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Weekly European Agenda

Weekly European Agenda | 17/02/2020

17-23 February 2020

Monday 17 February

Tuesday 18 February

Wednesday 19 February

Thursday 20 February

Friday 21 February


Institutional Agendas

European Council

Thursday 20 February

Special European Council
EU heads of state or government will discuss the EU’s long-term budget for 2021-2027 during a special meeting of the European Council.

Find more information on European Council events here.

European Parliament

Monday 17 February – Tuesday 18 February

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Vote on the ‘Banking Union – annual report 2019’; Exchange of views with Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Erkki Liikanen, Chairman of the IFRS Foundation Trustees.

Committee on Development
Vote on the Amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism; Exchange of views with Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships on current and forthcoming opportunities and challenges in EU development cooperation, and the forthcoming EU-Africa Strategy.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Vote on the ‘Type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information’; Exchange of views with Gertrud Ingestad, Director general of DG DIGIT, on supporting the digital transformation of European public administrations in Member States.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence
On the agenda: Post Brexit-implications for the EU’s Security and Defence Policy. Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and in association with the Delegation for relations with Iran, exchange of views on the implementation of the NPT Safeguard Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Teheran’s compliance with its nuclear-related international obligations.

Subcommittee on Human Rights
On the agenda: Exchange of views with 2005 Sakharov Prize laureate Bertha Bueno Fuente and Elena Larrinaga de Luis on behalf of the Ladies in White (“Damas de Blanco”) and 2010 Sakharov Prize laureate Guillermo Fariñas Hernández; Public hearing on ‘Authoritarianism and shrinking space for freedom of expression, press freedom and human rights defenders, with case studies on China, Egypt and Russia.’

Tuesday 18 February

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Vote on the ‘Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union – Annual Report for the years 2018-2019’; Exchange of views with the delegation of Argentinian Members of Parliament regarding women’s rights and gender equality in Argentina and Latin America.

Tuesday 18 February – Wednesday 19 February

The European Parliamentary Week 2020
The European Parliamentary Week is organised by the European Parliament together with the Croatian Presidency. Parliamentarians from EU member states, candidate and observer countries will discuss economic, budgetary and social matters. On the agenda: EMU Governance; Climate change and the role of EU economic, budgetary and social policies; Skills and jobs for inclusive growth.

Wednesday 19 February

Committee on Culture and Education
Vote on the ‘European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2020’; Exchange of views with the European Youth Forum on the ‘European Youth Capital’, and presentation of the project ‘Erasmus for Associations’ by the Anna Lindh Foundation.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Vote on the ‘European political parties and foundations: Guidelines for the treatment of requests from a group of citizens’; Exchange of views with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for Inter-institutional Relations and Foresight in the context of the structured dialogue between the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Wednesday 19 February – Thursday 20 February

Committee on International Trade
On the agenda: Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Western Balkans, in the run-up to the May 2020 Summit; Exchange of views with Stephen de Boer, Ambassador of Canada to the WTO on the WTO reform.

Committee on Budgetary Control
Vote on 2018 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; Report on the discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2018: performance, financial management and control.

Committee on Transport and Tourism
Vote on the Type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information; Tourism Task Force: Exchange of views with the United Nations World Travel Organisation (UNWTO), Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili.

Committee on Regional Development
On the agenda: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund; Exchange of views with Pierre Larrouturou, rapporteur general on the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Vote on the ‘Implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in the United Kingdom’; Hearing on Artificial Intelligence in Criminal law and its use by the Police and Judicial authorities in criminal matters, and annual report for the years 2018-19 on the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union.

Thursday 20 February

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Vote on the ‘European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and Social Aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2020. ’

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 17 February

Eurogroup
Ministers of euro area countries will tackle the following issues: Appointment of the Eurogroup Working Group President; Presentation of the Commission priorities for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU); Presentation of the Commission Six- and Two-Pack review – euro area related issues; Thematic discussion on growth and jobs: tax wedge on labour; Ireland – Post Programme Surveillance; Economic situation in the euro area – Commission winter forecast; 2020 euro area recommendations; EU finance ministers will discuss the ‘Budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness: report on a possible Intergouvernmental Agreement (IGA)’
Moreover, Denmark and Sweden are expected to report on Banking Union.

Foreign Affairs Council
The Foreign Affairs Council, chaired by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, will focus on current affairs including the situation in the Middle East, Sahel, Venezuela and the Western Balkans, the latest developments in Libya, the EU-African Union and EU-India relations.

General Affairs Council
The Council will prepare the special meeting of the European Council on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. Ministers will exchange views on the draft European Council conclusions.

Tuesday 18 February

Economic and Financial Affairs Council
The Council will adopt a revised list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes in the framework of new conclusions on this matter. As part of the EU’s external strategy for taxation, the list contributes to ongoing efforts to prevent tax avoidance and promote tax good governance worldwide. The Council will adopt conclusions on the Commission’s annual sustainable growth strategy and on macroeconomic imbalances in the member states. The Council will also adopt conclusions on the budget guidelines for 2021 and its recommendation for a discharge for the 2018 budget.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission

Monday 17 February

Von der Leyen receives Nancy Pelosi
President Ursula von der Leyen receives Ms Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.

Timmermans receives Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Mr Frans Timmermans receives Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs of India.

Vestager receives Zuckerberg
Ms Margrethe Vestager receives Mr Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook.

