EU-MALTA Joint Parliamentary Committee in Brussels

The 12th meeting of the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee comprising the Hon. Louis Galea, Chairman; the Hon. Michael Frendo, 1st Deputy Chairman; the Hon. George Vella, 2nd Deputy Chairman; the Hon. Evarist Bartolo, the Hon. Josef Bonnici, the Hon. Leo Brincat, the Hon. Chris Cardona, the Hon. Dolores Cristina, the Hon. John Dalli and the Hon. Charles Mangion, will be held in Brussels on the 8th and 9th November 1999.

The meetings will be under the Co-Chairmanship of the Hon. Louis Galea for the Malta Parliament and the Hon. Luigi Cocilovo for the European Parliament side.

Statements on the political situation in Malta and current EU-Malta relations will be delivered by representatives of the Presidency-in-Office, the European Commission and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta.

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

• the current situation and future perspectives;
• the Malta-EU screening process; and
• access of Malta to technical support and participation in EU programmes.

Mrs Ursula Stenzel, Rapporteur of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, on Malta's application for Membership of the European Union, will be briefing the committee on the current situation and future perspectives.