Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu will pay a visit to Brussels where he is to attend, between 7 and 14 December, the works of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) and the General Affairs Council (GAC), told Agerpres.
According to a release of the JHA, on the sidelines and in the period between the two Council meetings, the Justice Minister will carry out a series of meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg, with counterparts of EU member states and officials.
Within the JHA Council, Minister Predoiu will present Romania's standpoint regarding the European judicial and political instruments in the Justice area included on the Council's agenda, in accordance with the mandate cleared by the Prime Minister.
Moreover, within the GAC meeting, Minister Predoiu will present the progresses registered by Romania in the Justice area within the "Rule of Law" Mechanism and will respond to the questions asked by the foreign affairs and European affairs ministers who are participating in the GAC meeting, on the sidelines of the report, according to the procedure carried out by all the other EU member states.
Justice Minister Predoiu will have a series of bilateral meetings with officials of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Justice Ministers of other EU member states and with the European Chief Prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO).