2022

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 2022 – Presentation by Vít Rakušan, 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic – Presentation by Pavel Blažek, Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic – Presentation by Mikuláš Bek, Minister for European Affairs of the Czech Republic; Exchange of views on the state of play of the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive; Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and the Council and Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, as regards the digital information exchange in terrorism cases; Amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data; European Union Drugs Agency; Resilience of critical entities; Transparency and targeting of political advertising.
Vote: 2020 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Council and Council (2021/2108(DEC));2020 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Economic and Social Committee (2021/2111(DEC)); 2020 discharge : European Border and Coast Guard Agency (2021/2146(DEC)); Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges (2022/2046(INI)).

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Vote: Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; Exchange of views on the human rights developments in China and China’s action in the global human rights system, in the presence of Sophie Richardson, China Director, Human Rights Watch; Exchange of views with Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman on the Strategic Initiative concerning how the European Commission ensures respect for human rights in the context of international trade agreements; Public hearing on human rights violations by mining companies in Guatemala.

Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (COVI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Dr Rudolf Ertl, Senior Vice-President Commercial Operations, Gilead Science; Exchange of views with Thomas Triomphe, Executive Vice-President of Vaccines, Sanofi; Exchange of views with Iskra Reic, Executive Vice-President of Europe and Canada, AstraZeneca; Exchange of views with Stéphane Bancel, Chief Executive Officer, Moderna.

Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Votes: Verification of credentials and term of office; Disputes involving Parliament; Harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union Legislative Acts; The EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
Debates: Subsidiarity; Transparency and targeting of political advertising; Harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act); Exchange of views with Pavel Blažek, Czech Minister of Justice; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debate: Council Presidency Presentation.

Wednesday 7 September

Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (COVI)
Debate: Exchange of views with Dr Rosa Castro, Senior Policy Manager for Healthcare Delivery & EPHA (European Public Health Alliance) Networks Coordinator; Exchange of views with Ancel·la Santos, Senior Health Policy Officer BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation); Exchange of views with the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly.

Thursday 8 September

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debate: Exchange of views with Vice-President of the European Commission Dubravka Šuica.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021; Draft mission report following the fact-finding visit to the Mar Menor (Murcia) Spain from 23 to 25 February 2022, in relation to the environmental deterioration of Mar Menor; Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received; Debate on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Voter without borders”.

Joint Meeting of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG), Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debate: Gender tracking methodology for the EU budget.

Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA)
Agenda to come. Exchange of views on the use of spyware in Greece.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Agenda to come.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Fernando Medina, Minister of Finance of Portugal; Structured Dialogue with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Competition.

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023.
Debates: Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2022; Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2022; Study on “The legislative frameworks for victims (including children) of gender-based violence in the 27 Member States” by Policy Department C.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Report on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations: Machinery products: Amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity; Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act); Exchange of views on the EU Customs policies on the implementation of the Union Customs Code and the future of the EU Customs policies.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 5 September

EU-Ukraine Association Council
The 8th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council will take place in Brussels and will be chaired by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will lead the EU delegation. The Association Council will discuss the EU-Ukraine bilateral agenda, notably the implementation of the Association Agreement and state of play of EU-Ukraine cooperation. It will also discuss EU support since the start of the Russian war of aggression as well as Ukraine’s application for EU Membership. During a restricted session, EU and Ukraine’s representatives will exchange views on the situation following Russia’s war of aggression, as well as global and regional issues.

Tuesday 6 September

EU-Georgia Association Council
The Association Council will discuss EU-Georgia’s relations, against the background of its EU membership application, with a focus on political dialogue and reform, economic and sectoral cooperation, trade and trade-related matters, and peaceful conflict resolution. The meeting will be chaired by the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili. The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will lead the EU delegation. During a restricted session, EU and Georgia’s representatives will exchange views on foreign and security policy, notably regional issues.

Tuesday 6 September – Wednesday 7 September

Informal meeting of health ministers
Agenda to come.

Friday 9 September

Extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy)
Agenda to come.

Eurogroup
The Eurogroup will discuss the economic situation and coordination of the macroeconomic policies in
the euro area including an exchange of views with the Chair of the ECON Committee of the European Parliament.

Friday 9 September – Saturday 10 September

Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers
Agenda to come.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 5 September

Borrell speaks at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference for CFSP/CSDP
Vice-President Josep Borrell will deliver a keynote speech, via videoconference, at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference for CFSP/CSDP.

Lenarčič hosts a ministerial Emergency Coordination Meeting on reinforcing EU Wildfire Preparedness and Response
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will host a ministerial Emergency Coordination Meeting on reinforcing EU Wildfire Preparedness and Response in Brussels.

