The 150 members of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), 75 MEPs and 75 representatives of the Latin-American and Caribbean parliaments, will gather in Vienna from 17 to 20 September for its eleventh plenary session.
They will adopt resolutions on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, air safety and security, combatting impunity, governing globalisation, development aid to middle-income countries, forced disappearance of minors and the fight against inequality.
The Working Group on Security, Organised and Transnational Crime and Terrorism will discuss recommendations on the fight against terrorism, including the prevention of online radicalisation and the fight against transnational organised crime.
Other topics on the Assembly agenda include the humanitarian crisis due to massive migration from Venezuela and the situation in Brazil ahead of the Presidential elections.
In their meetings with representatives of the civil society, EuroLat members will discuss the state of play of LGBTI rights in the EU and Latin America. The EuroLat Women’s Forum will also meet in the margins of the assembly.
The President of the European component of EuroLat, Ramón Jáuregui (S&D, ES), will co-chair the plenary session with Elias Castillo (Panama). Karin Kneissl, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria and Karoline Edtstadler, State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of Austria will also attend.
Press conference:
Wednesday, 19 September, 13.30 (following the inaugural session), with EuroLat Co-Presidents Ramón Jáuregui and Elias Castillo.
Background
The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is the parliamentary institution of the Bi-regional Strategic Association established in June 1999 in the context of the EU-CELAC Summit (between European Union-Latin American and Caribbean). EuroLat was created in 2006. It meets in plenary session once a year.
EuroLat is a multilateral parliamentary assembly composed of 150 members, 75 from the European Parliament and 75 from the Latin America, including Parlatino (Latin American Parliament), Parlandino (Andean Parliament), Parlacen (Central American Parliament) and Parlasur (Mercosur Parliament). The Mexican and Chilean congresses are also represented via the EU/Mexico and EU/Chile joint parliamentary committees.
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