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PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO ATTEND XXV COSAC MEETING
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02/10/2001
02/10/2001
A Parliamentary delegation comprising Hon. John Vella, M.P. and Hon. Chris Cardona, M.P., members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, will be attending the XXVth COSAC meeting.
| This meeting of European Affairs Committees of the | National Parliaments of the European Union, the European Parliament and the Parliaments of Applicant States will be held in Brussels, Belgium, between the 3rd and 5th October 2001. |
| Mr Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium, will | open the debate on the Belgian Presidency and the future of the European Union. |
Other topics on the agenda are:
- Employment, the European social model and the negotiations within the scope of the WTO;
- Food safety and sustainable development; and
- A common asylum and immigration policy.
| COSAC was set up following an agreement reached in 1989 between | Presidents of the |
| Parliaments of the Member States of the European | CommunitIes on the need to strengthen the role of national parliaments in the Community process through the cooperation of the committees in charge of European affairs within their parliaments. |
| Meetings of COSAC are held on a twice yearly basis on | the invitation of the Parliament of the Member State holding the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. These meetings have evolved into a dialogue with the President of the Council, Ministers of the Presidency and members of the Commission, followed by a debate on current European issues. |
| The collective action of the parliaments through | COSAC has been acknowledged in the Protocol of the Treaty of Amsterdam on the role of national Parliaments, in accordance with the conclusions adopted by the 15th COSAC which met in Dublin in October 1996. |
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