Tuesday 6 September

Schinas delivers a keynote speech at the launch of the European News agency
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas will deliver a keynote speech at the launch of the European News agency.

Lenarčič visits Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will visit Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. On behalf of the EU, he will sign the agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the country joining the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.

Wednesday 7 September

College meeting
The College of Commissioners will meet to discuss the European care strategy package including the European care strategy; a Proposal for a Council Recommendation on long-term care; a Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the revision of the Barcelona targets.

Reynders receives the Hungarian Minister of Justice and representatives of judiciary networks
Commissioner Didier Reynders will receive Ms. Judit Varga, Hungarian Minister of Justice and representatives of 4 judiciary networks (ENCJ – European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary, the European Judges Association, the Network of Presidents of the Supreme courts of the EU and ACA-Europe).

Gabriel participates in the EPP Presidency meeting
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel participate, in Brussels, in the EPP Presidency meeting.

Thursday 8 September

von der Leyen visits the Netherlands in relation to the recovery and resilience facility/NextGenerationEU and the national Recovery and Resilience Plan
President Ursula von der Leyen will visit the Netherlands in relation to the recovery and resilience facility/NextGenerationEU and the national Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Reynders participates in the webinar “Assessing the resilience of the French legal system to an authoritarian shock”
Commissioner Didier Reynders will participate in the webinar “Assessing the resilience of the French legal system to an authoritarian shock”.

Friday 9 September

Lenarčič visits Ljubljana, Slovenia and meets officials
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will visit Ljubljana, Slovenia, meetings with the SL Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, Defence Minister Marjan Šarec and the head of the Civil Protection Agency the Prime Minister’s State Secretary for EU Affairs Igor Mally.

Schinas visits the Thessaloniki Pfizer Digital & Global Hub
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas will visit the Thessaloniki Pfizer Digital & Global Hub in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Saturday 10 September

Schinas participates in the dialogue ‘Skills of Today for Tomorrow’ organised in the context of the European year of youth
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas will participate in the dialogue ‘Skills of Today for Tomorrow’ organised in the context of the European year of youth, in Thessaloniki, Greece.

An overview of the Commission College can be found here; the Commissioners’ weekly activities can be found here; the agenda of upcoming College meetings can be found here; Commission events can be found here.

European Economic and Social Committee

Monday 5 September

Defence Investment Gaps Analysis
The EESC´s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) is organising a hearing (web streamed) on the Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and the way forward, with the participation of the European Commission and civil society stakeholders.

Tuesday 6 September

12th meeting meeting of the EU Domestic Advisory Group under the EU-Ukraine DCFTA
The Advisory Group will discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine and of the Council decision to grant Ukraine a candidate status on the implementation of the TSD chapter and they will also talk about the Labour Law Reform.

Wednesday 7 September

A Digital Euro: Challenges and Opportunities
The rapid progress of digitalisation is leading to financial innovation including the potential introduction of digital central bank currencies. In the EU, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission are currently working on plans for the introduction of an electronic form of money issued by the Eurosystem (the ECB and national central banks), a digital euro, which would be accessible to all citizens and firms as a complement to cash. Against this background, the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO section) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is currently working on an own-initiative opinion on the prospects of such a digital euro. This opinion aims to assess state of play in preparation for a digital euro, the prospects of its introduction and provide timely input from the civil society perspective to the Commission and the ECB to the ongoing discussion. In the framework of the work on this opinion, the ECO section decided to organise a hearing, bringing together experts from organised civil society, academia as well as decision-makers to discuss the challenges and opportunities linked to the creation of a digital euro. The findings of the hearing will feed into the EESC own-initiative opinion.

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

Committee of the Regions

Tuesday 6 September – Friday 9 September

Sustainability Days
From 6 to 9 September, South Tyrol is holding its very first Sustainability Days, an international platform for discussing the sustainable development of rural Europe. The European Committee of the Regions is partner of the event, which will bring experts and policymakers from a wide range of backgrounds together to explore the question of sustainable development. The following topics will be addressed: Renewable energy and energy efficiency; Agriculture and food; Sustainable mobility; Resilient rural habitats. Three are the objectives of the Sustainability Days: Create a platform for exchange between politics, science, business, associations and civil society; Make sustainable development accessible to a broad audience, especially the youth; Elaborate a Recommendation Paper to support future policy decisions within the four focus topics mentioned above.

