Brussels, 31/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - Various issues in the news at the moment, such as the arrival of migrants in Lampedusa, the lessons to be learnt from the Japanese nuclear disaster and the situations in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, along with the outcome of the last European Council will dominate debate in the next European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg from Monday 4 to Thursday 7 April. The European Commission will also present its strategies on the integration of the Roma and the review of the European neighbourhood policy. Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe will also be discussed.
Monday 4 April
5.00pm-midnight
Resumption of session and order of business
Minimum standards on procedures in member states for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) (report by Sylvie Guillaume)
Control of exports of dual-use items and technology (report by Jörg Leichtfried)
Debate on migration flows: 1) Commission statement on the EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular in Lampedusa; 2) migration flows arising from instability: the scope and role of EU foreign policy (report by Fiorello Provera)
Short presentations of the following reports: role of women in agriculture and rural areas (Elizabeth Jeggle), efficiency and effectiveness of EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants in the new member states (Marian-Jean Marinescu), future European international investment policy (Kader Arif)
Tuesday 5 April
9.00am-11.50am
Key debate: Statement by the president of the European Council on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2011
Midday-1.00pm
Votes, including on the report by Yannick Jadot on officially supported export credits
3.00pm-4.00pm: Question hour with the President of the Commission
4.00pm-6.30pm
Commission statement on the EU framework for coordinating national Roma integration strategies
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2012 - Section I - Parliament (report by José Manuel Fernandes)
Protection of communities' financial interests - Fight against fraud (report by Cãtãlin Sorin Ivan)
6.30pm-8.00pm: Question Time (Commission)
9.00pm-midnight
Regulations governing political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding (report by Marietta Giannakou)
Joint discussion on fisheries: - fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Comoros (report by Luis Manuel Capoulas); - amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the area of the Law of the Sea (report by João Ferreira); - transitional technical measures (report by Estelle Grelier) and imports from Greenland of fishery products, live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods (report by Carmen Fraga Estévez)
Wednesday 6 April
9.00am-11.50am: Joint debate on the single market: governance and partnership in the single market (report by Sandra Kalniete), a single market for Europeans (report by António Correia de Campos), a single market for enterprises and growth (report by Cristian Silviu Buºoi) and a Commission statement on public procurement
Midday-1.00pm: Votes, including on: - a motion for a resolution on the Commission draft regulation on authorisation and refusal of authorisation of certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health; - the Council draft decision on conclusion of an agreement between the EU and Morocco establishing a dispute settlement mechanism (report by George Sabin Cutaº)
3.00pm-8.00pm
Council and Commission statements on the lessons to be drawn for nuclear safety in Europe following the nuclear accident in Japan (with an EP resolution on this issue)
Statement by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on the situation in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen (with EP resolution)
Council and Commission statements on the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (with EP resolution)
Council and Commission statements on the 2010 progress report on Iceland (with EP resolution)
Council and Commission statements on the 2010 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (with EP resolution)
9.00pm-11.00pm
Debate on the European neighbourhood policy: Eastern dimension and Southern dimension, (with EP resolution)
Commission statement on the use of sexual violence in conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East (with EP resolution)
Thursday 7 April
9.00am-11.50am
European Investment Bank annual report for 2009 (report by George Sabin Cutaº)
Vaccination against bluetongue (report by Janusz Wojciechowski)
Midday-1.00pm: Votes
3.00pm-4.00pm: Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: Côte d'Ivoire, ban on the elections for the Tibetan government in exile in Nepal, and Zimbabwe
4.00pm-5.00pm: Votes on motions for resolutions concerning the preceding debates. (L.C./transl.rt)