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Weekly European Agenda

Weekly European Agenda 13/03/2023

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13-19 March 2023

Monday 13 January

Tuesday 14 January

Wednesday 15 January

Thursday 16 January

Friday 17 January

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 13 March

Plenary session
Debates: Energy performance of buildings; Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2021; Joint debate – Outcome of the negotiations on Fit for 55: Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation); Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF); Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System; Policy Coherence for Development.

Tuesday 14 March

Plenary session
Debates: Data Act; This is Europe; European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023; European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023; Question Time (Commission) – How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023; Strengthening the Trans-Atlantic ties in an ever challenging multilateral world; Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories; Planned adoption of the foreign influence law in Georgia; The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova; Joint debate – Brexit: Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU; The Windsor Framework; The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders; EU-Armenia relations; EU-Azerbaijan relations; Explanations of votes.
Votes: Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ioannis Lagos; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nicolaus Fest; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund; Law enforcement information exchange; Ro-ro passenger ships: stability requirements; Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States; Land use, land use change and forestry; Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System; Energy performance of buildings; Data Act; Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2021; Policy Coherence for Development.

Wednesday 15 March

Plenary session
Debates: Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023; (International Women’s Day Celebration); Women activism – human rights defenders related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); Cross-border adoptions – the need for more transparency and international cooperation; Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion; Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; More Europe, more jobs: we are building the competitive economy of tomorrow for the benefit of all; Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways; Combatting organised crime in the EU; Combating discrimination in the EU – the long-awaited horizontal anti-discrimination directive; Explanations of votes.
Votes: The functioning of the EEAS and a stronger EU in the world; EU/United States Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV; The further repressions against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski; Motions for resolutions – Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion; European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023; European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023; Texts on which debate is closed.

Thursday 16 March

Plenary session
Debates: European Citizens’ Initiative “Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment”; Advancing the 2022 Bridgetown Agenda; Lack of actions taken by the Commission in the context of the duty of sincere and loyal cooperation; Explanations of votes.
Votes: Iran: in particular the poisoning of hundreds of school girls; Tunisia: Recent attacks against freedom of expression and association and trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar; Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha; The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 13 March

Eurogroup meeting
While the overarching theme of the meeting is macroeconomic and fiscal developments in the euro area, ministers will also exchange views on the fiscal policy guidance for 2023 and 2024. Ministers will also discuss key issues for global economic policy coordination, inflation developments in the euro area, economic governance review and the digital euro.

Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 March

Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
On Monday, ministers on employment and social policy will exchange views on the employment and social situation in the EU, focusing particularily on the labour market situation of refugees from Ukraine. The ministers will also exchange views on the European Semester 2023, focusing mainly on competitiveness and skills. The Council plans to adopt the joint employment report (JER), and to approve conclusions on the 2023 annual sustainable growth survey (ASGS) and JER. The ministers will also discuss the convention adopted by the International Labour Conference on the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work (ILO convention 190). On Tuesday, the ministers will hold a policy debate on a draft law on fees and charges payable to European Medicines Agency, and hold an exchange of views on the topic of the EU global health strategy presented by the Commission in November 2022. Shortages of medicines in the EU market will also be addressed.

Tuesday 14 March

Economic and Financial Affairs Council
The state of play as regards the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) is on the agenda, as well as the aim to adopt an implementing decision on Finland’s updated national plan. The Council will discuss the economic governance review and aim to conclude on this, and the ministers will also exchange views on the economic and financial impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, focusing on energy-related financial market aspects. The Presidency and the Commission will inform the Council of the main outcomes of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors held 24-25 of February. The Council will also aim to approve conclusions on the guidelines for the 2024 budget.

Thursday 16 March

Environment Council
Industrial emissions is one of the agenda highlights, and ministers will seek to approach on a proposal to revie the industrial emissions directive. The revision proposes further efforts to reduce pollution in line with the EGD’s aim to reach a zero-pollution, competitve, climate-neutral economy by 2050. Ministers will also exchange views on a proposal to set up an EU certification framework for carbon removals, covering carbon farming, carbon storage in products and permanent carbon storage. There will also be a debate on packaging and packaging waste, and a debate on a proposal to revise the urban wastewater treatment directive.

EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Council
The 12th Stabilisation and Association Council will review relations between the EU and Albania under the Stabilisation and Association Process. The focus will be on the accession strategy, including political and economic criteria and the EU acquis. They will also take stock of the bilateral relations under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

Friday 17 March

EU-Republic of North Macedonia Stabilisation and Association Council
The 16th Stabilisation and Association Council will address relations between the EU and North Macedonia under the Stabilisation and Association Process. The focus will be on accession strategy, political and economic criteria, and the EU acquis. They will also take stock of the bilateral relations under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 13 March

von der Leyen receives Co-Chairs of the Greens/EFA Group
President Ursula von der Leyen will receive Terry Reintke and Philippe Lamberts, Co-Chairs of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament.

Jourová meets with Russian independent journalists
Vice-President Vĕra Jourová will meet with Russian independent journalists, Jamie Fly, president and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Lenka Černá, CEO of Economia.

Kyriakides delivers a speech at the event: “Revision of the EU general pharmaceutical legislation – Addressing challenges, seizing opportunities” 
Commissioner Stella Kyriakides will deliver a speech at the event “Revision of the EU general pharmaceutical legislation – Addressing challenges, seizing opportunities”, which is co-organised by the European Health Forum Gastein and the Health Ministry of Austria.

Timmermans receives French Minister of Economy and Finances
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans will receive Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Economy and Finances.

Tuesday 14 March

College Meeting
The College of Commissioners will discuss the Net Zero industry act and the European critical raw materials act.

Dalli speaks at the S&D MEPs group meeting on the proposal combating violence against women and domestic violence
Commissioner Helena Dalli will speak at the S&D MEPs Group meeting on the proposal combating violence against women and domestic violence in Strasbourg, France.

Gabriel holds a meeting on multilingualism and digital language equality
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will hold a meeting with MEP Solé and the delegation on multilingualism and digital language equality.

Kyriakides meets with Minister of Health of Italy
Commissioner Stella Kyriakides will meet with Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health of Italy.

Wednesday 15 March

Gabriel participates in the “European collaborative cloud on cultural heritage”
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will participate via videoconference in the “European collaborative cloud on cultural heritage”.

Johansson meets with Government officials in Serbia
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will meet with Government officials in Belgrade, Serbia.

Gentiloni meets with the European Trade Union Confederation
Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will meet with representatives from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC.)

Thursday 16 March

College Meeting
The College of Commissioners will meet to discuss the revision of EU’s internal electricity market design and long-term competitiveness strategy.

Gabriel delivers a keynote Sppech at the “Business Lady Excellence 2023”
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will deliver a keynote speech via a pre-recorded video message at the “Business Lady Excellence 2023”.

Kyriakides meets with the Minister of Agriculture of Latvia
Commissioner Stella Kyriakaides will meet with Didzis Šmits, Minister of Agriculture of Latvia.

Gentiloni receives Director General of the World Trade Organization
Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will receive Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Lenarčič receives UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will receive Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Friday 17 March

Jourová meets with organizers of the European Citizens Initiative “Save cruelty free cosmetics”
Vice-President Vĕra Jourová will meet with organisers of the European Citizens Initiative “Save cruelty free cosmetics”.

Jourová receives representatives of civil society to discuss Defence of Democracy Package
Vice-President Věra Jourová will receive representatives of civil society to discuss the Defence of Democracy Package.

Dombrovskis participates in the conference titled “Baltic Nordic EU Conversations 2023”
Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will participate in the conference titled “Baltic Nordic EU Conversations 2023”.

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

Tuesday 14 February

Social Progress in the EU: Time for a European Social Progress Protocol?
A Social Progress Protocol giving priority to worker’s and social rights over economic freedoms was first proposed by the European Trade Union Confederation in 2008, but it was also endorsed in the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe calling for an inclusion of such a protocol in the Treaties. The European Parliament approved a resolution in June 2022 which called for the incorporation of social progress in Article 9 TFEU linked to a Social Progress Protocol.

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 14 March

From local to global: fostering women’s leadership in a changing world
On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2023, the European Committee of Regions is organising an event focusing on the experiences of women leaders in their countries, cities and regions, stressing their role as protagonists in shaping the future of their communities and highlighting the challenges in fostering gender partity in decision-making.

