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Weekly European Agenda 12/09/2022
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12 September – 18 September 2022
Monday 12 September
- EP: Plenary Session, LIBE, FEMM, AFET, BUDG-ECON, IMCO
- EC: Reynders receives the President of the International Union of Judicial Officers
- EC: Johansson hosts a videoconference call with the Minister for migration of the Netherlands
- EC: von der Leyen meets with the President of the European Parliament
- ECB: Publication of the ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts September 2022
Tuesday 13 September
- EP: Plenary Session
- EC: College meeting
- EC: Gabriel holds a meeting with the ITRE/CULT coordinators
- Presidency: Climate change adaptation conference Designing Climate Resilient Landscapes
- Ombudsman: Symposium on Enhancing Participation in Public Life and Politics
- ECB: Participation by Ms McCaul in fireside chat and Q&A session with Paola Sabbione (Barclays) at Barclays Global Financial Conference
Wednesday 14 September
- EP: Plenary Session
- CoM: Informal Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the EU
- EC: von der Leyen delivers the 2022 State of the Union address
- Presidency: Climate change adaptation conference Designing Climate Resilient Landscapes
- Presidency: Workshop on the Implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy
Thursday 15 September
- EP: Plenary Session, BUDG-CONT
- CoM: Informal Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the EU
- EC: Timmermans meets with International Energy Agency Executive-Director
- EESC: The labour market in rural areas
- EESC: Recapitalising EU businesses – An innovative way towards a sustained and inclusive recovery
- CoR: Democracy in an Era of Geopolitics
- Presidency: Workshop on the Implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy
Friday 16 September
- CoM: Informal Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the EU
- Presidency: Workshop on the Implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy
Institutional Agendas
European Parliament
Monday 12 September
Plenary Session
Debates: Deforestation Regulation; New EU forest strategy for 2030 – sustainable forest management in Europe; Renewable Energy Directive; Energy efficiency (recast).
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Exchange of views on the OLAF final report on its investigation into Frontex.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debate: Presentation of the EU Care Strategy in the presence of Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023; Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges; Access to water as a human right – the external dimension.
Debates: Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU; Presentation of the EU-LAC “Road to 2023” by Javier Niño, Deputy managing director for Americas, European External Action Service (EEAS); Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties.
Committee on Budgets (BUDG) – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debate: Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with Valdis Dombrovskis Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People and Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC; Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges; Laying down rules for the exercise of the Union’s rights in the implementation and enforcement of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part; Amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity.
Tuesday 13 September
Plenary Session
Debates: Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin; Adequate minimum wages in the European Union; Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean; The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa.
Votes: Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation in the area of resolution (“daisy chain” proposal).
Wednesday 14 September
Plenary Session
Debates: State of the Union (SOTEU) address; Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded; Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021; regional policy.
Votes: Uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification); Restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (recast); Conclusion of the amendments to the International Sugar Agreement, 1992; Draft amending budget No 2/2022: entering the surplus of the financial year 2021.
Thursday 15 September
Plenary Session
Debates: Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations; Fisheries measures.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
Council of Ministers
Wednesday 14 September – Friday 16 September
Informal Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the EU
An informal meeting of Ministers of Agriculture will convene in Prague, Czechia.
An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.
European Commission and High Representative
Monday 12 September
Reynders receives the President of the International Union of Judicial Officers
Commissioner Didier Reynders will receive Mr. Marc Schmitz, President of the International Union of Judicial Officers.
Johansson hosts a videoconference call with the Minister for migration of the Netherlands
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will host a videoconference call with Mr Eric van der Burg, Minister for Migration of The Netherlands.
von der Leyen meets with the President of the European Parliament
President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen will meet with Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament.
Tuesday 13 September
College meeting
The College of Commissioners will convene in Strasbourg. On the agenda: Forced labour products ban; Single market emergency instrument; European cyber resilience act; European media freedom act.
Gabriel holds a meeting with the ITRE/CULT coordinators
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will hold a meeting in Strasbourg with the ITRE/CULT coordinators.
Wednesday 14 September
von der Leyen delivers the 2022 State of the Union address
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will deliver the 2022 State of the Union address before the European Parliament.
Thursday 15 September
Timmermans meets with International Energy Agency Executive-Director
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans will meet with International Energy Agency Executive-Director, Fatih Birol.
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
Thursday 15 September
The labour market in rural areas
On 15 September 2022, the EESC’s Labour Market Observatory will hold a remote public hearing on The labour market in rural areas. Speakers due to attend include representatives of the European institutions, Eurofound and the EESC, as well as the social partners and other civil society organisations.
Recapitalising EU businesses – An innovative way towards a sustained and inclusive recovery
Small and Medium-sized companies represent 99.8% of all firms, 65% of employment and 53% of the value added generated by the non-financial business sector in the EU. Following the COVID-19 crisis, the public response delivered solutions to address liquidity and short term issues. However, SMEs overindebtedness demands some sort of recapitalisation instrument that allows them to keep or increase their investment effort. The aim of this hearing is to discuss on possible solutions to ease access to equity funding, for instance, through a common EU-wide recapitalisation instrument, along with the presentation of case studies.
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 15 September
Democracy in an Era of Geopolitics
During this year’s Democracy Day discussions, a wide range of high-level speakers, international democracy advocates and activists from both sides of the Atlantic and the Global South will address the challenges of this new world order for democracy. They will discuss the mechanisms to protect and support democracy, such as Team Europe, and the potential for greater North-South collaboration.
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
Tuesday 13 September – Wednesday 14 September
Climate change adaptation conference Designing Climate Resilient Landscapes
The Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic is hosting an international conference focused on the topic of approaches currently utilized to promote climate adaptation in Europe and their successes in Prague on 13-14 September 2022. Confirmed keynote speakers include Hans-Otto Pörtner from Working Group 2 of the IPCC, Hans Bruyninckx, the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, and Clara de la Torre, Deputy Director-General of Directorate-General Climate Action of the European Commission.
Wednesday 14 September – Friday 16 September
Workshop on the Implementation of the New EU Forest Strategy
Workshop is focused on forest monitoring within EU member states. It will take place in Kutná Hora with forest field trip close to Kostelec nad Černými lesy.
The agenda of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU be found here.
Ombudsman
Tuesday 13 September
Symposium on Enhancing Participation in Public Life and Politics
The Ombudsman will participate in a panel on this Symposium, an initiative by the Ceann Comhairle, Mr Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, discussing ways of increasing the participation of women in representative democracy and public life.
European Central Bank
Monday 12 September
Publication of the ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts September 2022
The ECB will publish the ECB Survey of Monetary Analysts September 2022.
Tuesday 13 September
Participation by Ms McCaul in fireside chat and Q&A session with Paola Sabbione (Barclays) at Barclays Global Financial Conference
Ms McCaul will join a fireside chat and Q&A session with Paola Sabbione (Barclays) at Barclays Global Financial Conference.
More information about ECB events can be found here.
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