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The President's diary Tuesday 29/03/2016 Official visit to Cyprus

9:45 Meeting with Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic of Cyprus, followed by joint press statements – Presidential Palace

10:55 Meeting with Yiannakis Omirou, President of the House of Representatives, followed by joint press statements - House of Representatives

12:05 Address to the formal sitting of the House of Representatives - House of Representatives

17:30 Meeting with Mustafa Akıncı, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community Nicosia

18:25 Visit to the anthropological laboratory of the Committee for Missing Persons (CMP), followed by press point

19:10 Meeting with the leaders of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties - Ledra Palace

The President's diary Wednesday 30/03/2016 Cyprus/ Brussels

8:00 Meeting with Espen Barth Eide, Special Advisor of the Secretary-General on Cyprus - Nicosia

18:00 Meeting with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India – European Council

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AFET Delegation to Argentina and Colombia Wednesday 30/03/2016 Thursday 31/03/2016 Friday 01/04/2016 Tuesday 29/03/2016 Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bogotá, Colombia

29 March – 1 April 2016

Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs committee will head the Committee's delegation to Argentina and Colombia. He will be accompanied by Cristian Dan PREDA (EPP, RO), Richard HOWITT (S&D, UK), Francisco ASSIS (S&D, PT), Javier NART (ALDE, ES), Javier COUSO PERMUY (GUE, ES) and Alyn SMITH (Greens/EFA, UK).

During their visit to the Argentinian capital on 29 and 30 March, MEPs will meet with the recently-elected Argentinian President Mauricio Macri and other members of the government, as well as with representatives of parliament and civil society. MEPs will express European backing to the new Argentinian executive's efforts to reinitiate a path of openness to the world.

The second part of the visit, on 31 March and 1st April, will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, where members of the AFET delegation will meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and high-ranking government members as well as with representatives of civil society. The visit – taking place just one week after the March 23 deadline for a peace accord between the government and FARC rebels - will be an opportunity for the Members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs committee to reiterate the EU's support to the Colombian peace process.

Agriculture Committee delegation to the Netherlands Tuesday 29/03/2016

A delegation of the Agriculture Committee will travel to Berkel en Rodenrijs (Netherlands) to learn more about biological pest management solutions. The delegation will also meet with Prime Minister , Minister for Economic Affairs , Agriculture Minister , Dutch MP's and representatives from the Dutch agricultural sector in The Hague.

Constitutional Affairs Committee delegation to Athens, Greece Friday 01/04/2016 Thursday 31/03/2016 Wednesday 30/03/2016 A delegation from Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee will visit the Greek Parliament and meet with high governmental and state authorities as well as representatives of academic and civil society. The leader of the delegation is committee chairwoman Danuta Hübner (EPP, PL). Other participating members are György Schöpflin (EPP, HU), David Mc Allister (EPP, DE), Ramon Jauregui (S&D, ES), Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D, PT), Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz (ALDE, ES) and Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL, DE).

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EMPL delegation to California Tuesday 29/03/2016 Wednesday 30/03/2016 Thursday 31/03/2016 Friday 01/04/2016 Eight members of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee will visit San Francisco and Silicon Valley, California, from 29 March to 1 April. The members of the delegation are: the Chair Thomas HÄNDEL (GUE/NGL, DE), Thomas MANN (EPP, DE), Anne SANDER (EPP, FR), Romana TOMC (EPP, SL), Agnes JONGERIUS (S&D, NL), Jutta STEINRUCK (S&D, DE), Ulrike TREBESIUS (ECR, DE) and Morten LØKKEGAARD (ALDE, DK). The delegation will visit San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Airbnb, Berkley University, Uber, Google, Intel, Amazon, Facebook and Silicon Valley Robotics. Meetings will focus on the effect of digitalisation on job market, skills required for the jobs of the future and the changing working conditions in information technology and shared economy sectors.

ITRE delegation to Ireland Wednesday 30/03/2016 Thursday 31/03/2016 Tuesday 29/03/2016 A delegation of five MEPs in the committee for industry, research and energy will visit Cork, Ireland from 29 to 31 March. The members of the delegation are: Paul RÜBIG (EPP, DE), Sean KELLY (EPP, IR), Flavio ZANONATO (S&D, PT), Carolina PUNSET BANNEL (ALDE, ES), Barbara KAPPEL (ENF, AT).The delegation will visit Tyndall National Institute, Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork. Meetings will focus on energy policy, in particular renewables such as tidal power, telecoms and research and innovation.

Legal Affairs Committee delegation to Georgia Wednesday 30/03/2016 Thursday 31/03/2016 Legal Affairs Committee delegation to Georgia

30-31 March 2016

Pavel Svoboda (EPP, CZ), chair of Parliament's legal affairs committee, and Heidi Hautala (Greens/EFA, FI), chair of the EP delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, will meet representatives of the Georgian Parliament and government as well as civil society organisations.

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