Thursday 16 March

Cohesion as a bridge to a united and fairer Europe  
The new #CohesionAlliance organises its first high-level event in 2023 which launches the reflection process on the future of Cohesion Policy. The event will discuss: the key challenges and future objectives of Cohesion Policy particularily with regard to the digital and green transition and demographic change; suggestions on what should be strengthened and which evolution path should be suggested in the future; the key role of Cohesion as a key objective for all EU policies; ideas on how this principle could be strengthened, monitored and put into practice.

Localizing the SDGs 2.0. – Voluntary Local Reviews and the EU Voluntary Review  
Co-organised by the European Committee of the Regions and the Ministry for Environment, Conservation and Transport of North Rhine Westphalia will shed light on how all levels of government can work together to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the presentation of the German project: “Communities in one world” of the Service Agency of Communities in one World, a project on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and first implemented in North Rhine Westphalia to help cities localize SDGs and make VLRs.

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.

Swedish Presidency

Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 March

Conference on preventing violent extremism and terrorism – challenges and responses
Experts and policy makers will discuss some of the current challenges of terrorism and violent extremism at local, national and global levels.

Tuesday 14 – Wednesday 15 March

Meeting of the Management Board of the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA)
The Management Board’s meeting for this semester will be held in Stockholm and is organised by the Government Offices of Sweden.

Thursday 16 March

Conference on interoperability
The conference will address current issues related to the implementation of the regulations on the interoperability of the EU information systems in the field of borders and visas, police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and migration.

EU-US Senior Official’s Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs
EU-US Senior Officials will have a meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Stockholm.

The agenda of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU can be found here.

European Ombudsman

Monday 13 March

Presentation of Annual Report 2021
The Ombudsman will present the 2021 Annual Report before the plenary of the European Parliament.

Tuesday 14 March

European Data Protection Supervisor reception
The Ombudsman will speak at a reception held by the European Data Protection Supervisor, to mark their opening of a new office in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

The EU Ombudsman calendar of activities can be found here.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Monday 13 March

FRA welcomes the Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies
FRA will welcome the former ambassador of Israel in the EU and Brussels and a delegation of students coming from the Simone Veil Research Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. The group will hear about FRA activities and its research on antisemitism.

Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 March

FRA meets Romanian project partner on protecting victims of crime
A first meeting with members of the High-level Working Group of protecting children as victims of crime organised by the Ministry of Justice will be held.

Wednesday 15 – Thursday 16 March

Eurostat working group on crime and criminal justice statistics holds annual meeting
FRA will brief the group on the agency’s recent actrivities and planned work related to victims of crime and criminal justice, in particular its second violence against women survey.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

European Data Protection Supervisor

Tuesday 14 March

Opening Reception – EDPS Office in Strasbourg
The European Data Protection Supervisor will organise a reception for the opening of its new office in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, with reception and opening speeches by the President of the LIBE Committee, the European Ombudsman, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Find more information on EDPS agenda here and events here. 

European Central Bank

Monday 13 March

Panetta participates in Eurogroup meeting
Member of the Executive Board Fabio Panetta will participate in Eurogroup meeting taking place in Brussels.

Wednesday 15 March

Template on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity
The ECB and Eurosystem templates on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity will be published.

Thursday 16 March

Governing Council of the ECB: monetary policy meeting
There will be a monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt with the Governing Council of the ECB.

Publication of the monetary policy decisions
The monetary policy decisions will be published.

Publication of the ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the euro area
The macroeconomic projections for the euro area will be published.

Friday 17 March

Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions
President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde will present the latest monetary policy decisions.

More information about ECB events can be found here. 

Council of Europe

Thursday 15 March

UniDem Med – Modernisation of the public administration in the southern Mediterranean – 8th coordination meeting
The 8th coordination meeting of the UniDem Med project (University for Democracy for the Southern Mediterranean) will take place in Lisbon just after the launch of the joint EU and Council of Europe programme “Protecting human rights, rule of law and democracy through shared standards in the Southern Mediterranean”.

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 Parliamentary Assembly

Monday 13 March

Event on the need for effective National Referral Mechanisms (NRMs) to combat trafficking in women and girls
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will organise an event on the need for effective National Referral Mechanisms (NRMs) to combat trafficking in women and girls as a side event to the sixty-seventh session on the Commission on the Status of Women.

Media Freedom as a Central Pillar of Comprehensive Security: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting
Organised by the OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia, OSCR Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the meeting will provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States. The main topic will be the principles of media freedom as a central pillar of comprehensive security.

More information can be found here.

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