Directorate-General for the Presidency Relations with National Parliaments Legislative Dialogue Unit
European Parliamentary Week
The European Semester Cycles 2014 and 2015
*** The Conference under Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union
Final list of Participants from national Parliaments
3-4 February 2015
European Parliament Brussels
18/02/2015
BELGIQUE/BELGIE (Belgium)
CHAMBRE DES REPRESENTANTS/ KAMER VAN VOLKSVERTEGENWOORDIGERS Members:
Mr Eric VAN ROMPUY Chair, Committee on Finance and Budget CD&V - EPP
Ms Sophie WILMÈS Committee on Finance and Budget MR - ALDE
Ms Evita WILLAERT Committee on Social Affairs Ecolo - Greens/EFA
Mr Georges GILKINET Committee on Finance and Budget Ecolo - Greens/EFA
Mr Roel DESEYN Committee on Finance and Budget CD&V - EPP
Mr Stéphane CRUSNIERE Committee on European Affairs PS - S&D
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Officials:
Mr Tom DE GEETER Committee on Finance and Budget
Mr Liêm DANG-DUY Committee on Finance and Budget
Mr Daniel LUCION National Parliament Representative
Mr Joris VAN DEN BOSSCHE Committee on Social Affairs
Mr André GRENACS Committee on Social Affairs
SENAT/SENAAT
Members:
Mr Philippe MAHOUX Chair , Federal Advisory Committee on EU Affairs of the Belgian Parliament PS - S&D
Mr Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ Speaker and Chair of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community Member of the Parliament of the German-speaking community PS - S&D
Mr Rik DAEMS Chair, Committee on Foreign Policy, European Affairs and Cooperation Member of the Flemish Parliament Open-Vld - ALDE
Mr Paul VAN MIERT Committee on Finance and Budget Member of the Flemish Parliament N-VA - ECR
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Mr André ANTOINE Speaker of the Walloon Parliament Chair ,Committee on European Affairs cdH - EPP
Officials:
Mr Frédéric JANSSENS Secretary General of the Walloon parliament
Mr Michäel VAN DEN KERKHOVE Expert leader of the Financial information Unit, Wallon Parliament
Mr Ludwik KURZEJA Civil servant, Brussels Parliament
Mr Patrick VANLEEMPUTTEN Director of the legal department, Brussels Parliament
БЪЛГАРИЯ (Bulgaria)
НАРОДНО СЪБРАНИЕ (National Assembly) Members:
Ms Diana YORDANOVA Vice-Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance GERB– EPP
Ms Svetlana ANGELOVA Vice-Chair, Committee on Labour, Social and Demographic GERB– EPP
Ms Daniela SAVEKLIEVA Vice-Chair, Committee on Economic Policy and Tourism GERB– EPP
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Mr Dimitar GLAVCHEV Committee on Budget and Finance GERB– EPP
ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA (Czech Republic)
POSLANECKA SNEMOVNA (Chamber of Deputies) Members:
Mr Ondřej BENEŠÍK Chair, Committee on European Affairs Christian and Democratic Union – EPP
Mr Jaroslav KLAŠKA Vice-Chair, Committee on Budget Christian and Democratic Union – EPP
Mr Jan ZAHRADNÍK Committee on European Affairs Civic Democratic Party – ECR
Mr Karel FIEDLER Committee on Budget Dawn of Direct Democracy of Tomio Okamura – No Group Affiliation in the EP
Officials: Ms Lenka MOZGOVA Committee on European Affairs
Ms Klara URBANOVA National Parliament Representative
Mr Jan VLNA Committee on Budget
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SENÁT (Senate) Members:
Mr Zdeněk BESTA Committee on European Affairs Czech Social Democratic Party - S&D
Officials: Ms Terezie PÍSAŘOVÁ National Parliament Representative
Ms Dita VOLESKA Committee on European Affairs
DANMARK (Denmark)
FOLKETINGET Members:
Mr Jacob LUND Committee on European Affairs The Social Democratic Party - S&D
Officials: Mr Klaus ANDERSEN National Parliament Representative
Mr Thomas JENSEN National Parliament Representative
Mr Christian Anderen WILLER Consultant, Committee on European Affairs
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DEUTSCHLAND (Germany)
BUNDESTAG Members:
Mr Norbert BARTHLE Head of the German delegation Committee on Budget CDU/CSU - EPP
Mr Norbert BRACKMANN Committee on Budget CDU/CSU - EPP
Mr Michael STÜBGEN Committee on EU Affairs CDU/CSU - EPP
Mr Joachim POß Committee on EU Affairs SPD - S&D
Mr Manuel SARRAZIN Committee on EU Affairs BÜNDNIS 90/GRÜNE - Greens/EFA
Mr Andrej HUNKO Committee on EU Affairs DIE LINKE - GUE/NGL
