Audizioni

Organisation of the Hearing of candidates for the position of European Ombudsman

(open to all Members of the European Parliament)

Monday 30 November 2009, 15.00 - 18.30
Brussels
Room JAN 2Q2

► Members' attention is drawn to the fact that unlike the hearings for Commissioner-designates, the Committee on Petitions will not make a formal recommendation regarding a preferred candidate to the President of the European Parliament.

Rule 204 states:

4. A list of admissible nominations in alphabetical order shall then be submitted to the vote of Parliament;
5. The vote shall be held by secret ballot on the basis of a majority of the votes cast.

► Question time for each candidate : 30 minutes allocated based approximately on the d'Hondt system for the first list of speakers : ie, EPP - S&D - EPP - S&D - ALDE - Greens/EFA - ECR - GUE/NGL - EFD

► 'Catch-the-eye' : 15 minutes for each candidate, with only questions of max 1 minute allowed

at 15:00

1. Adoption of draft agenda
2. Procedural explanation for Members

at 15:15

3. Statement by Mr Vittorio BOTTOLI

at 15:30

4. Questions to Mr Vittorio Bottoli

at 16:00

5. 'Catch-the-eye' to Mr Vittorio Bottoli

at 16:15

6. Statement by Mr Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS

at 16:30

7. Questions to Mr Nikiforos Diamandouros

at 17:00

8. 'Catch-the-eye' to Mr Nikiforos Diamandouros

at 17:15

9. Statement by Mr Pierre-Yves MONETTE

at 17:30

10. Questions to Mr Pierre-Yves Monette

at 18:00

11. 'Catch-the-eye' to Mr Pierre-Yves Monette