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Weekly European Agenda | 26/09/2022
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26 September – 02 October 2022
Monday 26 September
- EP: DROI, DEVE, ECON, ITRE, TRAN, SEDE, ENVI
- CoM: Agriculture and Fisheries Council
- EC: von der Leyen receives NATO Secretary-General
- EC: Timmermans delivers an opening speech at the Green Deal Summit
- EC: Simson delivers an opening speech at the European Sustainable Energy Week
- EESC: Conference on SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts, liberal professions: opportunities and challenges of the green transition
- EESC: Annual Conference on Fundamental rights and the Rule of Law
- Presidency: 8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement
- ECB: Speech by Mr Panetta at Deutsche Bundesbank’s symposium “Payments and Securities Settlement in Europe – today and tomorrow”
Tuesday 27 September
- EP: ENVI
- EC: Jourová speaks at the conference A European Perspective: The Future of News and Debate in the EU
- EC: Gabriel participates in the European Cultural Heritage Summit
- EC: Ferreira holds a Policy Dialogue on brain drain with European youth associations
- EESC: Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
- Presidency: 11th Direct Dialogue between EU Capitals Mayors and the European Commission
- ECB: McCaul speaks at the 17th Annual European Leveraged Finance Conference
- ECB: Lagarde gives a Karl-Otto Pöhl-Lecture
Wednesday 28 September
- EC: Timmermans launches the Biomethane Industrial Partnership
- EC: Urpilainen receives President of the EBRD to sign the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement
- EC: College meeting
- EC: Ferreira in Slovenia for the launch event of the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement
- CoR: 14th CIVEX commission meeting
Thursday 29 September
- EP: ECON, PECH, FEMM, ING2
- CoM: Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry)
- EC: Urpilainen receives human rights defenders
- EC: Gabriel participates in the European Research and Innovation Days
- EC: Simson receives the Directors of The Green 10, a coalition of the largest international environmental organisations and networks
- CoR: 15th COTER commission meeting
- Presidency: Conference of Directors of Judicial Academies of the European Judicial Training Network
- ECB: Tuominen speaks at 9th Conference on the Banking Union
- EIB: Pitching competition SIT 2022
- CoE: European Justice Ministers to discuss domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Dublin
Friday 30 September
- CoM: Extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council
- EC: Jourová speaks at the Athens Democracy Forum
- EC: Gabriel pays an official visit to Japan
- EC: Schmit meets with Estonia’s Prime Minister
- EESC: Fair minimum wages for all – 2022
- Presidency: Conference of Directors of Judicial Academies of the European Judicial Training Network
- CoE: European Justice Ministers to discuss domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Dublin
Saturday 01 October
Sunday 02 October
Institutional Agendas
European Parliament
Monday 26 September
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Amending Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2022; Exchange of views with Marcos A. Orellana, UN Special Rapporteur, on toxics and human rights; Public hearing on potecting indigenous peoples’ rights in Brazil.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Presentation of candidates for the Sakharov Prize 2022 jointly with AFET and DROI; Exchange of views on the situation in Ethiopia; Exchange of views with the European Commission on the humanitarian situation in Pakistan following the monsoon floods; Exchange of views on the situation in Ethiopia.
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Report on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations; Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Structured dialogue on taxation with Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Mr Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA); Amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings and Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency; Report back from the ITRE Mission to Lisbon (Portugal) from 23 to 25 May 2022.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Exchange of views with Mustafa Nayyem, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Infrastructure; Meeting of the Tourism Task Force: Exchange of views on advancing on-water recreation and tourism; Exchange of views with Kristian Schmidt, EU Coordinator for Road Safety (DG MOVE); Amending The New EU Urban Mobility Framework; Amending Directive 2010/40/EU on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport.
Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Jan JIREŠ, Deputy Minister of Defence for Defence Policy and Planning of the Czech Republic on Czech priorities in the area of the EU security and defence; Public hearing on Russia’s war on Ukraine – EU and Member States responses; Amending Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2022.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Exchange of views with the European Drought Observatory on the drought situation in Europe during last summer; Exchange of views with Mr Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA), on EU adaptation policies; Exchange of views with Mr Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management, on the strengthening of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; Exchange of views with the Commission on the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) aspects with respect to EU-UK relations.
