Thursday, October 22, 2009

Kristian Vigenin promotes Euronest initiative in Stockholm


European Parliament Chairman of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Kristian Vigenin participated in the Interparliamentary meeting on ´The Parliamentary Dimension to the Eastern Partnership´ held in Stockholm by the Swedish Presidency on 21 October 2009.

Parliamentarians from the Eastern countries and the EU national Parliaments expressed their views on how the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly should be shaped. Kristian Vigenin communicated the views of the European Parliament on this new initiative.


The participants of this meeting were:


MEMBER STATES

PRESIDENCY
SWEDEN – SUÈDE
Swedish Parliament
Göran LENNMARKER – Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Thomas HÖRBERG – Head of secretariat to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Martin BROTHÉN – Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Eva KVARFORDT – Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Johan MATZ – Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah WENNBERG – Clerical officer to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

AUSTRIA
Federal Council
Georg SPIEGELFELD-SCHNEEBURG – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Lukas MUSSI – EU- and International Services

BELGIUM
House of Representatives
Geert VERSNICK – Chairperson of the committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Mireille PÖTTGENS – Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

BULGARIA
National Assembly
Dimitar CHUKARSKI – Chairman of the Foreign Policy and Defence Committee

CYPRUS
House of Representatives
Averof NEOFYTOU – Chairman, standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Sophie TSOURIS – International Relations Officer

CZECH REPUBLIC
Senate
Alena VENHODOVA – Deputy-Chair of the Committee on EU Affairs
Jaromir STETINA – Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence of Parliament
Staff
Martin HRABALEK – EU Unit staff
Chamber of Deputies
Jan HAMÁČEK – Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Veronika SYKOVÁ – Head of the Secretaiat of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

DENMARK
People's Assembly
Gitte LILLELUND BECH – Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee
Staff
Eva ESMARCH – Secretary

ESTONIA
Parliament
Sven MIKSER – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Ivan MÖLDER – Adviser of the Foreign Affairs Committee

FINLAND
Parliament
Erkki TUOMIOJA – Chairman of the Grand Committee
Staff
Peter SARAMO – Committee Counsel

FRANCE
Senate
Jacques BLANC – Vice President of the European Affairs Committee
Bernadette BOURZAI – Member of the European Affairs Committee
Staff
Emilie CATHELINEAU – Adviser of the French Senators

GERMANY
Federal Council
Staff
Beatrice KLEINERT – Assistant Head of Parliamentary Relations Services

HUNGARY
National Assembly
Mihály BALLA – Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Bálint ÓDOR – Head of EU Department
András KLEIN – Counsellor to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

ITALY
Senate
Barbara CONTINI – Member of the Committee on EU Politics
Chamber of Deputies
Mario BARBI – Member of the Committee on Foreign and Community Affairs
Staff
Mario DI NAPOLI – Official

LATVIA
Diet
Andris BERZINS – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Arturs JEFIMOVS – Adviser

LITHUANIA
Diet
Audronius AZUBALIS – Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Milda PETROKAITE – Adviser to the Committee of Foreign Affairs

LUXEMBOURG
Chamber of Deputies
Marc ANGEL – Member of the Foreign Affairs Committtee

THE NETHERLANDS
Senate
Hans FRANKEN – Vice-chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Development
House of Representatives
Luuk BLOM – Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Arjen WESTERHOFF – Deputy clerk Interparliamentary Relations

POLAND
Senate
Leon KIERES – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Diet
Andrzej HALICKI – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

PORTUGAL
National Assembly
Jorge MACHADO – Member of Parliament

ROMANIA
Senate
Titus CORLATEAN – Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

UNITED KINGDOM
House of Lords
Peter BOWNESS – Chairman of Sub-Committee E of the European Union Committee
Staff
Edward LOCK – Representative to the European Union
House of Commons
Michael GAPES – Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Staff
Rebecca DAVIES – Clerk to the Foreign Affairs Committee

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Fiorello PROVERA – Vice-Chair Foreign Affairs Committee
Kristian VIGENIN – Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Staff
Keith AZZOPARDI – Political Adviser
Stefan PFITZNER – Head of Unit

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Allen OLIVIER - Office of the Personal Representative of the SG/HR for Parliamentary affairs 5CFSP°

EASTERN COUNTRIES

Armenia
Naira ZOHRABYAN - Chair to the Standing Committee on European Integration
Staff
Karine SHIMSHIRYAN - Chief Specialist, European Integration Division, External Relations Department

Azerbaijan


Belarus
Sergei MASKEVICH - Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs
Staff
Tatyana BOGUSHEVICH - Official

Georgia
David DARCHIASHVILI - Chairman of the Committee on European Integration
Staff
Rusudan PATSATSIA - Official

Moldova
Igor CORMAN - Chairman, Foreign Policy and European Integration Committee
Staff
Tatiana MOLCEAN - Official

Ukraine
Borys TARASYUK- Chairman of the European Integration Committee
Taras CHORNOVIL- Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee



The meeting was closed for the public and the media.

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