Transcript of the appearance of the Spanish Foreign Minister, Josep Piqué i Camps, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 3 October 2001 to report on the Government’s projects and plans for the forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the European Union in 2002.

Transcript of the appearance of the Spanish Prime Minister, José María Aznar López, before the plenary session and standing committee of the Congress of Deputies on 10 December 2001 to set out the political priorities that Spain intends to develop during the semester in which it will hold the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Transcript of the appearance of the Spanish State Secretary for International Cooperation and for Latin America, Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín, before the Committee for International Development Cooperation of the Spanish Congress of Deputies on 12 December 2001 to report on European policy for cooperation and development during the third Spanish Presidency of the European Union.

The programme for the Spanish Presidency during the first six months of 2002 is presented by the Spanish State Secretary for the European Union; entitled ‘More Europe. Programme of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union’, this document sets out the circumstances and priorities of the Presidency, which was to be particularly dominated by the entry into circulation of the single currency, the EU’s enlargement to the East and the international climate following the attacks of 11 September 2001.

Transcript of the appearance of the First Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Interior Minister, Mariano Rajoy Brey, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 5 February 2002 to report on the Spanish Presidency of the European Union during the first semester of 2002.

Transcript of the appearance of the Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government for Economic Affairs and Minister for the Economy, Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 7 March 2002 to report on the economic priorities of the third Spanish Presidency of the European Union.

Transcript of the appearance of the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Miguel Nadal Segalà, before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Spanish Congress of Deputies on 12 March 2002 to report on the strategy and aims of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union with regard to the Barcelona Process.

Transcript of the appearance of the Spanish Foreign Minister, Josep Piqué i Camps, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 4 June 2002 to report on the work of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and the forthcoming Seville European Council.

Transcript of the appearance of the First Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Interior Minister, Mariano Rajoy Brey, before the Joint Committee for European Union on 25 June 2002 to assess the Spanish Presidency of the European Union during the first semester of 2002.