Plenary sessions

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    514e Plenary Session, with the following debates :

    • Debate on upholding the achievements made under the Schengen agreement, on Wednesday 17 February at 2.30 p.m., with Martin Schulz, president of the European Parliament (tbc), Eva PAUNOVA, member of the European Parliament, Vice-president of the European Movement, Markus Beyrer, director general of BusinessEurope, Luca Visentini, general secretary of ETUC, Allan Päll, secretary general of the European Youth Forum, and Conny Reuter, co-chair of the Liaison group with European civil society organisations and networks.
    • Debate on the 2016 Annual Growth Survey, on Wednesday 17 February at 5.30 p.m., with Maria João Rodrigues, member of the European Parliament,  S&D group vice-chair responsible for economic and social policies, in conjunction with the adoption of opinion SC/042
    • Presentation of the Dutch presidency of the Council of the EU, on Thursday 18 February at 10 a.m., with Jetta Klijnsma, State Secretary at the Dutch Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment
    • Debate on the rights of humankind, on Thursday 18 February at 11.30 a.m., with Corinne Lepage, former French environment minister.

     

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    513rd

    Wednesday 20 January at 3 p.m. - Debate on COP 21: taking stock and looking ahead

    Thursday 21 January 2016 at 9.30 a.m. Debate on The role of organised civil society in democratic transition processes: Tunisia, a case study

    with the Tunisian Quartet, winners of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize:

    - Kacem Afaya, Deputy Secretary-General of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT)

    - Ahmed ben Tahar Galai, vice-president of the Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH)

    - Slim Ghorbel, member of the board of the Tunisian Industrial, Commercial and Handicrafts Union (UTICA)

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    • Review of the Luxembourg presidency of the Council of the EU, on Wednesday 9 December at 5 p.m., with the participation of Nicolas Schmit, Luxembourg's Minister for Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy

    • Presentation of the European Commission's 2016 Work Programme and debate on the European Agenda on Migration, in conjunction with the adoption of opinions on migration (REX/452REX/457SOC/525 and SOC/526), on 10 Dec. at 10 a.m., with Frans Timmermans, First vice-president of the European Commission

    • Award of the civil society prize, on Thursday 10 December at 11.30 a.m.