Committee MEPs to discuss the Conference on the Future of Europe
The Constitutional Affairs committee will hold an extraordinary meeting in Strasbourg on Monday at 19.30, during which MEPs will take stock of developments on the upcoming Conference.
In line with the Constitutional Affairs committee’s leading role on most topics of relevance to the upcoming Conference, MEPs will discuss its preparation, mission and objectives. The discussion will pick up from where things were left during the previous committee debate on the same subject.
MEPs will also assess latest developments since Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (President Sassoli and political group leaders) set up the Working Group on the Conference on the Future of Europe. AFCO has been invited to strongly contribute to the Working Group, which will in turn help define Parliament’s position in the anticipated negotiations with the Council and the Commission.
Background
The Conference on the Future of Europe is among the most prominent proposals of the President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. It is expected to start in 2020 and run for two years.
Most Constitutional Affairs speakers that have taken the floor previously have stressed that Parliament should play a key role in the Conference, whilst ensuring citizen, civil society and national parliament participation. They expect the Conference to address issues relating, among others, to European elections, the EU legislative process and the democratic legitimacy of its institutions.
When: Monday, 25 November, around 20.00
Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Salvador de Madariaga building, room S1
You can follow the debate live.