Tuesday 18 February

Borrell receives Elmar Mammadyarov
Mr Josep Borrell receives Mr Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

Urpilainen receives Justin Brown
Ms Jutta Urpilainen receives Mr Justin Brown, Australian Ambassador to the European Union and NATO.

Hahn receives Michael Theurer
Mr Johannes Hahn receives Mr Michael Theurer, Member of the German Bundestag.

Wednesday 19 February

College meeting
Key policy item for the oral procedure is: Strategy for Europe – Fit for the Digital Age White Paper on Artificial Intelligence European Data Strategy. Vice-president Vestager will be responsible for the meeting.

Commissioner Gabriel receives Mr Prodromos Prodromou
Marija Gabriel will meet Mr Prodomos Prodromou, Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth of the Republic of Cyprus.

Dombrovskis receives Mark Carney
Mr Valdis Dombrovskis receives Mr Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England.

Thursday 20 February

Ferreira receives Luca Visentini
Ms Elisa Ferreira receives Mr Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).

Lenarčič receives Mehmet Kemal Bozay
Mr Janez Lenarčič receives H.E. Mr Mehmet Kemal Bozay, the Ambassador of Turkey to the European Union.

Schmit receives Alejandro Tiana
Mr Nicolas Schmit receives Mr Alejandro Tiana, Secretary of State for Education of Spain.

Friday 20 February

Šuica in Galway, Ireland
Ms Dubravka Šuica in Galway, Ireland: meets experts on Representative Democracy.

Gentiloni in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mr Paolo Gentiloni in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: participates in the G20 Finance Ministers and Central bank Governors meeting.

Lenarčič receives Aharon Leshno-Yaar
Mr Janez Lenarčič receives H.E. Mr Aharon Leshno-Yaar, Ambassador of Israel to the European Union.

A full list with meetings of Commissioners can be found here; the Commissioners’ weekly activities can be found here; the agenda of the College Meetings can be found here; Commission events can be found here.

European Economic and Social Committee

Wednesday 19 February

Plenary session
The session will feature the following guests and debates:
Debate on The Future of Work and the European Pillar of Social Rights with Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, on Wednesday 19 February at 3 p.m.; Presentation of the European Commission work programme and the multiannual political priorities for 2019-2024 with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission – Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, on Thursday 20 February at 10.30 a.m.; Presentation of the European Citizens’ Initiative Eat ORIGINal with Roberto Moncalvo, representative of the ECI members’ committee

Tuesday 18 February

Information seminar on the European citizens’ initiative

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council wish to hold a joint information seminar on the European citizens’ initiative (ECI). Speakers will include members of the EESC and the French Council, as well as representatives of the European Commission and organisers of ECIs launched in France. The aim of the seminar is to present the ECI, as well as the work done by the EESC in this field, and to exchange experiences of initiatives undertaken at national and European level to better understand and manage the impact of citizen-led campaigns on the actions and decisions of legislators.

More information about EESC events can be found here.
The agendas of the different EESC meetings can be found here.

Committee of the Regions

Thursday 20 February

Stakeholder consultation

The European Committee of the Regions’ ENVE Commission is currently working on the “Fitness check of the Water Framework Directive and the Floods Directive” The Rapporteur Piotr CAŁBECKI (PL/EPP) and his expert Professor Maciej ZALEWSKI wish to discuss the topic of The Water Framework Directive, which was published on the 10th of December 2019 by the European Commission, with relevant stakeholders.

More information about Committee of the Regions events can be found here. The agendas of the different Committee of the Regions meetings can be found here.

Croatian Presidency

Wednesday 19 February

Conference on Intellectual Property for the European Union in a World of Challenges
The conference will review how well aligned are current and considered European and global initiatives regarding the intellectual property system with the European Union industrial strategy. Furthermore, the conference will examine the role of intellectual property in achieving greener Europe. It will also stimulate discussions about the relationship between the growing importance of the data economy and the protection of intellectual property, development, and the importance of copyright infrastructure, as well as the role and challenges of trade secrets protection for business in digital environment.

Thursday 20 February

Meeting of Chairs of 4 Macro-Regional Strategies
This is an initiative of the Croatian Chairmanship of the Danube Region Strategy which would for the first time establish a format for meetings of 4 chairs of macro-regional strategies. The event is organised with the view of better coordination of 4 macro-regional strategies, exchange of good practices and good preparation for the programming period 2020.

The agenda of the Croatian Presidency can be found here.

European Data Protection Supervisor

Tuesday 18 February

Wiewiórowski meets Sassoli
Wojciech Wiewiórowski meeting with David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Thursday 20 February

Hearing at LIBE Committee
Hearing on “Artificial Intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial aithorities in criminal matters”, Speech by Wojciech Wiewiórowski at Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affaires (LIBE) Committee, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

Find more information on EDPS events here. 

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Monday 17 February

Conference on EU Child Guarantee
The European Commission is exploring the possibility of establishing an EU Child Guarantee. During the Conference the preliminary findings of a feasibility study into creating a Child Guarantee will be discussed. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights will speak about the legal framework for EU intervention and the enforcement of legal obligations from a child rights perspective.

Find more information on FRA events here.

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Wednesday 20 February- Thursday 21 February

Winter Meeting
The 19th Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna, Austria. On the agenda: discussions on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, Political Affairs and Security.

Find more information on OSCE events here.

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