Priorities of the European
Union: evidence from the Minister for Europe and the Ambassador
of Slovenia
1. In recent years it has been our practice to
take evidence regularly from the Ambassador of each incoming Presidency
country. It has also been our recent practice to take evidence
from the Minister for Europe after each European Council.
2. Accordingly, in this Report we make available
for the information of the House the oral evidence given to us
by Mr Jim Murphy, Minister for Europe, on 15 January 2008, and
by His Excellency Mr Iztok Mirošic, Ambassador of Slovenia,
on 29 January 2008. We also make available supplementary memoranda
by both witnesses.
3. The key topics in the evidence from the Minister
for Europe discussing the European Council of 14 December 2007
are:
- Better regulation (QQ 35-40, 53, 56)
- Burma (QQ 31-33)
- Climate change (QQ 41-42, 60)
- Cohesion policy (QQ 4-7)
- Cyprus (Q 30)
- Energy (QQ 17-19)
- The euro (QQ 9-13)
- European Institute for Innovation and Technology
(EIT) (QQ 43-50; supplementary memorandum p 14)
- Financial markets and stability (QQ 8-11)
- Galileo (QQ 50-51)
- Globalisation (Q 60)
- The Independent Reflection Group (QQ 55-59)
- Iran (QQ 33-34)
- Kosovo (QQ 24-26, 29-30)
- The Lisbon Strategy (QQ 16, 20-23, 52)
- The Lisbon Treaty (QQ 1-3, 60)
- Russia (QQ 18-19)
- Serbia (QQ 27-31)
- The single market (QQ 14-16, 20, 52)
- The Slovenian Presidency (Q 15)
- Social Reality Stocktaking (QQ 52-54).
4. The key topics in the evidence from the Ambassador
of Slovenia discussing the priorities of the Slovenian Presidency
are:
- Better regulation (Q 61;
supplementary memorandum p 25)
- Civil and criminal justice (Q 73; supplementary
memorandum pp 27-28)
- Climate change (QQ 61, 67; supplementary
memorandum p 27)
- Croatia (Q 63; supplementary memorandum
pp 23-24)
- Development cooperation (Q 61)
- Energy (Q 68)
- EU external relations (Q 61)
- The EU Research Area (QQ 61, 64; supplementary
memorandum p 24)
- The Euro-Mediterranean University (Q 61;
supplementary memorandum pp 26-27)
- The European Security and Defence Policy (Q 61)
- Eurostars (Q 64; supplementary memorandum
p 24)
- The external action service (Q 75)
- Financial markets and stability (Q 61)
- Fishing (QQ 63, 67)
- Intellectual property rights (Q 61; supplementary
memorandum p 25)
- Intercultural dialogue (QQ 61, 65-66;
supplementary memorandum pp 25-26)
- The internal market (Q 61; supplementary
memorandum p 25)
- Kosovo (QQ 61-62, 65; supplementary
memorandum p 23)
- The labour market (Q 61; supplementary memorandum
p 25)
- The Lisbon Strategy (QQ 61, 64; supplementary
memorandum pp 24-25)
- The Lisbon Treaty (QQ 61, 74; supplementary
memorandum pp 29-30)
- Migration and borders (QQ 69-72; supplementary
memorandum pp 28-29)
- Serbia (Q 62; supplementary memorandum p 23)
- Small- and medium-sized enterprises (QQ 61, 64;
supplementary memorandum pp 24-25)
- Social policy (supplementary memorandum p 29)
- The Spring European Council (QQ 61, 67)
- The Western Balkans (QQ 61, 62, 65).
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