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Strasbourg plenary session 6-9 September

Institutions − 03-09-2010 - 14:26
 
  • Pakistan floods, Barroso speech
  • Roma deportations, limits on animal testing
 
The entrance to the Parliamentary Chamber in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Session opens at 1700 CET   The entrance to the Parliamentary Chamber in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Session opens at 1700 CET

The week in Strasbourg will see Commission President José Manuel Barroso make his first "State of the European Union" speech. Also on the agenda is how to help Pakistan after the floods devastated the country. The controversy over the Roma deportations will also be discussed during talks between MEPs and the European Commission. There is also likely to be steps to limit the use of animals in scientific testing. All of these issues can be followed here on the Parliament's website.


The week will also see a debate on human rights in Iran, focusing on the cases of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and Zahra Bahrami.


This focus will be updated daily to bring you the latest news from the European Parliament's Plenary Session in Strasbourg.

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The entrance to the Parliamentary Chamber in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Session opens at 1700 CET   Start   The Barroso speech, Roma issues, Pakistan, animal testing & counterfeiting could make the news   Newsletter - 6-9 September - Strasbourg plenary session   Farmer turned MEP José Bové   José Bové raises fears over falling incomes of Europe's farmers   Members take their seats ahead of the opening of Parliament's first September Session in Strasbourg, eastern France   Opening of the Session: Urgent debate on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani on Monday   Romanian Roma from France pictured as they arrive at the Baneasa airport in Bucharest on August 19, 2010. ©BELGA   Expulsions of Roma from France: Parliament calls for EU action   Over 127,000 two euro coins were identified as counterfeit in 2009   Those pesky fake coins that don't work   "We either swim together, or sink separately". Commission boss Barroso wants European cooperation rather than "27 different national solutions". 7 September 2010.   State of the (E)Union: The Europe of today and tomorrow debated in the EP   The new legislation lists different categories of pain that may be inflicted during a test ("non-recovery", "mild", "moderate" or "severe"), ©BELGA   Fewer animals to be used for scientific experiments   MEPs condemn stoning sentence on Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani   MEPs condemn stoning sentence on Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani     MEPs call for more rights for same sex couples in Europe   A picture taken on August 28, 2007 in Venissieux, eastern France shows people belonging to the Roma community being evacuated by gendarmes. ©BELGA/AFP/JEFF PACHOUD   France and other Member States must halt expulsions of Roma immediately   Fake FIFA football jerseys fill the racks at a stall in a market. Anti-counterfeiting is a key area of ACTA ©BELGA   MEPs voice concerns over anti-counterfeiting agreement  
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Public access to documents: towards more transparency in the EU Citizens' rights − 15-12-2011 - 12:54  
 
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