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The EPP-ED Group in parliamentary committees

The EPP-ED Group is launching a series of video presentations, illustrating the EPP-ED Group's priorities in the policy areas covered by the committees of the European Parliament..."...

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PRESS CONFERENCESEP Press Centre - Strasbourg - LOW N-1/201 
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
11.00 - 11.30 hrs EPP-ED Group Briefing - Joseph Daul MEP (EPP-ED, France), Chairman

Wednesday, 21 May 2008
After the votes Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Rapporteur, and others on the interim report on 'Scientific facts of climate change: findings and recommendations for decision-making'
Followed by Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP (EPP-ED, Netherlands) on the adoption of her report on Turkey's progress towards EU accession
14.00 - 14.30 hrs Hartmut Nassauer MEP (EPP-ED, Germany), Rapporteur, on the protection of the environment through criminal law

LATEST PHOTOS 
EPP-ED Hearing on Desertification - socio economic, agricultural and forestry impacts and their political consequences
Participants of the hearing
EPP-ED Group Study Day on Russia
l-r: Joseph Daul MEP (France), Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, João de Deus Pinheiro MEP (Portugal), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, and Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP (EPP-ED, Poland), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
Workshop on the future of the EU Emissions Trading System
Avril Doyle MEP (EPP-ED, Ireland) and Marc Pallemaerts, Institute for European Environmental Policy
Conference on 'EPP-ED discusses Justice and Home Affairs'
Manfred Weber MEP (Germany), EPP-ED Group Coordinator on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (on the left), and Jacques Barrot, European Commissioner for Freedom, Justice and Security
Press conference on 'Cuba: transition scenarios after the Castro era'
José Ribeiro e Castro MEP (EPP-ED, Portugal) (in the middle), Blanca Reyes, wife of exiled journalist Raúl Rivero and founder of the 'Damas de Blanco', Sakharov Prize Winners, and Arnold Vaatz MP, Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Press conference on 'Cuba: transition scenarios after the Castro era'
José Ribeiro e Castro MEP (EPP-ED, Portugal)
Conference 'Syria in Transition'
Jana Hybášková MEP (EPP-ED, Czech Republic), host of the conference, and Kamiran Hajabdo, Kurdish Democratic Unity Party YEKETI
Conference 'Syria in Transition'
Jana Hybášková MEP (EPP-ED, Czech Republic), host of the conference (in the middle), (l-r) Ablahad Astepho, Assyrian Institute of Europe, an interpreter, Ausama Monajed, Movement for Justice and Development, and Kamiran Hajabdo, Kurdish Democratic Unity Party YEKETI

EPP-ED STUDY DAY

EPP-ED Group Study Day on Russia
l-r: Joseph Daul MEP (France), Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, João de Deus Pinheiro MEP (Portugal), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, and Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP (EPP-ED, Poland), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
Group Study Day on Russia (European Parliament, Brussels)
Thursday, 15 May 2008...


Photos available...

The event was transmited live on the EPP-ED website

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

Conference Quo Vadis, Cuba- Transition Scenarios at the end of the Castro era

A joint conference of the Robert Schuman Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on the future of Cuba was hosted by Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP (Spain) on 13 and 14 May...


Flash Video Video: Cuba after Castro

FOCUS

Conference on 'EPP-ED discusses Justice and Home Affairs'
Manfred Weber MEP (Germany), EPP-ED Group Coordinator on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (on the left), and Jacques Barrot, European Commissioner for Freedom, Justice and Security

EPP-ED discusses Justice and Home Affairs

Immigration, the protection of external borders, police cooperation and the fight against terrorism were the main subjects of a joint EPP-ED conference with members of the national parliaments on Thursday 15th May...

PUBLIC HEARING

EPP-ED Hearing on Desertification - socio economic, agricultural and forestry impacts and their political consequences
r-l: Struan Stevenson MEP (United Kingdom), Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, Carlos San Juan Mesonada, Chairman of European DesertNet, Madrid University, and Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines MEP, Deputy Coordinator of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament
Desertification - socio economic, agricultural and forestry impacts and their political consequences
As climate change, food security and environmental degradation climb to the top of the global political agenda, the focus of the conference organised by the EPP-ED Group on 15 May 2008 was on the relationship between science and policy-making to ensure better governance, new research and the tools that can be used to combat drought and famine...
Workshop on the future of the EU Emissions Trading System
Avril Doyle MEP (EPP-ED, Ireland)
Workshop on EU Emissions Trading Scheme
On Thursday 15 May, Avril Doyle MEP (Ireland) addressed the hearing 'The future of the EU Emissions Trading System' on the Commission’s post-2012 proposal on ETS, which took place in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament. Mrs Doyle has been appointed Rapporteur for the European Parliament on the review...

OPEN DAYS

Open Days of the European Parliament

Open Days in the European Parliament

On Sunday 4 May, the European Parliament in Strasbourg opened its doors to the public. Citizens were invited to visit the Parliament and take part in various activities. This year, the event celebrated the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue as well as focusing on the new face of the European Union once the Lisbon Treaty is ratified in all Member States...
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EPP-ED YEARBOOK 2007


EPP-ED Yearbook 2007
The EPP-ED Group presented the 2007 EPP-ED Group Yearbook on 4 March ...


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EP CALENDAR 2008
Parliament's calendar of part-sessions in Strasbourg and Brussels for the year 2008