EPP-ED Group:


		MEETING OF THE EPP-ED GROUP BUREAU 2 and 3 June 2005 Bucharest, ROMANIA

Last update: 26/05/2005

Thursday, 2 June 2005

09.00 - 09.15

Opening

Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

09.15 - 10.15

First Session - The political situation in Romania

Chairman of the session:
Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Presentation from EPP sister Parties:

Gheorghe CIUHANDU, Chairman of the Popular Christian Democratic Party - PPCD (EPP Associate Member)

Béla MARKÓ Senator, Deputy Prime Minister of Romania (in charge of culture, education and European Integration), Chairman of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania - DAHR (EPP Associate Member)

Presentation from other governmental Parties:

Emil BOC, Chairman of the Democratic Party (PD)

Dan VOICULESCU Senator, Chairman of the Romanian Conservative Party (PC)

Debate

10.15 - 11.15

Preparing the EU accession of Romania

Lorenzo CESA MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament,
on the Conditions and Arrangements for Admission of the Republic of Romania to the EU and on the coming Political Representation of Romania in the EU Institutions

Jonathan SCHEELE, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Romania
on The Accomplishment of the Conditions and Arrangements for Admission of the Republic of Romania to the European Union

Leonard ORBAN, Chief Negotiator with the EU
on the EU Accession Negotiations and the main challenges for Romania

Debate

11.00 - 11.15

Conclusions of the first session

Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Wilfried MARTENS, EPP Chairman, former Prime Minister of Belgium

11.15 - 12.30

Second Session - The commitments of the government in economic and social reforms

Chairman of the session:
Françoise GROSSETÊTE MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Laszlo BORBELY MP, Minister Delegate for the coordination of public works and territory management - DAHR
on Regional and Territorial Development in Romania, Reform and infrastructural Priorities

Gheorghe SECULICI, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinator for Economic Ministers
on Ongoing Economic Reforms

Zsolt NAGY, Minister of Communications and Information Technology - DAHR
on Industrial Policy and Information Technology

István JAKAB, State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Finance - DAHR
on the Romanian economic integration to the EU

Ovidiu NICOLESCU, President of the National Council of Small and Medium-Sized Private Enterprises, Vice-President of the World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises
on The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Romanian Economy

Marian MILUT, PPCD President of the National Leading Committee, President of the National Union of Romanian Employers (UNPR)
on The Economic and Social Situation in Romania

Debate

12.15 - 12.30

Conclusions of the second session

Guido PODESTÀ MEP, Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with Romania

14.45

Bus tour of city, ending with laying of a wreath by the Chairman of the EPP-ED Group Hans-Gert POETTERING at Corneliu Coposu’s statue (150 m. from the Hilton Hotel)

16.00

Visit to the Social Project of the Catholic Church (part funded by EPP-ED Group secretariat), received by Ioan Robu, Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop and Head of the Catholic Church

17.30 - 18.30

Visit to the Palace of the Romanian Parliament, received by the President Adrian Nastase and the Vice-Presidents

Friday, 3 June 2005

09.00 - 11.15

Third session - The commitments of the government in Internal Affairs reforms

Chairman of the session:
Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Monica Luisa MACOVEI, Minister of Justice
On the commitments of the government in the Judicial System Reforms

Mario MAURO MEP, Vice-President of the European Parliament,
on Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Romania

Kinga GÁL MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee with Romania
on the European Integration and Traditional National Minorities

Serban BUBENEK, Vice-President of PPCD
on the Security of Borders and Fight Against Organised Crime

Alexandre HERLEA, Representative of the IDC Executive Committee for Central and Eastern Europe, former Minister of European Integration (PPCD), former Ambassador of the Mission of Romania to the EU
on the European integration and Reforms in Romania

Debate

11.00 - 11.15

Conclusions of the third session

Jaime MAYOR OREJA MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

11.15 - 11.30

General Conclusions

Hans-Gert POETTERING MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

11.30

Press Conference