Visit of Norbert LAMMERT, President of the German Bundestag, to the EP in Brussels. Arrival, welcom by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, roundtable, press point and meeting with German MEPs.

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SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

LAMMERT, Norbert (DE)

Martin SCHULZ, EP President meets with Norbert LAMMERT, President of the German Bundestag: arrival, roundtable, press point and meeting with German MEPs

Handshake between Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Norbert LAMMERT, President of the German Bundestag

Signature of the Golden book and round table (5 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "Thanks a lot for our exchange of views and our excellent cooperation between the EP and the German Bundestag. And I would like to add that in our talk we spoke about the initiative of the President of the EP, the German Bundestag, the French National Assembly, the Italian parliament and the Luxemburgish Chamber to draw up a paper on the future of the EU, the institutional future of the union, which I as President of the not only like but which also gives me hope that we in a stagnant debate over the further development of the union that we get a move from the level of the Presidents of the national parliaments is a sign of hope and I hope that we can, in the next weeks can find the opportunity to where we here in the EP with the inclusion of the Commission can further develop the paper."

SOUNDBITE (null), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "We have spoken about, and that I found very interesting, the transparency of TTIP. It is our common task that I here in the EP and you in the Bundestag need to ensure, that on the hand give the best possibilities to the negotiators and at the same time ensure the transparency that parlamentarians wish to see, and we have the agreed on the development of a common strategy on this."

SOUNDBITE (German), Martin SCHULZ, EP President, "I am glad that about the regularity of our exchanges of views that we try to manage to fit into our agendas, on the common work that we need to carry out in the framework of the EU treaties, and the participation of the EP and the national parliaments especially regarding the     European Semester, to organise our meeting planning so that you can get an optimal participation of the national parliaments in it."

SOUNDBITE (German), Norbert LAMMERT, President of the German Bundestag, <p>"It would be crazy if the quota for the main aim would have to be explained, we need a European solution, and when you can find an even better solution I'll have a look at it, until then we obviously need such a solution as the one proposed by the Commission."</p>  <p></p>