Brussels, 03/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The situation in Libya, the Middle East peace process and preparation of the eurozone summit on 11 March are the main items on the agenda of the European Parliament (EP) plenary session in Strasbourg from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 March 2011. The EP will also adopt its resolution on the Hungarian media law and will be addressed by Hungarian President Pál Schmitt.
The EP will debate, too, the European strategy for the integration of the Roma and amendment of the Treaty so that the stability mechanism for the euro area member states can be put in place.
Monday 7 March
5.00pm-midnight
Resumption of session and order of business
Innovative financing at a global and European level (report by Anni Podimata)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement Area (report by Crescenzio Rivellini)
Oral questions on two issues: EU-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement and EU strategy for the Atlantic region
Short presentations of the following reports: - General product safety and market surveillance (report by Christel Schaldemose); - Management of H1N1 influenza (report by Michèle Rivasi); - Reducing health inequalities (report by Edite Estrela); - Cooperating with developing countries on promoting good governance in tax matters (report by Eva Joly); - Agriculture and international trade (report by Georgios Papastamkos); - The EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem? (report by Martin Häusling)
Tuesday 8 March
9.00am-11.50am
Priorities for the 2012 budget - other sections (report by José Manuel Fernandes)
Joint discussion on Women in the EU: Equality between women and men (report by Mariya Nedelcheva) and Female poverty (report by Rovana Plumb)
100th Anniversary of International Women's Day
Midday-1.00pm
Votes, on inter alia the appointment of a Member of the European Court of Auditors (Mr Harald Wögerbauer, Austria)
3.00pm-7.30pm
Statement by the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso on preparation of the Eurozone summit of 11 March 2011
Council and Commission statements on the 2010 progress report on Turkey
Council and Commission statements on the European integration process of Montenegro
EU strategy on Roma inclusion (report by Lívia Járóka)
7.30pm-8.30pm
Question Time (Commission)
9.00pm-midnight
Industrial policy for the globalised era (report by Bernd Lange)
Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (oral question)
Commission statement on the possibility of using gas from alternative sources in Europe
Wednesday 9 March
Statement by Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on the Southern Neighbourhood, and Libya in particular
Amendment of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for member states whose currency is the euro (report by Elmar Brok and Roberto Gualtieri)
11.00am-midday: Votes
Midday-12.30pm: Address by Pál Schmitt, President of Hungary (formal sitting)
12.30pm-1.30pm: Continuation of votes
3.00pm-6.00pm
EU approach towards Iran (report by Bastiaan Belder)
Statement by Catherine Ashton on the 16th session of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 28 February - 25 March 2011)
Statement by Catherine Ashton on the state of play of the peace process for the Middle East
Thursday 10 March
9.00am-11.50am
Prevention of natural and man made disasters (oral question)
Volcanic ash crisis (oral question)
Midday-1.00pm: Votes, on inter alia Media law in Hungary (following the debate of 16 February)
3.00pm-4.00pm
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: Pakistan (murder of Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Minorities), Belarus (in particular the cases of Ales Michalevic and Natalia Radin) and the situation and cultural heritage in Kashgar (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China)
4.00pm-5.00pm: Votes on emergency resolutions. (L.C./transl.rt)