” “” “The European Parliament, gathered in Brussels this morning, is getting ready to welcome the Rumanian president Traian Basescu and the Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov. The two politicians will speak in front of the MEPs on Wednesday 31st January and on Thursday 1st February, respectively. "It will be an opportunity specifies a release from Parliament to celebrate once again the accession of these two countries on January 1st". In addition, the EU Council and EU Commission will speak of the revival "of the international debate on a moratorium on death penalty" and the MEPs will be called to pass a resolution in this respect, as it had been done at the mid-January meeting. Still in front of the members of the EU Commission and EU Council, a debate will be held about climate change. In addition, the floor will discuss the problem of obesity in the 27 EU member states. A report on this subject will ask for a number of measures to be taken to fight a rising problem, "which affects 27% of men and 38% of women and accounts for up to 7% of the health expenditure". The ideas put forward include information campaigns, "clear labels on food, boosting the consumption of fruits and vegetables, giving funds to research, educational and sports programs" and a revision of advertising regulations. ” ” ” “
