Thursday 14.00 o'clock CET, An Online Discussion with Danuta Hübner

EUROPE Gateway invites all its readers from Bulgaria and Europe to participate in an online discussion with Polish MEP Danuta Hübner (EPP), chair of the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner of Regional Development

The chat will last 30 minutes and the working language of the discussion is English. The discussion is scheduled for October 08, Thursday, at 15 a.m. EET (14 a.m. CET). The topic of the discussion is "The New EP and the Challenges to Regional Development." Readers would have the chance to discuss with Ms. Hübner the challenges facing the newly elected MEPs, the most important issues for the development of regional policy in Europa and the role of MEPs in this process.

Danuta Hübner (Poland) is a Member of European Parliament from EPP, chair of the Regional Development Committee at EP. She was head of the Regional Development portfolio in the first European Commission, chaired by Barroso. In her capacity as MEP, Danuta Hübner is a member of the Conference of Committee Chairs and the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.

The online discussion will take place at the http://chat.europe.bg platform. Readers of EUROPE Gateway can participate freely in the discussion with questions, opinions and comments and also by sending them via   info@europe.bg.