” “” ” The garbage emergency in Campania arrives in Strasbourg: the news has been officially given in a note by the European Parliament in the run-up to next week’s plenary session (14-17 January). "The heaps of garbage that are spilling out onto the streets of Naples and other municipalities of Campania, the people’s revolts around the dumping sites, the potential health and environmental problems and, last but not least, the feared loss of EU structural funds, will be on the agenda it reads of a Parliamentary debate which will be attended by the EU Commission". The latter also opened, "last June an offence procedure against Italy for breaching the EU Waste Directive". The Great Mufti of Syria will speak at the session on the occasion of the celebrations for the Year of Intercultural Dialogue, while the current Slovenian presidency of the Council of the 27 EU member states will illustrate its work-plan. Parliament will tackle some problems of foreign policy, including the situation in Kenya and Pakistan after the killing of Benazir Bhutto; another topic, "regarding the human rights emergencies in the world, will be the arrest of the Chinese dissident Hu Jia", a fact on which a Parliamentary resolution will be adopted.” “” “