Tuesday 27 September
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Workshop Health Working Group on antimicrobial resistance. The workshop will present the current situation in Europe and worldwide regarding the accessibility and availability of antimicrobial products and the needs for new ones. It will then focus on the challenges and the available policy options to improve the discovery, development and availability of antimicrobial pharmaceutical products.
Thursday 29 September
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Exchange of views on the digital euro with Fabio Panetta, ECB Board Member.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Debates: Exchange of views with Commission representatives on EU-UK: Implementation of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement and General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – update; Exchange of views with Commission representatives an reporting back on Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) Annual meeting, 1-5 August 2022; Presentation by the Commission of Delegated acts PECH/9/00519; Amending Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013, as regards restrictions to the access to Union waters.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Exchange of views with Céline Gauer, Director-General, Head of the Recovery and Resilience Task Force, European Commission and Helena Morais Maceira, gender mainstreaming expert, EIGE on the commitment of the Commission under the MFF and the RRF and gender budgeting methodologies; Amending proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties; Presentation by Cecilia Navarra and Meenakshi Fernandes, Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS) of European added value assessment (EAVA) in Action briefing : ” What if care work were recognised as a driver of sustainable growth?”.
Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (ING2)
Debates: Hearing on “Russian disinformation and propaganda regarding Ukraine in the light of its war of aggression and its impact on democratic processes in the European Union”; Exchange of views with Audrey Tang, Minister of Digital Affairs of Taiwan.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
Council of Ministers
Monday 26 September
Agriculture and Fisheries Council
EU agriculture ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss the situation of agricultural production and logistics in Ukraine, as well as the implementation of transport routes to the EU. For this discussion, ministers will be joined by Ukrainian Minister for Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky. Ministers will exchange views on fishing opportunities for 2023, including on fish stocks shared with the United Kingdom. They will also debate EU-Norway and coastal states annual consultations for the coming year. Over lunch, ministers will discuss current food labelling rules in the Union, and the need for potential improvement. They will also discuss the current situation of eel stocks and the future of those depending on it; the permanent keeping of pastures related to GAEC 1; the use of temporary state aid measures in light of the Russian war against Ukraine.
Thursday 29 September
Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry)
Ministers will kick off with a policy debate on the upcoming proposal for a single market emergency instrument (SMEI), which the European Commission presented on 19 September 2022. They will also have a policy debate on the proposal for ecodesign for sustainable products regulation (ESPR), which was presented by the European Commission in March 2022. The ESPR aims to make almost all physical goods on the EU market (except food, feed and medicines) more environment-friendly, circular, and energy-efficient. Then, under AOB, the German delegation will inform ministers on a proposal for a ‘European Alliance for Transformation Technologies’ and the French and German delegations will present a joint non-paper on securing critical raw material supply. Over lunch, ministers will discuss the resilience of the single market in the context of the war in Ukraine.
Friday 30 September
Extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council
EU energy ministers will aim to reach a political agreement on a proposal for a Council regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices. The proposal aims to ease the pressure of high energy prices on citizens and the economy. It includes measures to shrink electricity demand in order to reduce electricity prices for consumers, and measures to redistribute the energy sector’s surplus revenues to final customers. The measures proposed are exceptional and temporary in nature.
An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.
European Commission and High Representative
Monday 26 September
von der Leyen receives NATO Secretary-General
President Ursula von der Leyen will receive Mr Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General.
Timmermans delivers an opening speech at the Green Deal Summit
Executive Vice-President Frans Frans Timmermans will be in Prague, to deliver an opening speech at the Green Deal Summit.
Simson delivers an opening speech at the European Sustainable Energy Week
Commissioner Kadri Simson will deliver an opening speech at the European Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels.
Tuesday 27 September
Jourová speaks at the conference A European Perspective: The Future of News and Debate in the EU
Commissioner Vĕra Jourová will speak at the conference A European Perspective: The Future of News and Debate in the EU.
