Plenaire zitting Europees Economisch en Sociaal Comité zal prioriteiten Tsjechische Voorzitterschap verduidelijken (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Europees Economisch en Sociaal Comité (EESC) i, gepubliceerd op maandag 12 januari 2009.

CES/09/02

12 January 2009

The EESC's plenary session on 14 and 15 January 2009 plans to hold two main thematic debates and will host Mr Alexandr Vondra, Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic for European Affairs. He will present the work programme and the priorities of the Czech EU Presidency. The EESC will debate and adopt a series of key opinions and initiatives related to a renewed European social agenda and the internal market without barriers.

Location: Charlemagne Building, European Commission, room 53, 1040 Brussels.

Date: 14 and 15 January 2009, 2.30 p.m.

Priorities of the EU Czech Presidency

Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra will present the priority areas of the Presidency to the EESC plenary session, namely economic policies, energy policy and the European Union in the World. The Czech Republic has chosen ‘Europe without Barriers’ as the symbolic motto of its Presidency: a Europe without internal economic, cultural and value barriers for individuals, entrepreneurs and the economy.

Date: 15 January 2009, 9 a.m.

A renewed social agenda

The EESC will discuss the need for a renewed social agenda in Europe which will ensure more opportunity and the principle of equal treatment between persons regardless of religion, age or sexual orientation. The EESC plans to adopt two key opinions on this subject:

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    A renewed social agenda: opportunities, access and solidarity by rapporteur Evelyn Regner (Group II, Employees, Austria)
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    Equal treatment irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation by rapporteur Nicholas Crook (Group II, Employees, United Kingdom)

Date: 14 January 2009, 3 p.m.

An internal market without barriers

The EESC will also discuss and plans to adopt several opinions linked to the internal market: an own-initiative opinion on the social and environmental dimension of the internal market by rapporteur Andrzej Adamczyk (Group II, Employees, Poland), an opinion on the ‘Small Business Act’ for Europe, by rapporteur Henri Malosse (Group I, Employers, France) and an opinion on the term of protection of copyright and related rights by rapporteur Panagiotis Gkofas (Group III, Various Interests, Greece).

Date: 14 January 2009, 5.15 p.m.

Other key topics of the EESC's plenary session include:

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    Facing the oil challenges
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    European Economic Recovery Plan
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    The external dimension of the EU's energy policy
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    Single European Sky II package
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    The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights

To consult the agenda of the plenary session and the draft opinions, please visit:

http://www.toad.eesc.europa.eu/EESCAgendaDocuments.aspx?pmi=ZhCfIZrFrik%3d

 

For more details, please contact:

Christian Weger at the EESC Press Office,

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http://www.eesc.europa.eu/activities/press/cp/index_fr.asp (French)
 
 

The European Economic and Social Committee represents the various economic and social components of organised civil society. It is an institutional consultative body established by the 1957 Treaty of Rome. Its consultative role enables its members, and hence the organisations they represent, to participate in the Community decision-making process. The Committee has 344 members, who are appointed by the Council of Ministers.

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