17.00 - 23.00
	-	Resumption of session and order of business
	-	Internal market scoreboard - Debate on report: Simon BUSUTTIL (EPP, MT)
	-	Visa-free travel to Canada for all EU citizens and the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement - Commission statement with debate
	-	One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
	-	Short presentations of the following reports:
		-	European Union's internal security strategy - Report on the European Union's Internal Security Strategy - Report: Rita BORSELLINO (S&D, IT)
		-	An EU approach to criminal law - Report on an EU approach on criminal law Report: Cornelis DE JONG (GUE/NGL, NL)
		-	A 2020 perspective for women in Turkey - Report on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey  -Report: Emine BOZKURT (S&D, NL)
		-	Strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers - Report: María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ (S&D, ES)

 

9.00 - 11.50
	-	Joint debate - SMEs' access to structural funds and SME definition
		-			SMEs' access to structural funds - Council and Commission statements
		-			Evaluation of the SME definition - Council and Commission statements
	-	End of joint debate
	-	Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko with debate
12.00 - 14.00
	-	VOTES -  followed by explanations of votes
*		-	Denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 of 3 May 1998 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation - Report: Hans-Peter MARTIN (NI, AT)
		-	European Union's internal security strategy - Report on the European Union's Internal Security Strategy - Report: Rita BORSELLINO (S&D, IT)
		-	An EU approach to criminal law - Report on an EU approach on criminal law Report: Cornelis DE JONG (GUE/NGL, NL)
		-	Strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers - Report: María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ (S&D, ES)
***I		-	Issuance of euro coins - Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the issuance of euro coins - Report: Hans-Peter MARTIN (NI, AT)
			Internal market scoreboard - Debate on report: Simon BUSUTTIL (EPP, MT)
		-	A 2020 perspective for women in Turkey - Report on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey  -Report: Emine BOZKURT (S&D, NL)
		-	Amendment of the European Parliament Regulation implementing the European Citizens’ Initiative - Report: Zita GURMAI (S&D, HU)
15.00 - 21.00
	-	Preparation of the informal European summit - Investment, growth and jobs - Council and Commission statements with debate
	-	Fight against homophobia in Europe - Council and Commission statements with debate
***I		-	Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean - Debate on report: Raül ROMEVA I RUEDA (Greens /EFA, ES)
		-	EU and China: unbalanced trade? - Report on EU and China: Unbalanced Trade? - Debate on report: Marielle DE SARNEZ (ALDE, FR)
***I		-	General provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries - Report by Metin KAZAK (ALDE, BG)

 

9.00 - 11.50
*	-	Common system for taxing financial transactions - Debate on report: Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL)
	-	European Parliament's right of inquiry - Debate on report: David MARTIN (S&D, UK)
12.00 - 14.00
	-	VOTES  - followed by explanations of votes
***I			Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean - Rreport: Raül ROMEVA I RUEDA (Greens /EFA, ES)
***I			General provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries - Report by Metin KAZAK (ALDE, BG)
***I			Double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull oil tankers - Report by Dominique RIQUET (EPP, FR)
***			Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU -Mozambique Fisheries Partnership Agreement - Report: Dolores GARCÍA-HIERRO CARABALLO (S&D, ES)
*		-	Common system for taxing financial transactions - Report by Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL)
		-	EU and China: unbalanced trade? - Report on EU and China: Unbalanced Trade? - Report by Marielle DE SARNEZ (ALDE, FR)
		-	European Parliament's right of inquiry - Report by: David MARTIN (S&D, UK)
15.00 - 20.00
	-	Statement by the VPC/HR - Sudan and South Sudan
	-	Statement by the VPC/HR - Guinea Bissau
	-	A resource-efficient Europe - Debate on report: Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ALDE, NL)
	-	Youth Opportunities Initiative - Oral question to the Commission with debate

 

09.00 - 11.50
	-	Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value - Debate on report: Edit BAUER (EPP, SK)
	-	Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary Commission - Oral question to the Commission with debate
	-	EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru - Oral question to the Commission with debate
12.00 - 14.00
	-	VOTES  - followed by explanations of votes
		-	Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko - Motion for resolutions
		-	Fight against homophobia in Europe - Motion for resolutions
			A resource-efficient Europe - Report by Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ALDE, NL)
		-	Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value - Report by Edit BAUER (EPP, SK)
		-	Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary - Motion for resolutions
15.00 - 16.00
		Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122)
		-		Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
		-		Azerbaijan
		-		Situation of North Korean refugees
16.00 - 17.00
		Votes (at the end of the preceding debates)
		-	Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122)

 

• 14:00  Meeting with Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe - Council of Europe

 

• 13:30 Lex signing, including a regulation on autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef, a regulation on the market and use of biocidal products, a directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings, a regulation as regards certain provisions relating to risk sharing instruments for Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability - Louise Weiss building, Protocol Room

• 18:00 Meeting with Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy - Louise Weiss building, President's Office

 

• 15:30 PES leaders meeting - PES Secretariat, Rue du Trône

• 18:30 Participation in the European Summit - Justus Lipsius

 

• 17:30 Speech at Humboldt University "Democratic Europe"

 

