Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Xavier BETTEL, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Laimdota STRAUJUMA, Prime Minister of Latvia, at EP in Brussels. Arrival, round table, family photo and extracts from the press point.

Brussels

meeting

JUNCKER, Jean-Claude (LU)

EU - Luxembourg (T)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

BETTEL, Xavier (LU)

European Council meeting 25-26 June 2015 (T)

EU - Latvia (T)

Luxembourg Presidency of the EU (T)

Latvian Presidency of the EU (T)

STRAUJUMA, Laimdota (LV)

Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Xavier BETTEL, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Laimdota STRAUJUMA, Prime Minister of Latvia

Official cars, Arrival of Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC

Martin SCHULZ, EP President handshake with Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), speaking with Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKA&Scaron;EVICA, Latvian Presidency of the EU Council (2 shots)

Arrival of Laimdota STRAUJUMA, Prime Minister of Latvia, handshake with Martin SCHULZ, EP President

Arrival of Xavier BETTEL, Prime Minister of Luxembourg , handshake with Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Laimdota STRAUJUMA, Prime Minister of Latvia

Views in the meeting room, close-up with the names of the participants (4 shots)

Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC entering in to the meeting room

Martin SCHULZ, EP President entering in to the meeting room

Laimdota STRAUJUMA, Prime Minister of Latvia entering in to the meeting room

Xavier BETTEL, Prime Minister of Luxembourg entering in to the meeting room

Round table: views during the meeting  (3 shots)

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President , Prime Minister Mr. Bettel, Prime Minister Mrs. Straujuma, President Juncker and I launched in the morning, together, the negotiation procedure for the so called better law making process. I'm very grateful to president Juncker, that he has taken the time to come to the EP this morning, interrupting the ongoing negotiations, he just mentioned, with the Greek colleagues. I'm very grateful as I know under what kind of pressure President Juncker is today. Therefore his presence here shows the strong commitment of the President of the Commission to come, together with the two other institutions, on the basis of your proposals, and our counter proposals to have a good effect and result for the better law making process. This is to make the EU more effective, more transparent. Also the implementing of our rules is more visible and more perceivable for the public in the Member States.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, Secondly we broad the so called Juncker plan, the investment fund on the way, after the intensive debate we have had in the European Parliament. Today we lunch the investment planning, which is now on the road, after signing the legislative act. I can only express on behalf of the EP, but I think it is in the interest of all our citizens. The investment plan, and the so called Juncker plan will attract as much as possible investors to the EU, especially for example to countries like Greece, because we need investment, creating growth and jobs. We prepared - as we agreed to do regularly - before the beginning of the European Council, to prepare the Council, between the two communitarian institutions, Commission and Parliament.

SOUNDBITE (English), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, We've discussed about the migration question. The proposal of the Five Presidents for the deepening the Economic and Monetary Union, and we've discussed the question of security and defence, and also, quite clear, the situation about the ongoing negotiations between the EU, Euro members and Greece. We are hopefully and optimistic, until the last second, that there will be a conclusion. I want to honour here the role of the President of the EC, who is the best sense, the honest broker, defending the interests of the Greek people, of the Member Mtates of the Eurozone as a whole, and the interest of the communitarian institutions. I think Jean-Claude Junker is doing an excellent job, and can count on the full backing of the EP.

SOUNDBITE (English), Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, A better regulation does not mean weaker regulation. This means less regulation, so better regulation. Therefore we have to have both the Parliament and the Commission on the very same track. I'm happy that we were able this morning to launch the Investment plan. We were introducing this investment plan in autumn last year, and we are now in the position that the Parliament and the Council have agreed. This is showing that the institutions have the common intentions and have to set up ambitions that this is possible to be done in a very short period of time.

SOUNDBITE (English), Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Then we have been discussing - as we are normally doing - the agenda of the European Council. There too, I was happy to see that Martin Schulz and myself were moving on the same directions. This, of course, for those who do know us is of no surprise, but will be of some surprise to others.