13/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The EPP-ED group in the European parliament will hold its traditional spring Study Days in Rome on 29 and 30 March (where the 17th Congress of the European People's Party, chaired by Wilfried Martens will also be held). In a press release, leader of the EPP-ED Hans-Gert Pöttering announced that during the Study Days, the group would receive an audience with the Pope.