Conference for chairs of parliamentary finance and budget committees

Sunday 6 September – Monday 7 September

The Committee on Finance hosted a meeting of parliamentarians from EU member states and candidate countries at the Riksdag on Monday. Sustainable finances and economic aspects of climate change were the subjects of the meeting, which was open to the public.

The speakers were from the academic world, the Ministry of Finance, the National Audit Office and international organisations.

Webcast (interpretation in English)
Webcast

Documents

The documents are in pdf format and will open in a new window.

Stefan Attefall, Chairman of the Committee on Finance.

The Chair of the Committee on Finance Stefan Attefall (ChrDem) received a gift from Jirí Dolejš, Deputy Chair of the Committee on the Budget in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament

The Chair of the Committee on Finance Stefan Attefall (ChrDem) received a gift from Jirí Dolejš, Deputy Chair of the Committee on the Budget in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament.

Richard Baron, the Head of Climate Change, International Energy Agency (IEA), spoke about the economic aspects of emission rights. On the platform: Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Finance Ingvar Mattsson, Chair of the Committee on Finance Stefan Attefall (ChrDem) and Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Richard Baron, Head of Climate Change.

Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg.

Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)

Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA), spoke about the EU’s adaptation to climate change and the Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.

The delegates get together for a group photo

The delegates get together for a group photo.

Updated: 2009-09-14

Picture collage. Click the picture collage for information about the pictures

The tasks of the Presidency

The EU member states take turns to hold the Presidency. The presidency rotates every six months. During the Swedish Presidency, the Government has the following tasks:

to lead the European Council
to lead the Council of Ministers
to represent the EU in its dealings with other countries

The Prime Minister on the Government's priorities

On Tuesday 23 June Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (Moderate Party) presented the Government's priorities for Sweden's EU Presidency.
About the presentation (the Governement)

Letter of invitation from the Speaker

The Speaker Per Westerberg's letter to colleagues at the national parliaments of the EU member states, with information about the Riksdag's inter-parliamentary meetings during the Swedish Presidency.
The letter of invitation (pdf, new window)

Other websites

IPEX – sharing information

Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange (IPEX) is a forum for cooperation between the national parliaments of the EU countries with the aim of making it easier for the parliaments to exchange information and documentation with each other.
Interparliamentary EU Information Exchange (IPEX)

Gateway to the European Union

EUROPA is the EU’s common website, containing information about EU policies, the EU institutions and bodies, as well as a calendar and news items.
EUROPA – Gateway to the European Union