Senate President to participate on Monday in COSAC meeting

Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu will attend the meeting of the Chairpersons of the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) on Monday, informs a press release sent to AGERPRES on Sunday.

According to the cited source, the COSAC meeting is the first event that the Romanian Parliament, respectively the Senate, organizes within the parliamentary dimension of the first Romanian rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The objectives of the conference are to present the priorities of the rotating Presidency of the EU Council held by Romania, the COSAC Bi-annual Report and the preparation of the plenary session of COSAC.

The meeting will be attended by the chairpersons of the European Affairs Committees of the EU member states and of the candidate countries for accession to the European Union, as well as representatives of the European Parliament and the European Commission.

The COSAC meeting kick off on Sunday at the Palace of Parliament.