Gabriel participates in the European Cultural Heritage Summit
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel in Prague, Czechia, will participate in the European Cultural Heritage Summit – European Heritage Policy Agora.
Ferreira holds a Policy Dialogue on brain drain with European youth associations
Commissioner Elisa Ferreira will hold a Policy Dialogue ‘Addressing brain drain: retaining and attracting talents in EU regions’ in the European Year of Youth with representatives from European youth associations.
Wednesday 28 September
College meeting
The College of Commissioners will convene to present the Recommendation on minimum income as part of the Social pillar implementation.
Timmermans launches the Biomethane Industrial Partnership
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans will launch the Biomethane Industrial Partnership.
Urpilainen receives President of the EBRD to sign the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement
Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen will receive Ms Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the EBRD to sign the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement (FFPA) between the European Commission and the EBRD.
Ferreira in Slovenia for the launch event of the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement
Commissioner Elisa Ferreira will be in Ljubliana and Maribor, Slovenia until September 29th. She will meet with Prime Minister Dr Robert Golob and Minister for Development and European Cohesion Policy Dr Aleksander Jevsek, for the launch event of the 2021-2027 Partnership Agreement, and visit several projects funded by Cohesion Policy.
Thursday 27 September
Urpilainen receives human rights defenders
Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen will receive human rights defenders who are beneficiaries of the EU Human Rights Defenders Mechanism.
Gabriel participates in the European Research and Innovation Days
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will participate in the European Research and Innovation Days, in Brussels.
Simson receives the Directors of The Green 10, a coalition of the largest international environmental organisations and networks
Commissioner Kadri Simson will receive the Directors of The Green 10, a coalition of the largest international environmental organisations and networks.
Friday 30 September
Jourová speaks at the Athens Democracy Forum
Commissioner Vĕra Jourová will speak at the Athens Democracy Forum in Athens.
Gabriel pays an official visit to Japan
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will pay an official visit in Tokyo, Japan.
Schmit meets with Estonia’s Prime Minister
Commissioner Nicolas Schmit will meet with Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Tallin.
Saturday 01 October
Borrell in delivers a keynote speech at the Foro Atlántico La Toja
High Representative Josef Borrell will deliver a keynote speech at the Foro Atlántico La Toja.
Sunday 02 October
Urpilainen participates in the Helsinki Security Forum
Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen will participate in the Helsinki Security Forum, take part in the session titled ‘Northern European security redone, session on 21st Century European Security in Global Competition’.
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 26 September
Conference on SMEs, social economy enterprises, crafts, liberal professions: opportunities and challenges of the green transition
This joint high-level event will focus on topical questions such as the challenges faced by Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to successfully adjust to the climate neutral and digitalised world. It will also analyse the possible avenues to help MSMEs to be well informed and prepared to grasp the opportunities of the transition to climate neutrality, coupling it with the possibilities offered by the digitalisation and hedging the current geopolitical risks.
Annual Conference on Fundamental rights and the Rule of Law
The EESC FRRL Group’s annual conference will provide a platform for debate of the European Commission’s third Report on the Rule of Law (July 2022), which for the first time entails country specific recommendations. It will gather EESC Members, civil society representatives (including social partners), EU institutions and other stakeholders to discuss the main developments in the EU in the area of fundamental rights and the rule of law over the past year. On the occasion of the conference, the FRRL Group will issue its second synthesis report covering the visits carried out in 2020-2021. Secretary General of the European Movement International Petros Fassoulas will participate in the ‘Roundtable 1: EU response after the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE): the role of civil society in upholding and promoting the Rule of Law in the EU’ from 01.30 p.m. – 03.00 p.m.
Tuesday 27 September
Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education
The EESC will host a public hearing in the context of its own-initiative opinion: Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education. The event aims to explore innovative ideas to foster opportunities and overcome challenges for the implementation of a transformative education for sustainable development.
Friday 30 September
Fair minimum wages for all – 2022
The Workers’ Group is organising an extraordinary meeting focusing on the need for fair minimum wages and strong collective bargaining to guarantee decent living conditions for all.
More information about EESC events can be found here.
The agendas of the different EESC meetings can be found here.
