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Weekly European Agenda | 08/02/2021
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08-14 February 2021
Monday 8 February
- EP: Plenary
- EC: Borrell meets President of Burkina Faso
- EC: Urpilainen speaks to Director-General of Unesco
- ECB: President Lagarde in European Parliament
- CoE: Youth Advisory Committee on Rural Youth in Europe
Tuesday 9 February
Wednesday 10 February
- EP: Plenary
- EC: President von der Leyen participates in the EP debate
- EC: Šuica holds a videoconference on Deliberative Democracy and the Conference on the Future of Europe
- EC: Timmermans receives Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Portuguese Presidency: Webinar on EU’s Trade Policy
- EIB: Webinar on financial needs in agriculture in Italy and public consultation on the EIB Group Transparency policy
Thursday 11 February
- EP: Plenary
- EU-Ukraine Association Council
- EC: Borrell co-chairs the EU-Ukraine Association Council
- EC: Vestager meets Prime Minister of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Romania
- EESC: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025
- Ombudsman: Meeting with Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden
- EIB: Investment and Investment Finance in Latvia
Friday 12 February
- EC: President Von der Leyen meets Romanian Prime Minister and EESC President
- EC: Timmermans takes part in World Sustainable Development Summit
- EC: Vestager speaks with WHO Regional Director for Europe
- CoR: ENVE Stakeholder Consultation
Sunday 14 February
Institutional Agendas
European Parliament
Monday 8 February – Thursday 11 February
Plenary Session
Votes will be held on EU Association Agreement with Ukraine; the new Circular Economy Action Plan; the EU Recovery prospectus to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; the European Central Bank annual report 2020; Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty; Implementation of the Anti-trafficking Directive; the Implementation of Article 43 of the Asylum Procedures Directive; the impact of Covid-19 on youth and on sport; the humanitarian and political situation in Yemen and in Myanmar; the challenges ahead for women’s rights; and the Safety of nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus);
Debates will be held on European Central Bank annual report; the new Circular Economy Action Plan; the de facto abortion ban in Poland; the visit of the HR to Russia in the light of the recent crackdown on protestors and the opposition; the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine; the state of play of the EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy; Democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights; MiFID and EU Recovery Prospectus Markets in financial instruments and EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; the implementation of the Anti-Trafficking directive; European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience; Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty; the impact of Covid-19 on youth and on sport; Establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility; Humanitarian and political situation in Yemen and Myanmar; Capital Markets Recovery Package: the challenges ahead for women’s rights; and the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
Council of Ministers
Thursday 11 February
EU-Ukraine Association Meeting
The Council will be holding a meeting discussing the status of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, encouraging moves towards further political association and economic integration will be fully implemented despite challenges presented by COVID-19.
The agenda of this meeting will be updated here.
European Commission and High Representative
Monday 8 February
High Representative Borrell holds a videoconference call with Minister for Foreign Affairs of China and receives President of Burkina Faso.
Urpilainen holds a videoconference call with Director-General of UNESCO.
Tuesday 9 February
College Meeting on renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood
Urpilainen receives President of Burkina Faso.
Sinkevičius holds a meeting with the German Farmers Association.
Wednesday 10 February
President von der Leyen participates in the EP Plenary debate on the state of play of the EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy.
Timmermans receives Prime Minister of Ukraine.
High Representative Borrell receives President of Niger.
Šuica holds a videoconference call with David Van Reybrouck and Yves Dejaeghere, Experts on Deliberative Democracy, to discuss the Conference on the Future of Europe.
Várhelyi receives Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Urpilainen receives President of Niger.
Thursday 11 February
Timmermans meets Prime Minister of Romania.
Vestager meets Prime Minister of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Romania.
High Representative Borrell co-chairs the EU-Ukraine Association Council.
Šefčovič receives Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Friday 12 February
President Von der Leyen Prime Minister of Romania, and President of the European Economic and Social Committee.
Timmermans delivers a keynote speech via videoconference call at the World Sustainable Development Summit.
Vestager holds a videoconference call with Hans Klug, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
Reynders holds a videoconference discussion on the Rule of Law with representatives of the Greek Parliament and representatives of the Slovenian Parliament.
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
Thursday 11 February
Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025
Remote public hearing to evaluate how the LGBTIQ community continues to be discriminated against and to collect views on how to effectively tackle such discrimination. More information can be found here
More information about EESC events can be found here.
The agendas of the different EESC meetings can be found here.
Committee of the Regions
Friday, 12 February
ENVE Stakeholder Consultation – Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition towards COP26
Meeting to discuss the most important challenges and opportunities at regional and local levels both for the new emissions reduction target and the upcoming CoP26. More information can be found here.
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.
Portuguese Presidency
Wednesday 10 February
Webinar on EU’s Trade Policy, Implementation of EU FTA’s and the role of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer
More information on this event can be found here.
The agenda of the Portuguese Presidency can be found here.
European Ombudsman
Thursday 11 February
Meeting with the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden
The European Ombudsman is meeting the Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman of Sweden via conference call to exchange views on topics of common interest as part of the European Network of Ombudsmen.
The EU Ombudsman calendar of activities can be found here.
European Central Bank
Monday 8 February
President Lagarde in European Parliament
President Lagarde will participate in a debate about the ECB Annual Report 2020 at the European Parliament in Brussels.
More information about ECB events can be found here.
European Investment Bank
Wednesday 10 February
Financial needs in the agriculture and agri-food sectors in Italy Webinar
The European Commission – Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) in partnership with the European Investment Bank (EIB) will discuss the country’s banking system, major financial players for the two sectors, and what is offered as loans, guarantees and various financial schemes with national and/or EU financing.
EIB Group Transparency Policy public consultation webinar
As part of the public consultation on the EIB Group Transparency Policy the EIB will be organising a webinar for interested stakeholders to exchange directly with EIB staff about the key issues at stake within the review.
Thursday 11 February
Investment and Investment Finance – Latvia
The webinar will focus on investment needs and priorities for Latvia in times of COVID-19, digitalisation and climate change.
The agenda of the EIB can be found here.
Council of Europe
Monday 8 February
Rural youth in Europe: challenges and opportunities
Online meeting of the Advisory Council on Youth
Find an overview of Council of Europe events here; the PACE diary here; the Congress calendar of events here; information on forthcoming judgments here; the calendar of hearings here; information on Venice Commission events here; the agenda of the Commissioner of Human Rights here; and the Chairmanship agenda here.
National Elections
Sunday 14 February
Parliamentary Elections in Kosovo
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