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The Plenary Session of the European Parliament from March 8th to March 11th

tuesday 2 march 2010

The plenary session of the European Parliament will be held in Strasbourg from March 8th to March 11th. The agenda for this session will include: consumer protection, long-stay visas, competition policy, the mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustment, the Common Foreign and Security Policy as well as other issues.

Other topics on the agenda include: the digital library Europeana SOLVIT and a debat on Roma as well as the EU policy on Arctic issues. A debate on the proposal of Europe resolution 2020 (Monitoring the informal European Council of February 11, 2010) is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

March 8, 2010 will be the first day of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The agenda for the day will include: discussions on animal health conditions in regards to non commercial movement of pets and the revision of the directives on package holidays and package tours along with brief presentations on the competition policy of 2008, consumer protection and SOLVIT.

March 9, 2010 will be the second day of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The agenda for this day will include: the vote on Article 138 which involves the mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustement for Germany and Lithuania as well as discussions on the movement of persons with long-stay visas, the Second European Summit on Roma, and investments in technologies with low CO2 emmissions

March 10, 2010 will be the third day of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The agenda for this day will include: the vote on Europe 2020, which will be followed by the vote on the European Council of Feburary 11, 2010 and the vote on the implementation of Goldstone's recommendations for Israel and Palestine. There were also discussions on foreign policy and security as well as the EU policy in the Artic and the standardization of electronique vehicles.

March 11, 2010 will be the final day of the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The agenda for the day will include: the vote on the proposed resolutions of the debats concerning cases of human rights violations, democrary and rule of law as well as discussions on additional protocol for the Cooperation Agreement for the Protection of the Coasts and Waters of the North-East Atlantic against pollution.