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Weekly European Agenda | 13/09/2021
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13-19 September 2021
Monday 13 September
- EP: Plenary
- EC: Lenarčič joins the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
- EIB: Western Balkans Rail Summit 2021
- CoE: Online workshop
Tuesday 14 September
- EP: Plenary
- EC: College meeting
- EC: Wojciechowski holds a videoconference call with the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico
- EESC: Public Hearing on The new EU Forest Strategy
- CoR: Eurostat’s 2021 Regional Yearbook
- Presidency: High Level Conference on AI: From ambition to action
Wednesday 15 September
- EP: Plenary
- EC: State of the Union address
- EC: Gabriel holds a meeting with Finnish Minister of Science and Culture
- Ombudsman: European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) webinar for investigators and liaison colleagues
Thursday 16 September
- EMI: Talking Europe with Salla Saastamoinen, Acting Director General of DG JUST
- EP: Plenary
- EC: Borrell meets with the King of the Belgians
- EC: Wojciechowski attends the G20 agricultural ministers meeting
- EC: Reynders with the President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Ombudsman: Meeting with the Secretary General of the OECD
- FRA: Webminar on Involving civil society in the Future of Europe conference
Friday 17 September
- EESC: Environmental protection as a prerequisite for respect for fundamental rights
- Ombudsman: Global Public Affairs Forum 2021
- FRA: Experts focus on fundamental rights in security legislation
- CoE: Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
European Movement International
Thursday 16 September
Talking Europe with Salla Saastamoinen, Acting Director General of DG JUST
On Thursday, 16 September from 14:00-15:00 CEST, we will hold our eighth edition of Talking Europe organised in partnership with the European Commission, this time featuring Salla Saastamoinen, Acting Director General of DG JUST. This series of online events launched in 2020 aims to discuss the EU’s work and how it affects all Europeans. Our guest Salla Saastamoinen, Acting Director General of DG JUST, will discuss the recent work of DG for Justice and Consumers, including the state of the rule of law in the European Union, the promotion of gender equality and women’s rights, as well as the developments around the New Consumer Agenda.
More information about the event here.
More information about EMI events can be found here.
Institutional Agendas
European Parliament
Monday 13 September
Plenary session
Debates: Health and disease prevention; Serious cross-border threats to health; Fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers – New forms of employment linked to digital development; Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions; A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy.
Votes: Community plant variety rights: extension of the term for certain varieties; Extension of validity of safety certificates and licences of railway undertakings operating in the Channel tunnel; Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union; LGBTIQ rights in the EU.
Tuesday 14 September
Plenary session
Debate: Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report; Natural disasters in Europe: Natural disasters during the summer 2021, Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change; Situation in Afghanistan; Situation in Lebanon; Direction of EU-Russia political relations; A new EU-China strategy; EU Blue Card Directive; Instrument for pre-accession assistance; Brexit Adjustment Reserve.
Votes: Towards Future-proof Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) in Europe; Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions; A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy; Votes on amendments: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Serious cross-border threats to health.
Wednesday 15 September
Plenary session
Debates: Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information; The Pegasus spyware scandal; Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland; Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU.
Votes: Brexit Adjustment Reserve; EU Blue Card Directive; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Serious cross-border threats to health; A new EU-China strategy; Direction of EU-Russia political relations.
Thursday 16 September
Plenary session
Debates: United States sanctions and the rule of law.
Votes: Situation in Afghanistan; Situation in Lebanon; Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland; Strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
European Commission and High Representative
Monday 13 September
Lenarčič joins the High-level Ministerial Meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan
Commissioner Lenarčič participates virtually in High-level Ministerial Meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
Tuesday 14 September
College Meeting
This week the college will meet to discuss the New European Bauhaus Communication, the Policy programme on Europe’s Digital Decade, a Joint Communication on the Indo-Pacific as well as the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) package.
Wojciechowski holds a videoconference call with the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico
Mr Janusz Wojciechowski holds a videoconference call with Mr Víctor Manuel Villalobos Arámbula, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico.
Wednesday 15 September
State of the Union address
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her annual State of the European Union address to the European Parliament. She is set to outline the impact of the Commission’s work in the past year, particularly in tackling the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and to share her vision for responding to the challenges facing the EU.
Gabriel holds a meeting with Finnish Minister of Science and Culture
Ms Mariya Gabriel holds a meeting, via videoconference, with Mr Antti Kurvinen, Finnish Minister of Science and Culture.
Thursday 16 September
Borrell meets with the King of the Belgians
Commissioner Josep Borrell meets with His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians.
Wojciechowski attends the G20 agricultural ministers meeting
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski attends the G20 agricultural ministers meeting.
Reynders with the President of the European Court of Human Rights
Commissioner Didier Reynders meets with Mr. Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights.
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 September
Public Hearing on The new EU Forest Strategy
The section for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (NAT) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is organising an online public hearing to gather stakeholders’ and civil society’s views on the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030, which will feed into the preparation of the EESC opinion on this topic.
Friday 17 September
Environmental protection as a prerequisite for respect for fundamental rights
The Sustainable Development Observatory (SDO) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is organising an online public hearing to gather the views of environmental law specialists, international institutions and other stakeholders. The debate will feed into the preparation of the SDO information report on the topic of the Environmental protection as a prerequisite for respect for fundamental rights.
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 September
Eurostat’s 2021 Regional Yearbook
The Eurostat regional yearbook provides a statistical overview of the regions of the EU across a broad range of subjects. The event will host Márta Nagy-Rothengass, Bianka Fohgrub and Oliver Heiden from Eurostat to explore the highlights of this year’s Eurostat regional yearbook and how to make use of regional data for further analyses or policy application.
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.
Slovenian Presidency
Tuesday 14 September
High Level Conference on AI: From ambition to action
The conference will present the activities taking place in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in the light of international initiatives and EU activities.
The agenda of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU can be found here.
European Ombudsman
Wednesday 15 September
European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) webinar for investigators and liaison colleagues
ENO webinar on Institutional care, the use of EU funds and lessons from the pandemic.
Thursday 16 September
Meeting with the Secretary General of the OECD
The European Ombudsman will meet with the secretary general of the OECD, to discuss topics of mutual interest.
Friday 17 September
Global Public Affairs Forum 2021
The European Ombudsman will speak at this event.
The EU Ombudsman calendar of activities can be found here.
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Thursday 16 September
Webminar on Involving civil society in the Future of Europe conference
The webminar will explore how civil society organisations can be involved and contribute to the Conference on the Future of Europe. Speakers hail from the Conference Secretariat and the Civil Society Convention on the Future of Europe. They will share with participants how organisations can get involved in the discussions about the future of Europe, and feed into the conference’s outcomes.
Friday 17 September
Experts focus on fundamental rights in security legislation
The German Institute for Human Rights organises the meeting. FRA will refer to its impact assessment of the EU’s Counter-Terrorism Directive on fundamental rights.
Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.
European Investment Bank
Monday 13 September
Western Balkans Rail Summit 2021
The year 2021 is designated as the European Year of Rail, highlighting the benefits of rail as a sustainable, smart, and safe means of transport. As part of this special year, the European Investment Bank (EIB), Transport Community (TCT) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), decided to organise a first ever regional Western Balkans Rail Summit on 13 September 2021 in Belgrade.
The agenda of the EIB can be found here.
Council of Europe
Monday 13 September
Online workshop
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe and the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia (NALAG) will organise a workshop on preventing and combatting sexism at local level, in the framework of the Council of Europe’s project in Georgia. Speakers include Jelena Drenjanin, Congress Thematic Spokesperson on Gender Equality, and Andreas Kiefer, Secretary General of the Congress.
Friday 17 September
Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
The Monitoring Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities chaired by Gudrun Mosler-Törnström will meet to discuss monitoring reports and monitoring visits in preparation concerning local and regional democracy in Europe. Committee members will also share information on the third volume of the Handbook on human rights at local and regional levels and on the observation of local and regional elections, including the regional and municipal elections in Morocco held on 8 September.
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.
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