10th Meeting of the EU-MALTA Joint Parliamentary Committee

A Parliamentary delegation will be proceeding to Strasbourg to attend the 10th meeting of the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee, to be held on the 1st and 2nd April 1998. The delegation is made up of the Hon. Lino Spiteri, Chairman; Mr. Leo Brincat, 1st Vice-Chairman and Dr. Guido de Marco, 2nd Vice-Chairman and Dr. John Attard Montalto, Mr. Evarist Bartolo, Dr. Joe Borg, Dr. Tonio Borg, Dr. Joe Cilia, Dr. Michael Frendo, Dr. Jose' Herrera, Dr. Charles Mangion and Dr. Francis Zammit Dimech, members of this Joint Parliamentary Committee.

During the meeting there will be statements by representatives of the Presidency-in-Office of the European Union, the European Commission and the Government of Malta which will be represented by Dr. George Vella, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment, on the current state of relations between the EU and Malta.

The Committee is also expected to have an exchange of views on:

- Malta's relationship with the EU: present situation and future perspectives;

- The Enlargement of the European Union and Agenda 2000;

- The cultural, educational, research and development exchanges with the EU;

- Co-operation between the EU and Malta on policies concerning immigration and the fight against terrorism and drugs traffic; and

- The Mediterranean policy of the EU and Euro-Med process.