Strasbourg Flash - March I 2009
Greens/EFA priorities 9-12 March 2009
Greens will raise the question of the Commission's attempts to force through authorisations of GM crop varieties on Monday at 17.00 in the plenary. This follows yesterday's letters from Greens/EFA Co-presidents Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni to EP group presidents and Commission President Barroso on the matter, warning that moves to initiate a motion of censure against the Commission could follow.
Greens/EFA priorities relating to the session agenda summarised below:
Monday, 9 March
Lehne report: statute for a European private company
Catania report on the future of the European Common Asylum System
Petre report on ensuring food quality
Kovács report on the social situation of Roma and their improved access to the labour market
Tuesday, 10 March
Greens/EFA Co-presidents briefing: 10.20-10.40, with Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni
Press conference on "Green New Deal": 15.00-15.30 with Rebecca Harms, Alain Lipietz and Claude Turmes
El Khadraoui report on charging of heavy goods vehicles (Eurovignette)
European Commission statement on the Barcelona goals for childcare
Krahmer report on industrial emissions
Maritime package of legislation
Vote on urgency: multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna
Oral question: children of migrants
Wednesday, 11 March
Press conference: "Radio Kadima endangered in Tunisia", 14.00-14.30, with Hélène Flautre
Ferreira report on the economic recovery and preparation for the next EU summit
Accession reports on Croatia, F.Y.R. of Macedonia and Turkey
Thursday, 12 March
Greens/EFA and ALDE oral question on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and recent Dalai Lama/Chinese negotiations
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights
