MR SPEAKER TO ATTEND MEETING OF PRESIDENTS OF PARLIAMENTS IN SLOVENIA

The Hon. Anton Tabone, Speaker of the House of Representatives, accompanied by the Hon. Carmelo Abela, MP, the Hon. Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici and the Clerk of the House, will be attending the 9th meeting of the President of the European Parliament with the Presidents of the Parliaments of the countries participating in the enlargement process to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 18th and 19th April 2000.

This 9th meeting will include three main discussion topics. The first discussion which will review the EU enlargement process, will be introduced by the President of the European Parliament, the Hon. Nicole Fontaine. The second topic for discussion, "Making legislation more approachable and understandable to citizens", will be introduced by H.E. Mr. Luciano Violante, President of the Parliament of Italy while the third subject for discussion, "Preserving the National Identity within the EU", will be introduced by Mr. Janez Podobnik, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia.