Delegation for European Union
Delegation for European Union
XLe COSAC
PARIS – Palais du Luxembourg
2-4 November 2008
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DRAFT PROGRAMME
(As of 15th July 2008)
Sunday, 2 November 2008
18.00 COSAC Troika Meeting
18.30 Transfer by bus from the hotel to the Institut du Monde Arabe
19.00 Arrival of the participants at the Institut du Monde Arabe
Guided tour of the exhibition “Bonaparte and Egypt”, organized within the framework of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
20.30 Welcoming dinner
Monday, 3 November 2008
8.45 Meeting of political groups
9.30 Opening speech by the President of the French Senate
10.00 The French Presidency of the European Union
Mr François Fillon, Prime Minister
Debate
11.30 Presentation of the 10th biannual
report and of the results of the working group on the cooperation
between national parliaments in the application of Protocol 2 on the
principles of subsidiarity and proportionnality
Debate
13.00 Lunch
14.45 Energy Security and the European Union
Mr Claude Mandil, former Executive Director of
the International Energy Agency
Debate
15.45 Bringing Europe closer to its citizens. What actions? What role for parliaments?
Mr Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Secretary of State for
European Affairs
Debate
17.00 Chairpersons' meeting on the elaboration of Conclusions and Contribution of the XL COSAC
20.00 Dinner at the Hôtel de Lassay (National Assembly)
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
9.30 Association of national parliaments to the area of freedom, security and justice, and in particular to the scrutiny of Europol’s activities and the evaluation of Eurojust’s activities
Mr Hubert Haenel, President of the delegation for
the European Union of the French Senate
Mr Max-Peter Ratzel, Director of Europol (to be confirmed)
Mr José Luis Lopez da Mota, President of the College of Eurojust (to be
confirmed)
Mr Jacques Barrot, Vice President of the European Commission
10.45 Evaluation of the subsidiarity check on the proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation
11.30 Adoption of the Conclusions and Contribution of the XL COSAC
12.30 Buffet-Lunch