Euro-Latin American parliamentary Assembly (Eurolat): 9th plenary session

The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) is the parliamentary institution of the Bi-regional Strategic Association established in June 1999 in the context of the EU-CELAC Summit (between European Union-Latin American and Caribbean). EuroLat was created in 2006. It meets in plenary session once a year.The ninth plenary session of the Euro-Latin American parliamentary Assembly (Eurolat) was held on 19-22 September 2016. It was scheduled to discuss and approve six resolutions drafted by several of its committees.

Its agenda included the management of global migration flows, trade relations between the EU and Latin American countries, and between both regions and China, plus the setting-up of an EU-CELAC Common Research Area. Also on the agenda were fighting organised crime and terrorism, financing of political parties, developing the common digital agenda between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean, corporate social responsibility, combatting informal and undeclared work, and the challenges and opportunities of shale gas.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia debated at 8th EUROLAT plenary session http://www.europeansources.info/record/eighth-plenary-session-of-the-euro-latin-american-parliamentary-assembly-eurolat/

European Parliament: Press Release, 21.09.16: EuroLat opening: deeper EU-Latin integration needed to tackle common challenges http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160921IPR43503/

EurActiv, 21.09.16: Tajani: Political relations with Latin America are a ‘priority’ http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/tajani-political-relations-with-latin-america-are-a-priority/

European Parliament: Press Release, 23.09.16: EuroLat 'expects and hopes' Colombia will approve peace deal on 2 October http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160923IPR43822/

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