• 11:00  Participation in the celebrations marking the 180th anniversary of the Hambacher Fest - Hambacher Castle

 

 

Emine BOZKURT (S&D, NL), rapporteur 

Hannes SWOBODA (AT), President 

Daniel COHN-BENDIT (FR) and Rebecca HARMS (DE), Co-Presidents 

Guy VERHOFSTADT (BE), President 

Joseph DAUL (FR), President 

Gabriele ZIMMER (DE), President, Cornelis DE JONG (GUE/NGL, NL) and Marisa MATIAS (GUE/NGL, PT) 

Malcolm HARBOUR (ECR, UK), Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Viviane REDING, Vice-President of the European Commission, European Justice Commissioner and John DALLI European Commissioner, responsible for Health and Consumer Policy  

François ALFONSI (GREENS/EFA, FR), Hama AG MAHMOUND, former Malian government minister and spokesperson of the MNLA and Zakiyatou OUALETT HALATINE, former minister of the Malian government and former UN official  

Göran FÄRM (S&D, SE), rapporteur and Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN for the Presidency 

Santiago FISAS AYXEL0 (EPP, ES), Jean WEBER, President of the "Pole européen d'admnistration publique " and Maros SEFCOVIC, Vice-President of the European Commission 

Daniel COHN-BENDIT (Verts/ALE, FR), Rebecca HARMS (Verts/ALE, DE) and Nikos CHRYSOGELOS (Verts/ALE, EL) 

Lívia JÁRÓKA (EPP, HU), Viviane REDING, Vice-President of the European Commission, European Justice Commissioner, and László ANDOR, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion 

Anni PODIMATA (S&D, EL) 

• Alleged transportation & illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the EP TDIP Committee report - discussion on an opinion of a resolution by Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE, UK)

 

(19:30 - 21:00)

• Enhancing complementarity between the EU and the Council of Europe in the EU Neighbourhood - discussion with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, and  Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy

 

• The EU Special Representative for Human Rights - vote on a resolution by Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ (EPP, LT)

 

 

• Common Fisheries Policy (COD) - discussion on a regulation, rapporteur Ulrike RODUST (S&D, DE)

 

 

A delegation of six MEPs is attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session from 25 May to 28 May in Tallinn, Estonia. The head of the delegation is Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (EPP, PL), and the members are Tunne KELAM (EPP, ET), Teresa RIERA MADURELL (S&D, ES), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Indrek TARAND (Greens–EFA, ET) and Tarja CRONBERG (Greens-EFA, FI).

The forces of change in Russia, future of Afghanistan, implications of euro crisis, Arab Spring and Iranian nuclear programme will be on the agenda during the committee meetings.

 

A delegation of 43 MEP is taking part in the 23rd session of the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific - European Union  Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Horsens, Denmark from 25 May to 30 May. The head of the EU delegation is Louis Michel (ALDE, BE).

Economic partnership agreements, sustainable development and climate action, food security and the political impact of the Libya conflict on ACP and EU states will be on the agenda during the meetings.

MEPs and their ACP counterparts will also discuss urgent topics like the situation in Sudan and South Sudan as well as current developments in Mali and Nigeria.

 

A delegation of six MEPs is attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session from 25 May to 28 May in Tallinn, Estonia. The head of the delegation is Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (EPP, PL), and the members are Tunne KELAM (EPP, ET), Teresa RIERA MADURELL (S&D, ES), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Indrek TARAND (Greens–EFA, ET) and Tarja CRONBERG (Greens-EFA, FI).

The forces of change in Russia, future of Afghanistan, implications of euro crisis, Arab Spring and Iranian nuclear programme will be on the agenda during the committee meetings.

 

A delegation of 43 MEP is taking part in the 23rd session of the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific - European Union  Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Horsens, Denmark from 25 May to 30 May. The head of the EU delegation is Louis Michel (ALDE, BE).

Economic partnership agreements, sustainable development and climate action, food security and the political impact of the Libya conflict on ACP and EU states will be on the agenda during the meetings.

MEPs and their ACP counterparts will also discuss urgent topics like the situation in Sudan and South Sudan as well as current developments in Mali and Nigeria.

 

A delegation of six MEPs is attending the NATO Parliamentary Assembly spring session from 25 May to 28 May in Tallinn, Estonia. The head of the delegation is Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI (EPP, PL), and the members are Tunne KELAM (EPP, ET), Teresa RIERA MADURELL (S&D, ES), Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Indrek TARAND (Greens–EFA, ET) and Tarja CRONBERG (Greens-EFA, FI).

The forces of change in Russia, future of Afghanistan, implications of euro crisis, Arab Spring and Iranian nuclear programme will be on the agenda during the committee meetings.

 

A delegation of 43 MEP is taking part in the 23rd session of the Africa, Caribbean, Pacific - European Union  Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Horsens, Denmark from 25 May to 30 May. The head of the EU delegation is Louis Michel (ALDE, BE).

Economic partnership agreements, sustainable development and climate action, food security and the political impact of the Libya conflict on ACP and EU states will be on the agenda during the meetings.

MEPs and their ACP counterparts will also discuss urgent topics like the situation in Sudan and South Sudan as well as current developments in Mali and Nigeria.