EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.

Activities during the week beginning May 9

Plenary session from May 9 to 12 in Strasbourg (agenda in Europe Information 2959)

Committee meetings:

- Foreign Affairs: Monday May 9. Briefing on the situation in Afghanistan by Francesc Vendrell, EU special representative for Afghanistan, on the eve of the official visit to Parliament by President Karzai

- Development: Thursday May 12. Oral report by Neena Gill (PES, UK), chair of Delegation for relations with South-East Asia, on the visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives (20-29 March 2005)

- Budgetary control: Monday May 9. Protection of the EUs financial interests and the fight against fraud. Vote on report by Herbert Bosch (PES, AT)

- Economic and Monetary Affairs: Monday May 9. The Commission's recommendations on broad general economic policy guidelines - Vote on report by Robert Goebbels (PES, LU); Reinsurance - Vote on report by Peter Skinner (PES, UK); Green Paper on the post-financial services action plan; Discussion with Charlie McCreevy, Commissioner for Internal Market and Services

- Employment and Social Affairs: Tuesday May 10. Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States - Vote on report by Ana...