Evidence from the Ambassador
of Portugal on the Priorities of the Portuguese Presidency
1. In recent years it has been our practice to
take evidence regularly from the Ambassador of each incoming presidency
country.
2. Accordingly, in this Report we make available
for the information of the House the oral evidence given to us
by His Excellency Mr António Santana Carlos, Ambassador
of Portugal, on 17 July 2007.
3. The key topics in the evidence are:
- Climate change (Q 24)
- The Common Agricultural Policy Health Check (Q 23)
- Criminal justice measures (Q 25)
- The Doha Trade Round and bilateral trade negotiations
(Q 33)
- The EU-Africa Summit, and the attendance of President
Mugabe (QQ 29-30)
- EU enlargement (QQ 14-15)
- The European Institute of Technology (QQ 20-21)
- European Parliament representation to the IGC
(Q 3)
- Funding the European Union (QQ 17-18)
- The IGC Mandate and the Reform Treaty (QQ 2,
4, 6, 11)
- The internal markets in financial services, gas
and electricity (Q 16)
- Labour laws (Q 22)
- The Lisbon Strategy (QQ 2, 16)
- A Mediterranean Union (QQ 31-32)
- National parliaments and the Reform Treaty (Q 6)
- Passerelle clauses
(QQ 7-10)
- The presidency Trio (Q 2)
- Protection of personal data (Q 26)
- The Reform Treaty and the Constitution (QQ 4-6)
- The Schengen Information System (QQ 27-28)
- The Stability and Growth Pact (Q 19)
- Transparency and access to documents during the
IGC (Q 3)
- Voting rights and the Reform Treaty (QQ 11-13).
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