thursday).

Committee meetings

Highlights 11-15 February

Note to readers: Where available, a link to the factsheet on the European Parliament's Legislative Observatory (the 'OEIL') is included in the right-hand column: OEIL files often contain a summary of the legislative procedure, and links to the original proposal. [ For a quick reminder of the different types of European laws, please check this link on the Commission's website, Europa ]. Edited committee agenda below, with links to full agenda on www.europarl.europa.eu, and working documents on the committees' websites:

AFET	SEDE	DROI	BUDG	CONT	DEVE	ECON	EMPL	ENVI	ITRE	IMCO	INTA
TRAN	REGI	AGRI	PECH	CULT	JURI	LIBE	AFCO	FEMM	PETI	CLIM

Committee in charge	Date of meeting	Link to full agenda	Link to Committee
Title of procedure	MEP in charge	Type of procedure	Stage of procedure	Proposed Act / OEIL
AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ]	19 February 2008		committee homepage	-
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SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ]	11, 14 February 2008		committee homepage	-
DRAFT PROGRAMME Workshop "The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on ESDP" Monday 11 February 2008, Brussels Introduction by Mr Karl von WOGAU, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on ESDP Dr Antonio MISSIROLI, Director of Studies, the European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels Dr Giovanni GREVI, Research Fellow, EU Institute for Security Studies (EU ISS), Paris Mr Christian MÖLLING, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Security Studies (CSS) - ETH Zurich Dr Thomas ROITHNER, Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR), Vienna Discussants: Jo LEINEN, MEP, Chairman AFCO Andrew DUFF, MEP Debate: SEDE Members and Experts Parliamentary Scrutiny of ESDP following the Lisbon Treaty Dr Hans BORN, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF), Geneva Discussants: Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, MEP Chairman AFET (tbc) Representative of the Council/Presidency Debate: SEDE Members and Experts Concluding remarks by Mr Karl von WOGAU	programme
DRAFT PROGRAMME Workshop "Space Policy and ESDP" Thursday 14 February 2008, 09:00 – 12.30, Brussels Introduction and presentation of the Working document on the "Space Assets and ESDP" by Dr Karl von WOGAU, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) The use of satellites in space for security purposes Tomas VALASEK, Director of Foreign Policy and Defence, Centre for European Reform (CER). Alexander BITTER, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP - German Institute for International and Security Affairs) Discussants: Géraldine NAJA-CORBIN, Policy Office of Director-General, European Space Agency Alda SILVEIRA REIS, Deputy Director for Defence aspects, Directorate-General E - External Economic Relations, Politico-Military Affairs, Council General Secretariat Debate: SEDE Members and Experts The Cost of Non-Europe in the field of Satellite-based system Dr Xavier PASCO, Fondation Pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris (FRS) Enrico SAGGESE, Director for space activities, Finmeccanica Discussant: Sylvia KAINZ-HUBER, Space Policy and Coordination Unit, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission Debate: SEDE Members and Experts Concluding remarks by Dr Karl von WOGAU	programme
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DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ]	11 February 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	--
Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2007 and the EU's policy on the matter	Marco Cappato (ALDE)	Annual report	Consideration of draft report	Annual report - OEIL
Exchange of views on the Resolution on the Human Rights Council in view of upcoming visit to Geneva	-	-	-	-
Exchange of views with the Slovene Presidency on the activities and work programme of COHOM	-	-	-	-
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BUDG - Budgets [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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DEVE - Development [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ]			committee homepage
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EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ]	25 February 2008		committee homepage	-
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ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ]	25 February 2008		committee homepage
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ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ]			committee homepage
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INTA - International Trade [ list ]			committee homepage
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TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ]	14 February 2008		committee homepage	-
Public Hearing Urban mobility - one size fits all? EU policy and technological possibilities Thursday, 14 February 2008, Brussels Draft Programme Chairman: Paolo Costa Rapporteur: Reinhard Rack Draftsman (REGI): Jan Olbrycht Introduction by the rapporteur Statement by the draftsman of the Committee on Regional Development EU urban mobility policy from the perspective of European cities - Neil Scales, Director General - Merseytravel, Liverpool (UK) - Siegfried Nagl, Mayor of Graz (Austria) - Jaroslaw Kochaniak, Vice Mayor of Warsaw (Poland) - Klaus Bondam, Vice Mayor of Copenhagen (representing EUROCITIES) Discussion and questions by MEPs Innovative solutions and research - towards smarter urban transport - Hermann Meyer, CEO of ERTICO - ITS Europe - Griet De Ceuster, General Manager of Transport & Mobility Leuven - Francesc Narvaez i Pazos, Mobility Councillor of Barcelona (representing POLIS) Statement by Fotis Karamitsos, Director in DG TREN, European Commission Discussion and questions by MEPs Final remarks by Chairman and rapporteur	programme
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REGI - Regional Development [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ]	25 February 2008		committee homepage	-
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PECH - Fisheries [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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CULT - Culture and Education [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ]			committee homepage
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LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ]	11 February 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
Hearing of candidates for the post of Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency Candidates: Mr Dario CARMINATI and Mr Mortem KJAERUM	-	-	-	-
Protection of personal data	Martine Roure (PSE)	Consultation	Exchange of views	Decision - OEIL
Wind-up resolution of the annual FSJA debate (31/01/2008)	Gérard Deprez (ALDE)	-	Consideration of a draft resolution following the plenary debate of 31 January 2008	-
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AFCO - Constitutional Affairs [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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PETI - Petitions [ list ]			committee homepage	-
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CLIM - Temporary Committee on Climate Change [ list ]			committee homepage
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