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Officials: Mr Jan Muck SCHLICHTING Secretary of the German delegation
Mr Jan WEDER Economic Advisor to the German delegation
Ms Vesna POPOVIC National Parliament Representative
Political Group Officials: Ms Maarit VUORIMÄKI Political Group Official
Mr Florian HEOPPNER Political Group Official, Advisor to the Head of delegation
Ms Carolin HOLZHAEUSER Political Group Official
Mr Sebastian WADLE Political Group Official
BUNDESRAT
Members:
Mr Norbert WALTER-BORJANS Chair, Committee on Finance SPD - S&D
Ms Lucia PUTTRICH Committee on European Affairs CDU - EPP
Mr Helmuth MARKOV Committee on European Affairs Die Linke - GUE/NGL
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Officials: Mr Michael HOESSL National Parliament Representative
Mr Marcus WENIG Permanent Representation in Brussels
Ms Nicole SPOERHASE-EISEL Permanent Representation in Brussels
Ms Susanne METZLER Permanent Representation in Brussels
EESTI (Estonia)
RIIGIKOGU Members:
Mr Kalev KALLEMETS Committee on European Union Affairs Estonian Reform Party - ALDE
Officials: Ms Kristi SOBER National Parliament Representative
Ms Teele TAKLAJA Committee on European Union Affairs
EIRE-IRELAND
DÁIL ÉIREANN (House of Representatives) Members:
Mr Dominic HANNIGAN Chair, Joint Committee on European Affairs Labour Party – S&D
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Mr Liam TWOMEY Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Fine Gael – EPP
Ms Regina DOHERTY Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Fine Gael – EPP
Mr Stephen DONNELLY Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Independent – No group affiliation
Officials: Ms Michelle GRANT Principal Committee Clerk, Committee Secretariat Ms Bríd DUNNE Joint Committee on European Affairs
Mr Kieran LENIHAN Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Mr Derek DIGNAM National Parliament Representative
SEANAD ÉIREANN (Senate)
Ms Aideen HAYDEN Vice-Chair, Committee on Finances Labour Party – S&D
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ESPAÑA (Spain)
SENADO Members:
Ms Maria Del Mar ANGULO Spokesperson, Committee on Treasury and Public Administration Partido Popular - EPP
Mr Felipe LOPEZ GARCIA Committee on Budget Socialist Party - S&D
CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS
Mr Vicente MARTÍNEZ-PUJALTE LÓPEZ Chair, Finance Committee Partido Popular - EPP
Ms Ana Maria MADRAZO Committee on Treasury and Public Administration Partido Popular - EPP
Mr Pedro SAURA GARCÍA Committee on Treasury and Public Administration Socialist Party - S&D
Officials: Ms Monica MORENO Committee on Economy and Competitiveness
Ms Carmen SÁNCHEZ-ABARCA GORNALS National Parliament Representative
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FRANCE
ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE Members:
Ms Danielle AUROI Chair, Committee on European Affairs Écologiste - Greens/EFA
Mr Pierre-Alain MUET Vice-Chair, Committee on Finances Socialiste, républicain et citoyen - S&D
Ms Valérie RABAULT Rapporteure générale, Commission des finances Socialiste, républicain et citoyen - S&D
Mr Philip CORDERY Committee on European Affairs Socialiste, républicain et citoyen - S&D
Officials: Ms Marine HEILAUD Committee on Finances
Ms Annabelle ARCHIEN Committee on European Affairs
Mr Vincent VIVES National Parliament Representative
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SÉNAT
Members:
Ms Fabienne KELLER Vice-Chair, Committee on Finances UMP - EPP
Mr Richard YUNG Committee on Finances Parti Socialiste - S&D
Mr Albéric de MONTGOLFIER Committee on Finances UMP - EPP
Officials: Ms Nadia GANEM Political group official
Ms Marie-Noëlle SAROCCHI GERONDEAU National Parliament Representative
Mr Philippe MAZET National Parliament Representative
Mr Mehdi BENHABRI Committee on Finances
Mr Vincent TOINEL Personal assistant of Mr. Yung
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HRVATSKA (Croatia)
HRVATSKI SABOR Members:
Mr Srđan GJURKOVIĆ Chair, Committe on Finance and Central Budget Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats - ALDE
Mr Silvano HRELJA Chair, Committee on Labour, Retirement System & Social Partnership Croatian Party of Pensioners - S&D
Officials: Ms Gordana GENC Department for European Affairs
