Brussels, 02/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - During next week's session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament will discuss preparation of the European Spring Summit on 22-23 March by raising the question on Wednesday of the revision of the Lisbon Strategy, after tackling more political themes on Tuesday, which the European Council will undoubtedly be looking at, such as the situation in the Lebanon and nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea. (The plenary is expected to adopt a resolution on relations between the Lebanon and Syria: see p. 5). Other themes: activities of the European Investment Bank (EIB), attended by its president, Philippe Maystadt, budgetary orientations of the EU in 2006, social security for workers moving in the EU and access to transport natural gas networks (votes in second reading of the two common positions). The detailed agenda is as follows, and is subject to modification:
Monday 7 March (17H - 21H): - Lipietz report on the activities of the EIB in 2003; - Schmitt report on draft directive on Community licence for air traffic control (co decision, first reading); - Hennis-Plasschaert report on amendment of the directive on improving port security (co-decision, first reading); - De Rossa report on common Council position for amending regulation 1408/71 on social security for workers and their families moving within the EU (co-decision, second reading).
Tuesday 8 March (with first night session): - oral questions from the women's rights committee at the Council and Commission on the follow-up to the report from the action platform of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Peking + 10); - Figueiredo report on the social situation in the EU;- Sanchez Presedo report on the draft regulation on the system of generalised preferences (consultation);- Krahmer report on amending the draft directive on reuse, recycling and valorisation of motor vehicles (co-decision, first reading); Seppänen report on common position of the Council on the regulation on access conditions to natural gas and transport networks (co-decision, second reading); - Bowis report on the work of the Joint Assembly ACP/EU in 2004; - Dombrovskis report on budgetary orientations of the EU in 2006 and the Jensen report on the preliminary draft amending budget 2005 (revision of organigrames); - declaration by the Commission on the trade in cells; - Brok report on euro-Mediterranean agreement between EU/Jordan (assent); -declarations from the Council and Commission on revision of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (TNP) and nuclear weapons in North Korea and Iran, the situation in the Lebanon and Bulgarian health professional held in Libya.
Wednesday 9 March (with second night session): - declarations from the Council and Commission on the mid term review of the Lisbon Strategy and the European Council of 22 - 23 March; - Locatelli report on Commission communication “Science and Technology, the Key to Europe's Future” - oral questions from PES and GUE/NGL groups to the Commission on sources of alternative energy; - ALDE and PES to the Commission on the transfer of passenger data and the conservation of data; Wieland report on the work of the petitions committee in 2003-2004.
Thursday 10 March: - oral question from the agriculture committee at the European Commission on reform of the Common Market on sugar; Aubert report on European action plan on food and organic farming; - at 12H, homage to the victims of terrorism on 11 March 2004 in Madrid; - debates on human rights violations, democracy and the rule of law in the world.