9th Meeting of the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee

A Parliamentary delegation will be proceeding to Brussels to attend the 9th meeting of this Joint Parliamentary Committee to be held on the 24th and 25th November 1997. The delegation is made up of the the Hon Lino Spiteri, Chairman; the Hon Leo Brincat, 1st Vice Chairman and the Hon Guido de Marco, 2nd Vice Chairman and the Hon John Attard Montalto, the Hon Evarist Bartolo, the Hon Joe Borg, the Hon Tonio Borg, the Hon Joe Cilia, the Hon Michael Frendo, the Hon Jose' Herrera, the Hon Adrian Vassallo and the Hon Francis Zammit Dimech, members of the EU-Malta 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 the Hon George Vella, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment, on the current state of relations between the EU and Malta. These statements will be followed by an exchange of views by the Committee members.

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

- The Amsterdam Treaty; The European Commission's Agenda 2000;

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

- Recent developments in the field of environment; and

- Cultural, educational, research and development exchanges with the EU.