Speaker of the House of Representatives Anton Tabone will participate at the Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments in Copenhagen this weekend.

The conference will be take place between Thursday and Sunday and is an annual forum of the Speakers of the Parliaments of Member States of the European Union and the European Parliament.

The focus is to provide information and strengthen parliamentary scrutiny in all areas of competence of the EU. It also promotes studies and joint actions by the speakers on various topics relating to the role of parliaments and the organisation of parliamentary activities.

The conference will officially launch the IPEX website - the tool for Inter-parliamentary EU Information Exchange. The website will be open to all national parliaments in Europe and the European Parliament.

Denmark Prime Minister Anders Gogh Rasmussen and Vice-President of the European Commission Margot Wallstrom will address the conference.

Mr Tabone will address the conference and use the opportunity to meet and discuss bilateral relations and issues of common interest with other speakers.