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EP News, April 11th, 2008 (No. 353)

 

The Week Ahead, 14-18 April 2008

 

Highlights of the week ahead in committees:

  • Prime Minister of Iraq H.E. Nouri al-Maliki meets Foreign Affairs Cttee (Weds);
  • Dr Sardar Ali of Warwick Uni gives evidence to hearing on Muslim women - Women's Rights Cttee (Thurs);
  • Brazilian beef - update from the European Commission (Agriculture Cttee);
  • EU Ombudsman presents his annual report in the European Parliament (Tues);
  • Workshop on Economic Partnership Agreements (International Trade Cttee - no programme available yet) (Thurs).

 

MEPs also meet in their political groups to prepare voting positions ahead of the next plenary session in Strasbourg from 21-24 April, where highlights of the agenda will include:
  • EU budget 2006 - clearing the accounts;
  • Organ donations - report;
  • Road transport operators - new EU rules.

 

Committee meetings

 
Committee in charge
Date of meeting
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Title of procedure
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Proposed Act / OEIL
AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] 16 April 2008 full agenda committee homepage
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Extraordinary joint meeting with the "Permanent ad hoc Delegation for relations with Iraq"

Exchange of views with H.E. Nouri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq

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SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] 14 April 2008 full agenda committee homepage
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NATO Summit (Bucharest, 2-4 April 2008) - Exchange of views with Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General, Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO - - - -
The contribution of space assets to ESDP Karl Von Wogau (EPP–ED) Own initiative Consideration of draft report OEIL

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity - Exchange of views with the Commission

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DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] 14 April 2008 full agenda committee homepage
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Exchange of views on developments concerning the United Nations Human Rights Council:

  • report of the ad hoc delegation which attended the Council session in Geneva from March 17th to 19th
  • presentation of draft studies prepared for the sub-committee concerning the role of the European Union in the Human Rights Council and the human rights record of its members
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Exchange of views on violence against children, with a focus on the new EU guidelines on the protection and promotion of children's rights as well as EU guidelines on children in armed conflicts - - - -

Questions to the Commission

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BUDG - Budgets [ list ] 6 May 2008   committee homepage
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ]

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DEVE - Development [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] 21 April 2008   committee homepage  
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EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] 5 May 2008   committee homepage  
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ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ]

21 April 2008

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IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ]     committee homepage  
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INTA - International Trade [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage  
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TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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REGI - Regional Development [ list ] 28-29 May 2008   committee homepage
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AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ] 17 April 2008 full agenda committee homepage
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Simplifying procedures for listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields Neil Parish (EPP–ED) Consultation Vote on simplified procedure (Rule 43(1) – without amendment): report  
Support schemes for farmers (support for cotton) Ioannis Gklavakis (EPP–ED) Consultation Adoption of draft report Regulation - OEIL
Community Tobacco Fund Sergio Berlato (UEN) Consultation Adoption of draft report Regulation - OEIL
Meat and livestock statistics Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe Zu Baringdorf Codecision first reading Exchange of views on the procedure Regulation - OEIL
Farm structure surveys and the survey on agricultural production methods Gábor Harangozó (PSE) Codecision first reading Exchange of views on the procedure Regulation - OEIL

The latest situation on Brazilian beef - presentation by the Commission

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PECH - Fisheries [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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CULT - Culture and Education [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ] 19 May 2008   committee homepage  
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LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ] 5-6 May 2008   committee homepage
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AFCO - Constitutional Affairs [ list ] 26-27 May 2008   committee homepage
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FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality [ list ] 14 April 2008 full agenda committee homepage
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Women and science Britta Thomsen (PSE) Own initiative Adoption OEIL
Prostitution and its health consequences on women in Member States Maria Carlshamre (ALDE) Own initiative Consideration of draft report OEIL
Implementation of gender mainstreaming in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection – presentation by Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/NGL) - exchange of views - - - -

 

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

PUBLIC HEARING on
"Situation of Muslim women"

Thursday, 17 April 2008
9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Room PHS 1A002
(Espace Leopold, rue Wiertz)
BRUSSELS

Chairperson: Dr Anna ZÁBORSKÁ

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Welcome by Dr Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Chairperson

Dr. Azizah Y. AL-HIBRI, – Professor of Law, University of Richmond, USA
The Islamic Worldview of Gender and Women

Dr. Shaheen SARDAR ALI – Professor of Law, University of Warwick, UK
Equality between Muslim women and men in daily life — experiences from the
North West Frontier of Pakistan.

Question time

Ms SUAD SBAI, Italy – President of the Confederation of Associations of Moroccan
communities in Italy (NGO)
Integration of Muslim women in the second generation — an NGO perspective.

Ms Nora KARTELOVA, Bulgaria – former assistant in the Movement for Rights
and Freedom
Muslim women in Balkans; between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Koran

Question time and general debate
Closure of the Hearing by the Chairperson

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PETI - Petitions [ list ] 26-27 May 2008   committee homepage
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CLIM - Temporary Committee on Climate Change [ list ] 29 May 2008   committee homepage  
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Hearings

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
14 April 2008
Situation of Muslim women
programme

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
6 May 2008
Promoting Social Inclusion in the EU

 

Diary Dates

European Parliament plenary sessions 2008

 

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