The Week Ahead April 2018

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1 The Week Ahead April 2018 Delegations Agenda EU/Latin America. MEPs will travel to Panama to take part in meetings of the Standing Parliamentary Committees of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. Trade relations between the two blocks and with non-eu countries, bilateral cooperation, particularly in the areas of research and aviation, the fight against impunity and money laundering, and how to reduce inequality, as well as the political tensions in countries such as Venezuela, are some of the topics which will be raised during the debates. (Tuesday to Friday) Tainted meat/brazil. An Agriculture Committee delegation will travel to Brazil to examine what has been done so far to ensure the safety of beef exports to the EU, following the 2017 tainted meat scandal. MEPs will meet with the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, federal parliamentarians and researchers. They will also visit cattle farms and a slaughterhouse in the State of Mato Grosso. (Tuesday to Thursday) Human Rights/Nigeria. Members of the Subcommittee on Human Rights will visit Nigeria to gain a first-hand impression of human rights, irregular migration and human trafficking in the country. The delegation is scheduled to meet with different political and religious representatives, members of civil society and media, as well as humanitarian organisations and with some parents of abducted Chibok girls. MEPs will also visit the Migration Resource Centre and facilities of EIDHR-funded project aimed at protecting potential migrants, especially children and women, from being trafficked. (Tuesday to Saturday) Democracy/Ukraine and Moldova. A delegation of Foreign Affairs Committee members will travel to Chisinau, Moldova, and Kiev, Ukraine to evaluate the implementation of the EU Association Agreements, in particular the situation of the rule of law, good governance, media freedom, judiciary reform and the fight against corruption. MEPs will also look into how bilateral trade agreements with the EU work on the ground. (Tuesday to Friday). EP Spokesperson Service contact on 29 March - 2 April Marjory VAN DEN BROEKE EP Press Service contact on 29 March - 2 April Michaela FINDEIS EN Press Service Directorate General for Communication Director General - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Reference No: APR00501 Press switchboard number (32-2) /9

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3 DELEGATIONS CONT delegation to Latvia and Lithuania A delegation of Budgetary Control Committee MEPs, led by the Committee chair Ingeborg GRÄßLE, will visit Latvia and Lithuania on 3-6 April. The delegation will visit EU project sites in the two Baltic countries and meet parliamentarians, government officials and other stakeholders. Members of the delegation: Ingeborg GRÄßLE - (Head of Delegation, EPP, DE), Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO, (EPP, IT), Derek VAUGHAN (S&D, UK). Accompanying Members out of quota: Zigmantas BALČYTIS (S&D, LT), Bronis ROPĖ (Greens/EFA, LT) Delegation to Guineau A delegation of development MEPs will look into how EU money to fight and prevent Ebola was and is being spent. Bálint Péter LINDER Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) balint.linder@europarl.europa.eu deve-press@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_Development EMPL delegation to Canada A delegation of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee will go to Ottawa and Toronto from 3 to 6 April. MEPs will meet with those involved in the international affairs arm of the Canadian Labour Programme to discuss the negotiation and implementation of international labour cooperation agreements. The delegation s visit to the Ontario Ministry of Labour will be an opportunity to study new technologies and the "platform economy" and how they affect employment and social security schemes. 3/9

4 Elections observation in Montenegro Saturday 07/04/2018 Sunday 08/04/2018 EP election observation mission goes to Montenegro for the April 8 presidential election. Gediminas VILKAS Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) gediminas.vilkas@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_ForeignAff EuroLat Parliamentary Assembly EuroLat Parliamentary Assembly will take place in Panama City, Panama between 3-6 April Emilie TOURNIER Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) emilie.tournier@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_ForeignAff Foreign Affairs Committee delegation to Moldova and Ukraine Monday 02/04/2018 A Foreign Affairs Committee delegation goes to Chisinau, Moldova, and Kiev, Ukraine (2-6 April) to evaluate the level of implementation of the Association Agreements, including Deep & Comprehensive Free Trade Area. 4/9

5 Gediminas VILKAS Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) gediminas.vilkas@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_ForeignAff Foreign Affairs Committee delegation to South Korea and Japan Monday 02/04/2018 Foreign Affairs Committee delegation visits Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan from (2 April-6 April) to discuss with the two democratic strategic partners of the EU in East Asia major political matters concerning the region. Emilie TOURNIER Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) emilie.tournier@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_ForeignAff Human Rights subcommittee delegation to Nigeria Saturday 07/04/2018 A Human Rights subcommittee delegation is in Nigeria - Abuja, Lagos and field visits - to look into a series of human rights violations. The delegation is scheduled to meet with different political and religious representatives, members of civil society and media, as well as humanitarian organizations and with some parents of abducted Chibok girls. MEPs will also visit the Migration Resource Centre and facilities of EIDHR-funded project aimed at protecting potential migrants, especially children and women, from being trafficked. The delegation will be chaired by Joachim ZELLER (EPP, DE) and include Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK (EPP, SK), Josef WEIDENHOLZER (S&D, AT) and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL). 5/9

