Europaudvalget 2015-16
EUU Alm.del Bilag 553
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Draft as of 20 April 2016
Meeting of the Plenary COSAC
The Hague, 12 - 14 June 2016
Draft programme
Sunday, 12 June 2016
14.00 – 19.00
Arrival of delegations and registration for the meeting at the
hotels
Meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
17.00
17.30 – 19.00
19.00
Departure from the hotels
Meeting of the Presidential Troika
House of Representatives
Departure for reception and cocktail dinner
19.00
19.30 – 22.30
Departure from the hotels
Members' Dinner hosted by the Chairmen of the Committees
on European Affairs of the House of Representatives, Mr Malik
Azmani and of the Senate, Mr Tuur Elzinga
Venue: Het Spaansche Hof
(Westeinde 12A, The Hague)
Staff dinner
Venue: tbc
Return to the hotels
19.30 – 22.30
22.30
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Monday, 13 June 2016
Meeting of the political groups
7.30
8.00 – 8.45
Departure from the hotels to the Hall of Knights
(Binnenhof 11 The Hague)
Meeting of political groups
Senate, committee meeting rooms
8:15
9.00
Departure from the hotels to the Hall of Knights
(Binnenhof 11 The Hague)
Opening of the meeting
Welcome address by the President of the Senate, Ms Ankie
Broekers-Knol
Introductory remarks by the Chairman of the Committee on
European Affairs of the Senate, Mr Tuur Elzinga
Adoption of the Agenda
Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters
- Information on the results of the Presidential Troika
- Letters received by the Presidency
09.30 – 10.00
Keynote speech by Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the
Netherlands, reflection on the Dutch EU Presidency (tbc)
Questions and debate
10.00 - 11.30
SESSION I: Parliamentary scrutiny, an exchange of best
practices
Introduction
Opening by the Chairman of the Committee on European
Affairs of the Senate, Mr Tuur Elzinga and introduction of the
moderator for this session, Ms Marit Maij, member of the
Dutch House of Representatives
Key findings from the 25
th
Bi-annual report
Presentation by the permanent member of the COSAC
Secretariat, Ms Christiana Fryda
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10.15 – 10.45
Combining parliamentary information for scrutiny and
effective cooperation between parliaments: The use of
Rapporteurs Introduction by the moderator and debate
moderated by the moderator
Scrutiny beyond ministerial Councils: Trilogue
Introduction by the moderator and debate moderated by the
moderator
10.45 – 11.15
11.15 – 11.30
State of play on the instruments at the disposal of
National Parliaments (yellow/green card)
Interview with Mr Frans Timmermans, First Vice President of
the European Commission (tbc)
11.30 – 13.00
Family photo and lunch
Hall of Knights
13.00 – 14.30
Session II: The role of Parliaments in Protecting the
Rule of Law within the EU
Introduction by the moderator, Mr Murray Hunt, Visiting
Professor Oxford University (tbc)
Interview with a panel:
- Mr Pieter van Dijk, former member Venice Commission,
expert Rule of Law check list of the Venice Commission
(tbc)
- Ms Sophie in ‘t Veld, Member of the European Parliament,
Rapporteur of the legislative own-initiative report on the
establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule
of law and fundamental rights (tbc)
- Speaker (tbc)
Debate
Closing remarks by Mr Frans Timmermans, First Vice
President of the European Commission (tbc)
14.30 – 15.00
Coffee break
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15.00 – 16.30
Session III : Exchange of best practices and
experiences in Parliamentary Diplomacy
Introduction by the moderator (tbc)
Interview with a panel:
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Ms Lolita Čigāne, chairperson European Affairs Committee
of the Saeima, Latvia (tbc)
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Speaker (tbc)
-
Speaker (tbc)
Debate
16.30
Return to the hotels
16.30 – 18.00
Meeting of COSAC Chairpersons
Hall of Knights
Debate on the Draft Contribution and Conclusions of the LV
COSAC
18:00
Return to the hotels
19.00
Departure from the hotels for dinner hosted by the President
of the Senate, Ms Ankie Broekers-Knol and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Ms Khadija Arib and the Mayor of
The Hague, Mr Jozias van Aartsen
(venue:
Kurhaus)
Return to the hotels
23.00
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016
07.00 - 07.30
8.15
9.00 – 10.00
Morning run (departure from the conference hotels)
Departure from the hotels
Session IV – European Court of Auditors
Introduction by the moderator, Mr Joris Backer,
member of the Dutch Senate
Introduction by Mr Alex Brenninkmeijer, Member of the
European Court of Auditors of the report ‘Quality of
Excessive Deficit Procedure’
Debate
10.00 - 11.30
Session V – Migration
State of play implementation EU-Turkey
Agreement
Introduction by the moderator, Mr Kamran Ullah (tbc)
Introduction by speaker (tbc)
European Commission forthcoming April 2016
migration packages
Introduction by the moderator, Mr Kamran Ullah (tbc)
Introduction by a representative of the European
Commission (tbc)
Debate
11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.45
12.45 – 12.50
Coffee break
Adoption of the Contribution and Conclusions of
the LV COSAC
Speech by the winner of the essay contest on the role
of national parliaments in the European Union in 25
years (tbc)
Closing remarks by the Chairman of the Committee on
European Affairs of the House of Representatives, Mr
Malik Azmani
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13.00 – 14.30
14.30
Lunch
Hall of Knights
Return to the hotels and departure of delegations
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