WELCOMING MESSAGE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS

Welcome to the home page of the Assembly of the Republic for the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union.

The Parliamentary European Affairs Committee has the horizontal responsibilities of monitoring issues related to the European Union, collaborating with all the Specialist Parliamentary Committees in view of their specific competences, and preparing the plenary session debates. For this reason, this Committee will have extra work during the second half of 2007, with the organization of the 38 th COSAC (Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union), the organization of a cycle of Conferences on Future Challenges for Europe, meetings with delegations from other national parliaments and the European Parliament, and monitoring the work of the Government whilst it holds the Presidency of the Council.

It is intended for all the parliamentary work carried out during the period of the Portuguese Presidency to be accessible to citizens, thus encouraging dialog about this moment when Portugal is leading the European Union to its destiny, and also enabling those who wish to make a contribution to be able to visit here and find the information necessary for wide-ranging, constructive, participatory debate.

We wish all that visit us a very pleasant stay.

The Chairman of Committee on European Affairs

Vitalino Canas