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The European Parliament is back in business
This autumn sees the first "term" for newly elected MEPs with 6 plenary parliamentary sessions being held between now and Christmas. MEPs will also vote on the candidacy of Commission President Barroso as well as approving the entire new Commission. A poll in Ireland on the Lisbon treaty and the Copenhagen climate summit will also hold MEPs attention. This article looks at some of the issues that will dominate the European news over the coming months.
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In his famous poem “Voyelles” (Vowels) French poet Arthur Rimbaud associated each vowel with a particular colour. MEPs are just as adept at using colour, but don’t be fooled into thinking that they have been inspired by the poetic muse. In their case, the use of colour is a practical way of identifying the composition of the parliamentary week, where each of the calendar’s four colours corresponds to a specific parliamentary activity. Details are “coloured in” below.
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Partners affiliated in the partnership Cohesive Regions for a Stronger Europe have a pleasure to announce that their workshop entitled “Regions brainstroming on the future cohesion policy” was the first to be booked out. More than 130 participants from allover Europe have been registered for this event. Among them there are representatives of regional authorities, practitioners and academics.
Politicians and experts comming from Andalusia, Carinthia, Castilla La Mancha, East Netherlands, Lancashire, Pilsen, South Finland and Wielkopolska will debate on the 6th of October, from 9:30 until 12:30, in the permises of the Wielkopolska Region Brussels Office, Av. de l’Yser 19. Through a two-fold debate guided by Mikel Landabaso, Head of Unit in DG Regio, it is aimed to involve regional partners in the process of exchanging views on the future cohesion policy. Experiences gathered in both past and current financial perspectives shall be presented as they may influence the quality of future interventions.
Read more on the following edition of the Open Days...
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The European Commission presents its proposal for an EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region today. Five years on from enlargement, the region is facing pressing challenges including the deteriorating state of the Baltic Sea, poor transport links, barriers to trade and energy supply concerns. These problems have been exacerbated by a lack of effective coordination. The Strategy, presented by Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, above all aims to maximise the development potential of the Member States and regions in the Baltic Sea area, which is home to nearly 100 million people.