Thursday 8 September

Multilevel Climate and Energy Dialogue: UNFCCC COP 27
In partnership with the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is organising the Multilevel Climate and Energy Dialogue on the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27). This Multilevel Climate and Energy Dialogue will bring together all levels of government in order to provide concrete and relevant feedback on the EU’s position for COP27. The main issues to be tackled are: Are current efforts in the EU and abroad adequate to keep global average temperature rise to below 1.5 degrees Celsius? In view of the current geopolitical situation, is it foreseen that major emitters will raise their pre-2030 ambition? One of the main priorities of COP27 is to advance on the Global Goal on Adaptation, how can the EU advance on this and increase support to the countries and people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? What are the key barriers we need to overcome to realise vertical and horizontal contribution to climate action? Local and regional authorities implement the majority of adaptation and loss and damage actions, how can they best be enabled to become more resilient and avert and minimize loss and damage?

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.

Czech Presidency

Monday 5 September

Czech Ministers to present priorities in Committees of the European Parliament
On September 5, 2022, Minister of the Interior Vít Rakušan, Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek and Minister for European Affairs Mikuláš Bek will present their ministries’ priorities for the EU Presidency to the European Parliament.

Monday 5 September – Tuesday 6 September

High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming
The High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming is an informal group comprising representatives responsible for gender equality and gender mainstreaming at national level. It is chaired by the European Commission. The High Level Group plays a central role in shaping the EU’s gender equality agenda. The High Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming meets twice a year: once during each Presidency of the EU Council.

Thursday 8 September

Concert for Ukraine
The Czech Presidency is organizing, in cooperation with the European parliament and the Ukrainian mission to the EU, a concert supporting war-torn Ukraine. The Ukrainian band Patsyki z Franeka will perform on the 8th of September at 18:00 on an open-air stage in front of the European parliament, followed by a concert of the Czech pop group Cross Band at 19:30 and finally by a performance by the singer Xindl X at 20:50. The concert is free for all. It is possible to make financial donations during the entire event via a transparent bank account benefiting Ukraine. Representatives from the Czech University of Life Sciences and Czech technical university in Liberec will also be present at the event to present their study opportunities and integration of Ukrainian students in their academic programs.

Thursday 8 September – Friday 9 September

Round Table with Civil Society from Western Balkans on Challenges of European Integration
The conference will provide a discussion platform for the involvement of a wide range of participants in finding ways to overcome the consequences of conflicts, for raising issues of reconciliation, support for functional democratic institutions, strengthening the principles of the rule of law, the fight against corruption and other elements that disrupt a free society.

The agenda of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU be found here.

European Central Bank

Wednesday 7 September

Fernandez-Bollo, Jochnick and McCaul participate to the Eurofi Financial Forum
Board Members Edouard Fernandez-Bollo, Kerstin af Jochnick and Elizabeth McCaul will participate to the Eurofi Financial Forum in Prague.

Thursday 8 September

Governing Council of the ECB meeting
The Governing Council of the ECB is organising a monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt.

Friday 9 September

Lagarde and Panetta participate in Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings
President Christine Lagarde and Board Member Fabio Panetta participate in Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.

More information about ECB events can be found here.

Council of Europe

Monday 5 September – Tuesday 6 September

A five-member PACE delegation will make a pre-electoral visit
A five-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Stefan Schennach (Austria, SOC), will make a pre-electoral visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5 to 7 September to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the general elections on 2 October.

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.

OSCE

Monday 5 September – Tuesday 6 September

Meeting of heads of National Human Rights Institutions
On 5 and 6 September 2022, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is organizing a meeting of heads of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from the OSCE region focused on building resilient NHRIs. More than 60 representatives of NHRIs, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), NHRI networks and other regional partners will gather in Warsaw to discuss how to build resilience in their institutions and address threats facing NHRIs.

Tuesday 6 September

10th Anniversary Conference: The Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Diverse Societies
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities is organizing an Anniversary Conference to mark the 10th anniversary of The Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Diverse Societies (Ljubljana Guidelines). The Anniversary Conference aims to review and discuss the key principles in the Ljubljana Guidelines and their continued relevance. Participants will discuss the successes and challenges of implementation and present lessons learned with the aim of identifying ways to better operationalize these key guidelines. They will also discuss emerging challenges and new perspectives to complement the High Commissioner’s efforts to promote the integration of diverse societies.

Thursday 9 September – Friday 10 September

Concluding Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum (EEF) as well as the 25th anniversary since the appointment of the first Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (CoEEA). The Concluding Meeting of the EEF – will take place, as per usual, in Prague on 8-9 September 2022 and will focus on topics such as: The role of the Economic and Environmental Forum in advancing dialogue and co-operation in the second dimension; Sustainable economic recovery and green growth; Innovation for sustainable economic recovery; Greening the economy and the role of the energy sector.

The agenda of the OSCE can be found here.

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