6 Emilie TOURNIER Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) emilie.tournier@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_HumanRights IMCO delegation to Florence and Livorno A delegation of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee will go to Florence from 4 to 6 April The visit will include in field-visits to companies (technological hub), meetings with small local producers, multinational brands businesses, local and national authorities, consumers' associations and experts on the issue of the quality of products, exchange of views on the made in and market surveillance and a field-visit to the port of Livorno (meetings with customs authorities on customs controls, fight against counterfeiting and on the role of ports and customs as key players to defend the integrity of the single market). The region of Tuscany is one of the most important industrial regions in Europe, well known for its manufacturing and its agricultural products. Members participating in the delegation are committee chair Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT (ECR, BE), who will head the delegation, Lara COMI (EPP, IT), Andreas SCHWAB (EPP, DE), Nicola DANTI (S&D, IT) and Jasenko SELIMOVIC (ALDE, SE). International Trade Committee delegation to Sri Lanka A delegation of trade MEPs follow up on Sri Lanka's commitments on human rights in exchange for trade preferences from last year. Bálint Péter LINDER Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) balint.linder@europarl.europa.eu inta-press@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_Trade Security and Defence Subcommittee delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina Security and Defence Subcommittee delegation to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-5 April) to visit Operation Althea (EUFOR). 6/9

7 Gediminas VILKAS Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) gediminas.vilkas@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_Defence Delegation to Cyprus: progress of the investigations in the Committe on missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP). 09:00-19:00 09:00-19:00 09:00-19:00 A delegation of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, led by Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, ES), will travel to Cyprus from 3 to 5 March The purpose of the visit is to take stock of the progress made in the work of the Committee on missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP), a bi-communal body established in 1981 whose main objective is is to recover, identify, and return to their families, the remains of 2002 persons who went missing during the inter-communal fighting of 1963 to 1964 and the events of The Delegation will have meetings with the Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, the Members of the Committee on Missing Persons, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues. MEPS will also visit the CMP Anthropological Laboratory and the House of Representatives. They will also see the Relatives of Missing Persons at the EU House. Participants include: Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, (S&D, Spain) - Head of the Delegation Ana GOMES, (S&D, PT) Asim ADEMOV, (EPP, BG) Tomáš ZDECHOVSKỲ, (EPP, CS) Elissavet VOZEMBERG, (EPP, EL) Maja OREL SCHWARZ Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Mobile number: (+32) maja.orel@europarl.europa.eu libe-press@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_Justice PECH Delegation to Mauritania 09:00-19:00 09:00-19:00 7/9

8 09:00-19:00 Members of the Committee on Fisheries will meet with the President Mauritania, Members of the country s Fisheries committee and the Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy. They will visit inter alia the centre of training and qualification of fishermen in Nouakchott and hold meetings in Nouadhibou with national and regional representatives. REGI Delegation to Slovenia 10:00-19:00 09:00-19:00 09:00-12:30 Members of the Committee on Regional Development will meet with the Mayor of Ljubljana which was the European Green Capital in They will visit several projects which are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund in order to evaluate the already achieved results and further developments. MEPs will also hold meetings, inter alia, with the Presidents of the Associations of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia, the Vice-President of the National Assembly, with Members of the Committees of Economy and EU Affairs and with Mayors from the Posavje region. TRAN Delegation to Irland 15:00-20:00 08:00-18:30 08:00-12:30 A delegation of seven members of the Committee on Transport and Tourism led by committee Chairwoman Karima Delli will visit Dublin and Cork in Ireland on 4-6 April to meet with Representatives of airports and ports, transport and logistics companies and tourism sector organisations and local authorities to discuss the development of the TEN- T network, infrastructure investment, e-mobility and tourism initiatives. Members of the delegation: Karima Delli, Chairwoman of the TRAN Committee Wim Van de Camp (EPP, NL) Deirdre Clune (EPP, IE) Maria Grapini (S&D, RO) Lucy Anderson (S&D, UK) Roberts Zile (ECR, LV) Jill Evans (Greens/EFA, UK) Mission to the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL), Budapest, Hungary 8/9

9 09:00-19:00 Budapest, Budapest 09:00-19:00 Budapest, Budapest The mission will focus on CEPOL s role in the implementation of the European Agendas on Security and Migration, including their external dimension, the assessment of training needs of the EU law enforcement community and the promotion of fundamental rights in law enforcement training. Participants include: Kinga GÁL (Head of Mission) (EPP, HU) Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE (EPP, IT) Andrejs MAMIKINS (S&D, LV) Iina LIETZÉN Telephone number: (+32) (BXL) Telephone number: (+33) (STR) Mobile number: (+32) iina.lietzen@europarl.europa.eu libe-press@europarl.europa.eu Twitter: EP_Justice 9/9