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