STORTINGET
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
30th EU - Norway Interparliamentary Meeting
6 March 2014
European Parliament, Brussels
JOINT PRESS RELEASE
The 30th EU-Norway Interparliamentary Meeting was held at the European Parliament in
Brussels today.
The European Parliament (EP) delegation, led by Mr Pat the Cope GALLAGHER
(chairperson, ALDE, Ireland), hosted the meeting with the Norwegian delegation, led by its
chairperson Ms Anniken HUITFELDT (Labour Party).
The Delegations have taken stock of the current state of EU-Norway relations and share the
assessment that the relations are very good in general. Both delegations expressed their
satisfaction that the EEA remains the main framework for EU-Norway cooperation,
underlining at the same time that this cooperation goes much beyond the EEA, including for
example areas such as foreign and security policy, international fight against climate change
and the Arctic. The Delegations also exchanged views on several other topics, including
energy policy, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the cooperation
between the EP and National Parliaments.
Moreover, the Interparliamentary Meeting was focused on the following topics in particular:
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Relations between the EU and Norway, with addresses by:
- Ms Ingvild Næss Stub, State Secretary to the Minister of EEA and EU Affairs, Norway
- Mr Florin Nita, EEA Coordination Desk, Western Europe Division, EEAS
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Climate and energy policy
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Foreign policy cooperation: Ukraine and Syria
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Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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Development of the parliamentary cooperation between the EP and National Parliaments
The next Interparliamentary Meeting is scheduled to take place in 2015 in Norway.
Members of the EP Delegation present:
Mr Pat the Cope GALLAGHER, Chair, ALDE, Ireland
Mr Georges BACH, EPP, Luxemburg
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Mr Zuzana BRZOBOHATÁ, S&D, Czech Republic
Mr Bas EICKHOUT, Greens/EFA, Netherlands
Ms Satu HASSI , Greens/EFA, Finland
Ms Judith A. MERKIES, S&D, Netherlands
Mr Olle SCHMIDT, ALDE, Sweden
Ms Catherine STIHLER, S&D, UK
Mr Indrek TARAND, Greens/EFA, Estonia
Ms Angelika WERTHMANN, ALDE, Austria
Members of Stortinget Delegation present:
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Ms. Anniken HUITFELDT, Chair, Labour Party
Mr. Øyvind HALLERAKER, First Vice Chair, Conservative Party
Mr. Kristian NORHEIM, Second Vice Chair, Progress Party
Ms. Marit NYBAKK, Labour Party
Mr. Svein Roald HANSEN, Labour Party
Ms. Jenny FØLLING, Centre Party
Ms. Trine Skei GRANDE, Liberal Party
Mr. Per SANDBERG, Progress Party
Mr. Christian TYBRING-GJEDDE, Progress Party
Ms. Sylvi GRAHAM, Conservative Party
Mr. Kåre SIMENSEN, Labour Party
Ms. Elin Rodum AGDESTEIN, Conservative Party
Ms. Regina ALEXANDROVA, Conservative Party
Ms. Astrid A. BYRKNES, Christian Democratic Party
For further information please contact:
Bjørnar Dahl Hotvedt
Stortinget (Norwegian Parliament)
Tel: 00 47 402 91 712
E-mail: bjornar-dahl.hotvedt@stortinget.no
Tarvo Kungla
European Parliament
Tel: 00 32 2 283 2175
E-mail: tarvo.kungla@europarl.europa.eu
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Abbreviations:
EPP
S&D
ALDE
Greens/EFA
European People’s Party Christian-Democratic Group
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Greens/European Free Alliance
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