Ms Tatjana BRIŠKI Committee on European Union Affairs
Ms Tanja BABIĆ National Parliament Representative
ITALIA (Italy)
CAMERA DEI DEPUTATI
Officials: Mr Antonio ESPOSITO European Union Affairs Department
Ms Maria SCHININÀ National Parliament Representative
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SENATO DELLA REPUBBLICA
Members:
Mr Maurizio SACCONI Chair, Committee on Employment, Social Welfare AP NCD-UDC - EPP
Mr Paolo GUERRIERI PALEOTTI Committee on Budget PD - S&D
Officials: Ms Gloria ABAGNALE Committee on Employment, Social Welfare
Beatrice GIANANI National Parliament Representative
Ms Daniele BASSETTI Policy Department of the Italian Senate
Mr Melisso BOSCHI Secretariat of the Budget Committee
ΚΥΠΡΟΣ (Cyprus)
ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΩΝ (House of Representatives)
Members:
Mr Averof NEOFYTOU Chair, Committee on Foreign and European Affairs Democratic Rally Party - EPP
Ms Skevi KOUTRA-KOUKOUMA Deputy-Chairperson, Committee on Labour and Social Insurance AKEL - Left New Forces - GUE/NGL
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Mr Giorgios PERDIKIS Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs The Cyprus Green Party - Greens/EFA
Officials: Ms Danae AGATHOCLEOUS International Relations Officer A’
Mr Constantinos PELIDES Secretary to the Committee on Financial and Budgetary Affairs
Ms Elli GEORGIOU European Affairs Officer
Ms Mary SAVVA National Parliament Representative
LATVIJA (Latvia)
SAEIMA Members:
Ms Ināra MŪRNIECE Speaker of the Latvian Parliament National Alliance "All For Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" parliamentary group – ECR
Ms Lolita ČIGĀNE Chair, Committee on European Affairs Vienotiba – EPP
Mr Kārlis ŠADURSKIS Chair, Committee on Budget and Finance (Taxation) Vienotiba – EPP
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Ms Aija BARČA Chair, Social and Employment Matters Committee Zaļo un Zemnieku savienība - No Group Affiliation in the EP
Mr Romāns NAUDIŅŠ Chair of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee "All For Latvia!" – "For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" parliamentary group - ECR
Mr Ints DĀLDERIS Committee on Budget and Finance (Taxation) Vienotiba – EPP
Mr Edvards SMILTĒNS Committee on Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Vienotiba – EPP
Ms Silvija SIMFA Committee Social and Employment Matters For Latvia from the heart - NI
Officials: Mr Ģirts OSTROVSKIS Committee on European Affairs
Ms Inta BARENITE Advisor to the Social and Employment Committee
Ms Ieva DĒZE Committee on European Affairs
Ms Solvita GAILIŠA Committee on European Affairs
Ms Laine ŠKOBA Committee on European Affairs
Ms Simona MEGNE
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National Parliament Representative
Ms Dana ROŽLAPA National Parliament Representative
Ms Līga SAKALOVSKA Committee on Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy
Ms Sandra GRAVA Committee on Budget and Finance (Taxation)
Ms Linda KALNINA Committee on European Affairs
Ms Lelde RAFELDE Speaker's Office
Ms Rita NASENIECE Spearker's office
Ms Gita STRAUTINA Committee on Budget and Finance (Taxation)
Ms Liga PUGOVICA Protocol Officer
Mr Aivis KLAVINSKIS Speaker's Office
Ms Juris VIGULIS Press Service of the Public Relations Department
Ms Anželika BRUŽE Committee on Social and Employment Matters
Ms Ieva UPMACE Interpretation office
Mr Edmunds VITOLINS Security Office
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LIETUVA (Lithuania)
SEIMAS Members:
Mr Remigijus ŽEMAITAITIS Chair, Committee on Economics Order and Justice Political Group - EFDD
Ms Birutė VĖSAITĖ Committee on European Affairs Social Democrats - S&D
Mr Povilas GYLYS Committee on Budget and Finance Non-attached - Non-attached
Mr Mečislovas ZASČIURINSKAS Committee on Social Affairs and Labour Labour Party - ALDE
Officials: Ms Danutė BUDREIKAITĖ Committee on European Affairs
Ms Zivile PAVILONYTE National Parliament Representative
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LUXEMBOURG
CHAMBRE DES DEPUTES Members:
Mr Eugène BERGER Chair, Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU DP - ALDE
Mr Laurent MOSAR Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU CSV - EPP
