VIPs from the Middle East: Avigdor Lieberman from Israel and Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority are scheduled to meet Parliament President Jerzy Buzek. We will also be looking into the EU 2020 economic strategy and find out what MEPs really think

Next week in Brussels

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The last week of February is   going to be busy in the EP.

22 parliamentary committees   will meet in Brussels,

that is all of them except the   Subcommittee on Defence and Security.

The Women's Committee will vote on the   proposed legislation on maternity leave,

concerning an extension of minimum   leave at full pay and paternity leave.

In European legislation   there is nothing on paternity leave,

and with this directive we can introduce   the right of paternity leave,

because fatherhood   and motherhood are both rights

The Culture Committee   will vote on a report

to take the EU online library project   “Europeana” to the next level.

After it was first put online   in 2008 the site crashed

due to unexpected overwhelming interest.

Running in a development   phase since then,

vital questions on content   and governance are still to be answered.

The Committee on Internal Market   and Consumer Affairs

will meet with national parliaments   on the Consumer Rights Directive.

We need full harmonisation   in a few areas,

To discuss which are the right targets   we need more discussion.

I hope that with the national parliaments   we can achieve the first points where we agree.

VIPs from Israel   and the Palestinian Authority

might put the Middle East   peace process in the spotlight.

Israeli Foreign Minister Liebermann   and the PA’s President Abbas

are scheduled to meet   EP President Buzek.

the first mini plenary   session of the new year.

First up: a debate about the outcome   of last week’s informal summit

on the Eurozone crisis and the new   common economic strategy: EU 2020.

We will be asking: what does parliament   want the EU 2020 strategy to include.

For this and all the other topics   tune into europarltv.eu next week.