Committee of the Regions
Wednesday 28 September
14th CIVEX commission meeting
The 14th Commission for citizenship, governance, institutional and external Affairs (CIVEX) meeting will take place from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 14:30 to 16:30 ECT. Legal migration and attracting skills and talent to the EU will be discussed, as well as the role of EU cities and regions in rebuilding Ukraine. Secretary General of the European Movement International Petros Fassoulas will deliver a statement during the thematic debate on the follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe. This meeting will be fully on-site. The public can follow the meeting at the listening room JDE53 or through the following webstreaming link: Committee of the Regions – 14th CIVEX Commission meeting (smv.cloud).
Thursday 29 September
15th COTER commission meeting
The 15th COTER commission meeting will take place from 11:00 to 18:00 ECT at the CoR premises (room JDE52). Members will be invited to vote on COTER external activities for 2023. The COTER Commission will also be voting the Opinion on “Enhancing cohesion policy support for regions with geographic and demographic handicaps” by rapporteur Ms Marie-Antoinette MAUPERTUIS (FR/EA). A general exploratory debate will take place on the opinion on ” Just and Sustainable Transition in the context of the coal and energy intensive regions” , by rapporteur-general Ms Sari RAUTIO (FI/EPP), and an exchange of views will be held on the opinion on ” Communication on putting people first, securing sustainable and inclusive growth, unlocking the potential of the EU’s outermost regions” , by rapporteur Mr Pedro CHAVES DE FARIA E CASTRO (PT/EPP). COTER Members will also have the possibility to participate in a debate on the Impact of the Russian war in Ukraine on accessible and affordable housing in the EU in the context of the EU internal market.
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 26 September
8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement
Czech Republic, in its role of the Presidency to the Council of the EU, will coordinate the position of the EU and its Member States and will negotiate on their behalf.
Tuesday 27 September
11th Direct Dialogue between EU Capitals Mayors and the European Commission
Mayors of EU capitals will meet to discuss current topics relevant to the whole EU such as affordable housing or green urban restoration. Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of
the European Commission, will join as the voice of the EU.
Thursday 29 September – Friday 30 September
Conference of Directors of Judicial Academies of the European Judicial Training Network
The European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) is the principal platform and promoter for the training and exchange of knowledge of the European judiciary. EJTN represents the interests of over 120,000 European judges, prosecutors, court staff and judicial trainers across Europe. The conference will focus on key issues important to the development of judicial training in Europe.
The agenda of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU can be found here.
European Central Bank
Monday 26 September
Speech by Mr Panetta at Deutsche Bundesbank’s symposium “Payments and Securities Settlement in Europe – today and tomorrow”
Mr Panetta will deliver a speech at Deutsche Bundesbank’s symposium “Payments and Securities Settlement in Europe – today and tomorrow” in Frankfurt.
Tuesday 20 September
McCaul speaks at the 17th Annual European Leveraged Finance Conference
Board member Elizabeth McCaul will give the keynote speech at the 17th Annual European Leveraged Finance Conference.
Lagarde gives a Karl-Otto Pöhl-Lecture
ECB President Christine Lagarde will give a Karl-Otto Pöhl-Lecture organised by Frankfurter Gesellschaft für Handel, Industrie und Wissenschaft in Frankfurt.
Thursday 22 September
Tuominen speaks at 9th Conference on the Banking Union
Board member Anneli Tuominen will speak at 9th Conference on the Banking Union jointly organised by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer with the Institute for Law and Finance (ILF) of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, the European Banking Institute and the Center for Financial Studies (CFS) in Frankfurt.
More information about ECB events can be found here.
European Investment Bank
Thursday 29 September
Pitching competition SIT 2022
The EIB Institute, with the support of Erste Group and Erste Stiftung, is organising the grand finale of the Social Innovation Tournament 2022 in Vienna (Austria) on 29 September 2022.
The agenda of the EIB can be found here.
Council of Europe
Thursday 28 September – Friday 29 September
European Justice Ministers to discuss domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Dublin
Ministers of Justice from across the 46-nation Council of Europe will gather for a conference entitled “No safe haven: Integrated prevention measures to end domestic, sexual and gender-based violence”, part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.
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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