03-11-2015 08:00
JURI Mission to Washington, USA

Washington, USA

A delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) visited Washington, DC, United States, on 3-6 November 2015, with the purpose of discussing primarily questions relating to civil justice, Private International Law and Intellectual Property Rights with public bodies and civil society.

Led by the JURI Chairman, Pavel Svoboda (EPP, CZ) the delegation was composed of Tadeusz Zwiefka (EPP, PL), Emil Radev (EPP, BL), Dietmar Köster (S&D, DE), Victor Negrescu (S&D, RO), Angel Dzhambazki (ECR, BL), Julia Reda (Greens/ALE, DE) and Gilles Lebreton (ENF, FR). Catherine Stihler from IMCO also participated in a number of meetings.