EU - MALTA Joint Parliamentary Committee

The 11th meeting of the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee will be held in Malta on the 16th and 17th February, 1999 at the San Gorg Corinthia Hotel, St Julians.

The meeting will be under the co-Chairmanship of the Hon Louis Galea for the Malta Parliament and the Hon Dominique Saint-Pierre for the European Parliament side.

Statements on Malta-EU relations are expected to be delivered by H.E. Mr Gerhard Kunz representing the Presidency-in-Office of the Council of the European Union, Mr Eric van der Linden, representing the European Commission and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon Guido de Marco, representing the Malta Government.

These statements will be followed by an exchange of views by the Joint Parliamentary Committee Members.on:-

- the reactivation of the Maltese application for EU membership;

- Malta's renewed participation in EU programmes in the pre-accession stage; and

- the Euro-Med partnership.

Note to Editors:
The statements by Ambassador Kunz, Mr van der Linden and Hon de Marco will be delivered during the opening session on Tuesday, 16th February, at 0930 hrs. Unless the Committee decides otherwise, the opening session will be open to the media.