THEME OF THE DAY

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..."...

LATEST NEWS

16/05/2008	Celebration of the International Day of the Family in the European Parliament. Anna Záborská MEP and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou MEP
16/05/2008	Réunification de Chypre: dépasser les symboles. Françoise Grossetête, MdPE
15/05/2008	Reconciling security with personal freedom. Manfred Weber MEP
14/05/2008	Congratulations Israel! Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group
14/05/2008	EU should not change policy on Cuba until political changes become reality. Jaime Mayor Oreja MEP and José Ribeiro e Castro MEP

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PRESS CONFERENCES	EP 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 STUDY DAY

Group Study Day on Russia (European Parliament, Brussels) Thursday, 15 May 2008... Photos available... The event was transmited live on the EPP-ED website

EVENT

	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...
	Video: Cuba after Castro

FOCUS

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

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 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 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...      Photos available...

EPP-ED YEARBOOK 2007

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

EP CALENDAR 2008

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