ECON
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
The criteria laid down in the Maastricht Treaty, also known as the ‘Euro convergence criteria’, are the requirements for a country to enter into the Eurozone; what actions should the EU take in order to ensure that all Eurozone Member States maintain the economic requirements that are stated in the Treaty, and how should the EU act if the requirements are not being met?
AFCO
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
After EC President’s Jose Barroso’s speech on the status quo of the European Union, the issue whether the EU should face further integration towards a federation is raised. Should the EU envisage the model of a European federation or a different path in order to tackle the persisting political and economic challenges?
LIBE
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Taking into consideration the ‘regional breakaway’ demands from certain sectors of the population in various Member States eg. Spain and Italy, what approach should the EU adopt with regards to the regional claims within a country?
SEDE
Committee on Security and Defense
Committee on Security and Defence - In light of recent debates on a common European army, which priorities should the Common Foreign Security and Defence Policy set for the future?
DROI
Committee on Human Rights
Human trafficking is now the most common form of slavery, and the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. How can the EU Member States and NGOs work together in order to stop this negative trend in the EU?
JURI
Committee on Legal Affairs
Taken the current bureaucratic complexity for creative entrepreneurs to develop their projects, how can the EU create simple patent roads to incentivise entrepreneurship?
CULT
Committee on Culture and Education
In light of the importance of entrepreneurship in the current labour market, how can the EU act to introduce entrepreneurship in the educational system?