15/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, on the sideline of the plenary session in Strasbourg, the Chairmen's Conference of the political groups of the European Parliament decided to hold a meeting of the Chairmen's Conference at 2pm on 21 January in Brussels, which will be open to all MEPs, to hear a communication by the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, on preparations for the Spring Summit and the Lisbon strategy.