"Why and how detain asylum seekers? Which responsibility towards asylum seekers when the EU and its Member States act outside their territory? How to make the Common European Asylum System coherent? Can Member States trust each other's asylum system?" These are some of the questions which MEPs and national parlamentarians will seek to answer during a roundtable discussion organised by the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in Brussels on 26 April.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - A debate with National Parliaments
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is organising a debate with National Parliaments on The post-crisis strategy for growth and jobs and Modernisation of the global financial architecture. The meeting will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels on 16 and 17 March 2010. Room PHS 3C50.
Consumer Rights Directive: Hearing with National Parliaments
The Internal Market and Consumer Affairs Committee will hold a hearing with National Parliaments on the Consumer Rights Directive. Key Questions in the debate are the appropriate level of consumer protection and the Commission's full harmonisation approach. The European Parliament rapporteur on this issue is Andreas Schwab. The Hearing will take place in Room ASP 3G2 from 10.00 to 12.30 on the 23 February 2010.
Hearing with National Parliaments "Combating Late Payment"
Hearing of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) with National Parliaments on the Directive on "Combating late payment in commercial transactions" on 26 January, from 15.00 to 17.30, room in JAN 4Q1, in the European Parliament in Brussels. This recast of Directive 2000/35/EC aims at improving the effectiveness and the efficiency of remedies for late payment.
Joint Parliamentary Meeting "Building a Citizens' Europe"
Inter-parliamentary event jointly organised by the European and the Swedish Parliaments. The meeting will deal with the "Stockholm programme" 2010-2014 with the objective to provide a parliamentary dimension in the European area of Freedom, Security and Justice. It will take place in the European Parliament in Brussels. Hemicycle Paul-Henri Spaak building, 16 and 17 November 2009.