The Danish Presidency ends in a few weeks. As an established tradition, the Presidency will debrief the European Parliament on the results obtained during the presidency. In the week to come, six Danish ministers will go to the European Parliament. The briefings will take place as part of the committee’s ordinary meetings.
Danish Minister for European Affairs, Nicolai Wammen, says:
”From the outset, the Danish Presidency was about doing the solid hard work that will bring EU further. Through the last six months, we have been striving to get both concrete results and make good progress on some of the larger and more important issues. We have shown that the EU functions in times of crises and we have made our contribution to bringing Europe out the crisis. In close cooperation with the European Parliament we have achieved good results. The cooperation between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council represents a still more efficient core of the EU cooperation and to this I pay tribute. For the Danish Presidency one of the most significant results is the Energy Efficiency Directive, which was adopted last week after tough negotiations in the Council and the Parliament. This Directive will lead to the creation of many new jobs in Europe and at the same time cement Europe as a pioneer region in the field of green growth.”
Programme for the Presidency’s debriefings to the European Parliament’ committees
19 June 2012: Minister for Transport in the Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN)
19 June 2012: Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education in the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
19-20 June 2012: Minister for Business and Growth in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) and the Committee for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
19-20 June 2012: Minister for Justice in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) and Legal Affairs Committee(JURI)
20 June 2012: Minister for Trade and Investment in the International Trade Committee (INTA)
25 June 2012: Minister for Economics and the Interior in the Economic and Monetary Committee (ECON)
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Contact
Special advisor to the Minister for European Affairs Marie Foltmann Tel: 41 73 38 93, e-mail: marfol@um.dk