EPP-ED GROUP PRESIDENCY MEETING
WITH THE HEADS OF NATIONAL DELEGATIONS
MUNICH, 28-29 August 2008

Thursday, 28 August 2008

09.30 - 10.30	Opening: Joseph DAUL MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament (EP) Welcome address: Markus FERBER MEP, Head of the German Delegation (CSU) of the EPP-ED Group in the EP, Chairman of the "CSU-Europagruppe" in the EP Günther BECKSTEIN MdL (Member of the Regional Parliament), Minister-President of Bavaria Erwin HUBER MdL (Member of the Regional Parliament), Chairman of the CSU
10.30-12.00	TOWARDS A LOW CARBON FUTURE: ACHIEVING THE POLITICAL VISION IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Chairman: Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP Introduction: Jean-Louis BORLOO, French Minister of State for Ecology, Sustainable Planning and Development Dagmar WÖHRL MP, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology Speakers: Jerzy BUZEK MEP, Former Prime Minister of Poland, EPP-ED Group Rapporteur on "A European strategic energy technology plan: Towards a low carbon future" Werner LANGEN MEP, Head of the German Delegation (CDU) of the EPP-ED Group in the EP, EPP-ED Group Rapporteur on "Reduction of CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles: Emission performance standards for new passenger cars" Martin CALLANAN MEP, EPP-ED Group Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the EP, EPP-ED Group Shadow Rapporteur on "Reduction of CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles: Emission performance standards for new passenger cars" Discussion Conclusions: Hartmut NASSAUER MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP
12.00-12.30	Press Conference (With Joseph DAUL MEP, Markus FERBER MEP, and Erwin HUBER MdL (Member of the Regional Parliament)
Afternoon	Factory visit

Friday, 29 August 2008

09.00-10.30	THE ENERGY MARKET LIBERALISATION Chairman: Marian-Jean MARINESCU MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP Introduction: Marcin KOROLEC, Under-Secretary of State, Polish Ministry of Economy Klaus-Dieter MAUBACH, Chairman of the Board of Management E.ON Energie AG Speakers: Johannes KINDLER, Vice-President of the Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway Angelika NIEBLER MEP, Chairwoman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the EP Herbert REUL MEP, EPP-ED Group Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in the EP Discussion Conclusions: Giles CHICHESTER MEP, EPP-ED Group Coordinator in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in the EP
10.30-12.00	THE HEALTH CHECK OF THE CAP REFORM Chairman: Struan STEVENSON MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP Introduction: Michel BARNIER, French Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Speakers: Josef MILLER, MdL (Member of the Regional Parliament), Bavarian Minister for Agriculture Elisabeth JEGGLE MEP, EPP-ED Group Member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in the EP Albert DESS MEP, CSU Spokesman in the EP on Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Conclusions: Neil PARISH MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development in the EP
12.00-12.30	Press Conference