Mr Henri KOX Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU Déi gréng - Greens/EFA
Mr Claude WISELER Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU CSV - EPP
Mr Alex BODRY Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU LSAP - S&D
Officials: Mr Yves CARL Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU
Mr Laurent SCHEECK Delegation for the interparliamentary conference on the economic and financial governance of the EU
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MAGYARORSZÁG (Hungary)
ORSZÁGGYŰLÉS (National Assembly) Members:
Mr Pál VÖLNER Vice-Chair, Committee on Economics FIDESZ - EPP
Ms Katalin CSÖBÖR Committee on European Affairs FIDESZ - EPP
Mr László SZAKÁCS Committee on Budget Hungarian Socialist Party - S&D
Officials: Ms Éva SZEKRÉNYES National Parliament Representative
Ms Kornélia PUNCSÁK Directorate for Foreign Relations, EU Department
Mr Csaba TAMÁS Committee on European Affairs
MALTA
KAMRA TAD-DEPUTATI (House of Representatives) Members:
Mr Antoine BORG Spokesperson for Tourism Nationalist Party - EPP
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NEDERLAND (The Netherlands)
TWEEDE KAMER (House of Representatives)
Members:
Mr Pieter OMTZIGT Finance Committee CDA - EPP
Ms Helma NEPPÉRUS Finance Committee VVD - ALDE
Officials:
Mr Ruben DIJKSTRA Finance Committee Advisor
Mr Jos VAN DE WIEL National Parliament Representative
Mr Wytse WOUDA Committee on European Union Affairs
Mr René BERCK Committee on Finance
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ÖSTERREICH (Austria)
NATIONALRAT
Mr Reinhold LOPATKA Standing Sub-com mittee on European Union Affairs Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) - EPP
Mr Kai Jan KRAINER Vice-Chair, Finance Committee SPÖ - S&D
Mr Hubert FUCHS Vice-Chair, Finance Committee Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) - No Group Affiliation in the EP
Mr Bruno ROSSMAN Budget Committee and the Standing Sub-committee on European Union affairs Green Party - Greens/EFA
Mr Rainer HABLE Standing Subcommittee on European Union Affairs NEOS-New Austria - ALDE
Officials:
Mr Georg MAGERL EU and International Services
Mr Christian HUETTERER National Parliament Representative
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POLSKA (Poland)
SEJM Members:
Mr Andrzej GAŁAŻEWSKI Vice-Chair, Committee on European Union Affairs Civic Platform - EPP
Mr Piotr NAIMSKI Economic Committee Law and Justice- ECR
Officials: Mr Tomasz WOZNICKI Committee on European Union Affairs
Ms Anna TREBACZKIEWICZ National Parliament Representative
SENAT Members:
Mr Kazimierz KLEINA Chair, Committee on Budget and Public Finance Platforma Obywatelska - EPP
Mr Edmund WITTBRODT Chair, Committee on European Union Affairs Platforma Obywatelska - EPP
Mr Marek ZIÓŁKOWSKI Chair, Committee on National Economy Platforma Obywatelska - EPP
Officials: Mr Andrzej WÓJTOWICZ Committee on European Union Affairs
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PORTUGAL
ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA
Members:
Mr Paulo MOTA PINTO Chair, Committee on European Affairs Social Democratic Party - EPP
Mr Eduardo CABRITA Chair, Committee on Budget, Finance and Public Administration Socialist Party - S&D
Mr Mário RUIVO Vice-Chair, Committee on Social Security and Labour Socialist Party - S&D
Mr Ivo OLIVEIRA Committee on European Affairs Socialist Party - S&D
Mr João FIGUEIREDO Committee on Social Security and Labour Social Democratic Party - EPP
Mr Paulo SÁ Committee on Budget, Finance and Public Administration Communist Party - GUE/NGL
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Officials: Ms Alexandra GRAÇA Committee on European Affairs
Ms Maria João COSTA National Parliament Representative
ROMÂNIA (Romania)
CAMERA DEPUTATILOR (Chamber of Deputies) Members:
Mr Valeriu Stefan ZGONEA Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Social Democratic Party - S&D
Mr Florin IORDACHE Chair, Committee on Labour and Social Protection Social Democratic Party - S&D
Mr Claudiu MANDA Vice-Chair, Committee on Budget, Finance and Banking Social Democratic Party - S&D
Officials: Mr Ion-Tudor DOBRINESCU National Parliament Representative
Ms Camelia NASTASE Directorate for cooperation with international organizations and EU
Mr Andrei MOCEAROV Department for Parliamentary Studies and EU policies
