UPPSALA - The Speakers of the Nordic and Baltic
parliaments are to hold their annual meeting in Uppsala 21-23 August.
The get-together will be the first time that Per Westerberg, the Swedish Speaker, has
hosted the meeting. The agenda includes the Nordic Council, the role of
the national parliaments in relation to the EU Commission and joint
initiatives to build democracy in Georgia, Moldavia and Ukraine.
The Speakers will also debate how much
confidence the public has in their parliaments along with Professor
Soren Holmberg of Gothenburg University.
Christian
Mejdahl (Denmark), Ene Ergma (Estonia), Sauli Niinistö (Finland), Helgi
Bernódusson (Iceland), Endulis Emsis (Latvia), Viktoras Muntianas
(Lithuania) and Thorbjörn Jagland (Norway) have all confirmed their attendance.
