Joint Parliamentary Meeting on "Energy and Sustainable Development"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of the European Parliament and of the National Parliaments of the European Union and candidate countries gathered in Strasbourg on 20 and 21 November for a new Joint Parliamentary Meeting (JPM). This time the topic to deal with was Energy and Sustainable Development.

Different issues were in the agenda of this JPM:

Europe's energy policy and security of supply;

Energy innovation and sustainable development;

European energy policy, Climate change and International negotiations.

These issues were dealt by working groups and presented to the plenary.

This JPM was co-organized by the EP and the French Parliament (National Assembly and Senate) and was co-chaired by the respective Presidents. Among other speakers, the French Minister for European Affairs, Mr. Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the French Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning, Mr. Jean-Louis Borloo, the Vice-president of the European Commission, Mrs. Margot Wällstrom, and as a guest speaker, Mrs. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency.

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