Mr Marius ASĂVOAIE Security office
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SENAT Members:
Ms Gabriela CREŢU Committee on European Affairs Social Democratic Party - S&D
Mr Ştefan-Radu OPREA Committee on Economy, Industry and Services Social Democratic Party - S&D
Officials: Ms Oana-Alina UJENIUC Committee on European Affairs
Ms Izabella MOLDOVAN National Parliament Representative
SLOVENIJA (Slovenia)
DRŽAVNI ZBOR (National Assembly) Members:
Ms Urška BAN Chair, Committee on Finance and Monetary Policy Party of Miro Cerar - ALDE
Mr Uroš PRIKL Chair, Committee on Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Disability Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia - Non-Attached
Ms Margareta GUČEK ZAKOŠEK Chair, Committee on the Economy Party of Miro Cerar - ALDE
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Officials: Ms Saša Aleksandra LAVRIČ Committee on EU Affairs
Ms Romana NOVAK National Parliament Representative
SLOVENSKO (Slovakia)
NÁRODNÁ RADA (National Council) Members:
Mr Ľuboš BLAHA Chair, Committee on European Affairs SMER-SD - S&D
Officials: Ms Barbora BRUTENIČOVA Committee on Finance and Budget
SUOMI (Finland)
EDUSKUNTA Members: Ms Riitta MYLLER Chair, Grand Committee The Social Democratic Parliamentary Group - S&D
Mr Kimmo SASI Chair, Committee on Finance National Coalition Party Parliamentary Group - EPP
Ms Anne LOUHELAINEN Grand Committee The Finns Party Parliamentary Group - ECR
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Ms Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER Grand Committee The Finns Party Parliamentary Group - ECR
Officials: Ms Satu TUOMIKORPI National Parliament Representative
Ms Ekaterina VAAHTERA Assistant, National Parliament Representative
Mr Henri JAAKKOLA Assistant, National Parliament Representative
Ms Teija MILLER Committe on Commerce
SVERIGE (Sweden)
RIKSDAGEN Members:
Mr Jörgen ANDERSSON Committee on Finance Moderate Party - EPP
Mr Börje VESTLUND Committee on Finance Social Democrat - S&D
Mr Emil KÄLLSTRÖM Committee on Finance Centre Party - ALDE
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Officials: Ms Karin BROMS National Parliament Representative
Ms Camilla HOLMÉN Committee on Finances
UNITED KINGDOM
HOUSE OF LORDS
Members:
Lord Lyndon Henry HARRISON Chair, Sub-Committee on EU Economic and Financial Affairs Labour - S&D
Lord John Quentin DAVIES Sub-Committee on EU Economic and Financial Affairs Labour - S&D
Officials: Ms Dominique GRACIA National Parliament Representative
Ms Katie KOCHMANN Policy Analyst, Sub-Committee on EU Economic and Financial Affairs
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SWITZERLAND
Members:
Ms Kathy RIKLIN Chair, Committee on European Union Affairs Christian Democratic People’s Party of Switzerland (CVP)
Officials: Mr. Cédric STUCKY Adviser, Committee on European Union Affairs
CANDIDATE COUNTRIES
MONTENEGRO
SKUPSTINA Members:
Mr Rešid ADROVIĆ Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget; Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sports Democratic Party of Socialists - S&D
Mr Goran TUPONJA Committee for Tourism, Agriculture, Environment and Spatial Planning; Economy, Finance and Budget Positivna Crna Gora - Greens/EFA
Officials: Ms Nadja VUKIĆEVIĆ Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget
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Officials (of Parliaments or Chambers not having a political delegation at the present meeting)
ΕΛΛΑΔΑ (Greece), ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ (VOULI TON ELLINON) Ms Evangelia SPANOUDAKI, Committe on European Affairs Ms Despina FOLA, National Parliament Representative
NEDERLANDS, EERSTE KAMER (SENATE) Mr David RIJKS,Finance Committee Mrs Myrna PRENGER, Information Officier European Parliament Mr Stephan DE VOS, Official of Eerste Kamer
UNITED KINGDOM, HOUSE OF COMMONS Ms Alison GROVES, National Parliament Representative
NORWAY
STORTINGET Members:
Ms Irene JOHANSEN Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs Labour - S&D
Mr Tor Andre JOHNSEN Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs Progress Party - Non attached
Officials: Mr Per S. NESTANDE National Parliament Representative
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