EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

Europaudvalget 2021-22
EUU Alm.del Bilag 291
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Plenary meeting of the LXVII COSAC

3-5 March 2022, National Assembly, Palais Bourbon, Paris

Programme

(version of 8 February 2022)

Meeting time zone: CET

The expectation is that participants in the Plenary meeting of COSAC will attend

in person, with no provision made for the possibility of remote attendance. There

are no plans to shift to an exclusively virtual format unless required due to a

change in the pandemic situation.

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2022

2pm – 7pm

Arrival of delegations and hotel check-in

Meeting of the Presidential Troika

5:30pm

6pm

Departure of Troika members from their hotels

Meeting of the Presidential Troika

(European Affairs Committee conference room

33, rue Saint-Dominique, 3

floor)

Departure of Troika members for dinner

7pm

7:30pm

Departure of other participants for dinner

Dinner at the Senate, Palais du Luxembourg, in the

presence of

Mr. Richard FERRAND,

President of

the National Assembly, and

Mr. Gérard LARCHER,

President of the Senate.

(address: 15 ter rue de Vaugirard, 75006 Paris)

Return to hotels

10pm

FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022

(address: National Assembly, Palais Bourbon, 126 rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris)

Meetings of political groups

7:30am

8am – 8:40am

Departure from hotels for the Palais Bourbon

Meetings of political groups

(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th offices, 1st floor of the Palais

Bourbon)

8am

Departure from hotels for the Palais Bourbon

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

9am – 9:20am

Opening of the LXVII COSAC

(Venue: hemicycle)

Welcome address by

Mr. Richard FERRAND,

President of the French National Assembly

Introductions:



Ms. Sabine THILLAYE,

Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the

National Assembly

Mr. Jean-François RAPIN,

Chair of the Senate Committee for European Affairs

9:20am – 9:45am

Adoption of the agenda

Procedural issues and any other business

(chaired

by Ms. Sabine Thillaye,

Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the National Assembly)



Presentation of the results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC

Presentation of the 37

Bi-Annual Report of COSAC

Letters received by the Presidency

Any other business

9:45am – 11am

Session I – First assessment of France’s Presidency of

the Council of the European Union

(chaired

by Ms. Sabine

Thillaye, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the

National Assembly)



Speaker:

Mr. Jean CASTEX,

Prime Minister of France

Debate

11am – 11:30am

Coffee break

(Salle des fêtes)

Group photo

(Court of honour, Bronze door)

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

11:30am – 1pm

Session II – European recovery and resilience

plan

(chaired by Ms. Sabine Thillaye, Chair of the

European Affairs Committee of the National

Assembly)



Introduction by

Mr. Jean-François RAPIN,

Chair of the Senate Committee for

European Affairs

Speakers:

Mr. Valdis DOMBROVSKIS,

Executive Vice-President of the

European Commission

(to be confirmed),

Mr Othman KARAS,

First

Vice-President of the European Parliament, and

Mr. Ivan STEFANEC,

President of SME Europe (Small

and medium sized enterprises Europe)

Debate

1:30pm – 3pm

Lunch at the Hôtel de Poulpry, Maison des Polytechniciens,

(address: 12 rue de Poitiers)



3:30pm – 5pm

Session III – Climate change and energy transition

(chaired

by Mr. Jean-François Rapin, Chair of the Senate

Committee for European Affairs)



Introduction by

Ms. Sabine THILLAYE,

Chair of the European Affairs

Committee of the National Assembly

Speakers:

Ms. Kadri SIMSON,

European Commissioner for Energy

(to be

confirmed),

and

Mr. Pierre GATTAZ,

President of BusinessEurope

Debate

5pm

Tour of the Palais Bourbon

(optional)



From 5pm

7pm

7:30pm

Return to hotels

Departure from hotels to dinner

Dinner at the Quai d’Orsay, Ministry for Europe and Foreign

Affairs

(address: 37, quai d’Orsay, 75007 Paris)

10pm

Return to hotels

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022

8am

9am – 10:30am

Departure from hotels to the Palais Bourbon

Session IV – Conference on the Future of Europe

(chaired

by Ms. Sabine Thillaye, Chair of the European

Affairs Committee of the National Assembly)



Introduction by

Mr. Jean-François RAPIN,

Chair of the Senate Committee for

European Affairs

Video message from

Ms. Ursula VON DER LEYEN,

President of the European

Commission

Speakers:

Mr. Guy VERHOFSTADT,

Member of the European Parliament

(to

be confirmed),

and

Ms. Dubravka ŠUICA,

Vice-President of the European

Commission for Democracy and Demography

(to be confirmed)

Debate



10:30am – 11am

Coffee break

11am – 12:15pm

Session V – Progress reports from the working groups

(chaired

by Mr. Jean-François Rapin, Chair of the Senate

Committee for European Affairs)



Speakers:

Ms. Sabine THILLAYE,

Chair of the European Affairs Committee of

the National Assembly, and

Mr. Jean-François RAPIN,

Chair of the Senate

Committee for European Affairs



Debate

12:15pm

Closing session

EUU, Alm.del - 2021-22 - Bilag 291: Invitation til COSAC-møde i Paris 3-5/3-22

12:45pm

Lunch at the parliamentary restaurant of the National

Assembly

(address: 101 rue de l’Université, 75007

Paris – 7

and 8

floor)

From 2pm

Return to hotels