22 May 2001

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Agenda   Press release

The leaders of the EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups in national parliaments met in Brussels on 21-22 May 2001 with the Members of the Presidency and Bureau of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament to debate the preparations for the Göteborg European Council and the Post-Nice process.

This initiative, to involve national parliamentarians in the preparations for European Councils and in the debate on the post-Nice process, has been undertaken by Hans-Gert Poettering, EPP-ED Group Chairman, Mr Per Unckel, Chair of the Moderata Group in the Swedish Parliament and Mr Göran Hägglund, Chair of the Kristdemokraterna Group in the Swedish Parliament.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

EPP-ED Group:
Chairman: Hans-Gert Poettering.
Vice-presidents: Françoise Grossetête, James Elles, Francesco Fiori, Othmar Karas.
Heads of national delegations: Harmut Nassauer (Germany CDU), Ingo Friedrich(Germany CSU), Edward McMillan-Scott (United Kingdom), Gerardo Galeote (Spain), Antonio Trakatellis (Greece), Hannja Maij-Weggen (Netherlands), Carlos Costa Neves (Portugal), Ursula Stenzel (Austria), Charlotte Cederschiöld (Sweden), Marianne Thyssen (Belgium), Piia-Noora Kauppi (Finland), Avril Doyle (Ireland), Jacques Santer, (Luxembourg).
European Parliament rapporteurs on the Treaty of Nice: Elmar Brok, Alain Lamassoure, Iñigo Méndez De Vigo.

Chairman of the European's People Party: Wilfried Martens.

Members of the European Commission: Romano Prodi, Loyola de Palacio, Michel Barnier, Viviane Reding.

National Parliamentary Groups:
Germany
Wolfgang Schäuble, CDU/CSU
Hans-Georg Hauser, CDU/CSU
Austria
Andreas Khol, ÖVP
Belgium
Yves Leterme, CVP
Spain
Luis De Grandes Pascual, PP
Finland
Kirsi Piha, KOK
Greece
Dimitris Sioufas, ND
Luxembourg
Lucien Weiler, PCS
Netherlands
Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, CDA
Portugal
Antonio d'Orey Capucho, PSD
Sweden
Per Unckel, MOD
Göran Hägglund, KD
United Kingdom
Lord Kingsland, Cons