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Committee work
Each Senator is a member of one of the 7 Standing Committees.
Before the public session, the texts are initially examined by the Committee competent in the subject. Within the Committee, the Senators designate a Rapporteur for each text, who analyses it and makes proposals: for example, to delete, add or amend an article. The Committees regularly organise hearings with Ministers, public officials, and representatives from civil society or the private sector. Moreover, the European Affairs Committee plays an informative and supervisory role
A meeting of the Social Affairs Committee
in European activities.
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