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Weekly European Agenda | 26/10/2020

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26 October – 01 November 2020

Monday 26 October

Tuesday 27 October

Wednesday 28 October

Thursday 29 October

Friday 30 October

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 26 October

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: Foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak
Debates: Exchange of views on EU’s mediation activities, its capacities and way forward; Exchange of views with EEAS Secretary General Helga Schmid with a focus on Iran; Exchange of views with José Antonio Sabadell, newly appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Libya; Election of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Vice-Chairs.

Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Sophie Zhang, data scientist; Exchange of views with Camille François, Chief Innovation Officer, Graphika; Exchange of views with Michael Bossetta, Social Media expert and researcher, Lund University; Exchange of views with Elliot Higgins, Founder and Executive Director, Bellingcat; Election of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Vice-Chairs.

Committee on International Trade (INTA) 
Votes: Agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation on, and protection of, geographical indications; Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability; Sustainable corporate governance; Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine.
Debates: Towards a WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism; Exchange of views with the Commission on the G20 developments on trade and investment.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Addressing product safety in the Single Market; Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers; New Circular Economy Action Plan.
Debates: Presentation of EPRS study on the implementation of the EU defence package; Implementation of the Directive concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of the Directive concerning the transfer of defence-related products; Strengthening the Single Market: the future of free movement of services; Impacts of EU rules on the free movements of workers and services: intra-EU labour mobility as a tool to match labour market needs and skills.

Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA)
Debates: Exchange of views with Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: Old continent growing older – possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020.
Debates: Public Hearing on “Fruits, vegetables and wine market situation – the impact of the EU measures to face the COVID-19 pandemic”.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Debates: The impact on fisheries of marine litter; Amending the Regulation laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033; Achieving an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage; Establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism; A strong social Europe for Just Transitions; Quality traineeships in the EU; Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and careers.
Debates: Shaping digital education policy.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms; The impact of Covid-19 measures on democracy, fundamental rights and rule of law; Debates: The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States; LIBE/FEMM Hearing on Trafficking in Human Beings.

Tuesday 27 October

Committee on International Trade (INTA) 
Votes: Agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation on, and protection of, geographical indications; Agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation on, and protection of, geographical indications; Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability; Sustainable corporate governance; Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Ukraine.
Debates: State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; Monitoring Groups Activities; Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Critical Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability; Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Armenia and Vietnam; The Union’s Trade Dispute Settlement; Presentation and exchange of views with the Commission on the Access2Markets portal; Exchange of views on the economic impact of COVID-19 on women in international trade.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Exchange of views with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age – as part of the structured dialogue; Loot boxes in online games and their effect on consumers, in particular young consumers.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Hearing: Rebuilding fish stocks in the Mediterranean
Debates: Impact of the use of offshore wind and other marine renewables on European fisheries; Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and non-cooperating countries.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Exchange of views with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel; Exchange of views on the Hungarian University of Theatre and Film Arts; Gender Equality Week: exchange of views.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: Old continent growing older – possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020.
Debates: Presentation by a Commission representative (DG SANTE) on the state of play of African swine fever; Exchange of views with a Commission representative (DG AGRI) on trade-related agricultural issues.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms; The impact of Covid-19 measures on democracy, fundamental rights and rule of law.
Debates: Impact of COVID-19 on law enforcement training needs; Liability of companies for environmental damage; The effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter; State-of-play on the negotiation and implementation of EU readmission agreements and arrangements; Presentation of the European Drug Report 2020: Trends and Developments; Current situation in the Kara Tepe camp and future challenges for asylum/migration management in the Greek islands.

Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)
Debates: Public hearing – “Beating Breast Cancer: Challenges and opportunities”; Exchange of views with Ms Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA)
Debates: Exchange of views with Margrethe Vestager, European Commission Executive Vice-President; Exchange of views with Andrew W. Wyckoff, OECD Director for Science, Technology and Innovation.

Wednesday 28 October

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: 2020 Budget: Section III – Commission; 2020 Budget: Other Sections; Building policy; General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections.
Debates: MFF, Own resources and Recovery plan: state-of-play of negotiations; Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and to provide for the payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency; Draft amending budget n°10 to the general budget 2020 Increase of payment appropriations in line with updated forecasts of expenditure and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue; General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: Stocktaking of European elections; Monitoring the application of European Union law 2017, 2018 and 2019; Stocktaking of European elections; Monitoring the application of European Union law 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Debates: Citizens’ dialogues and Citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making; Assessment of the implementation of Article 50 TEU.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views on the new documentary film NASRIN (Nasrin Sotoudeh Sakharov Prize 2012) with the participation of film director Jeff Kaufman and Reza Khandan (husband); European Gender Equality Week: Exchange of views with prominent women in human rights; Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2019 and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2019; The effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter; Exchange of views on women’s rights and sexual and reproductive rights; Exchange of views with Minister of External Relations and Human Mobility of Ecuador, chair of the Open-ended UN intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.

Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Debates: Exchange of views on the state of play as regards the ongoing reform of the international tax system.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Votes: Opinion on the Turkey – Annual progress report 2019; Short Motion for a Resolution on the Schengen system and measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis; Short Motion for a Resolution on tackling homelessness rates in the European Union.
Debates: Opinion on Implementation of Council Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment; Petition 0740/2019 on the use of English aviation language in the EU aviation maintenance environment; Petition 0971/2013 on the quality of drinking water at the Oiola reservoir in the Basque Country; Petition 2184/2014 on the need of an EU intervention concerning the severe contamination of the river Gallego with lindane in Aragon (Spain); Petition 0694/2017 on lindane; Petition 0222/2018 on lindane contamination in O Porriño, Spain; Petition 0582/2020 on a plan to eliminate contamination by lindane in Spain and throughout the EU.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: The OLAF Annual Report 2019; The OLAF Supervisory Committee Annual Activity Report 2019; OLAF Supervisory Committee Opinion 1/2020: OLAF’s dismissed cases concerning Members of the EU Institutions; 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; Annual Report 2019 on the protection of the EU’s financial interests; Workshop on “Open spaces at EU institutions versus traditional work spaces: justification, evolution, evaluation and results”Follow-up to the Slovak Agriculture Paying Agency Scandal.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism; Technical and operational measures for more efficient and cleaner maritime transport; Agreement between the European Union and Japan on civil aviation safety; Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility; European Year of Rail (2021).

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: A strong social Europe for Just Transitions; The gender perspective in the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis period; The EU Strategy for Gender Equality; The gender dimension in Cohesion Policy; Closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy.
Debates: Women and digitalisation.

Thursday 29 October

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Gender Equality Week: CONT Gender Mainstreaming Action Plan.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Rail passengers’ rights and obligations (recast);
Debates: Scrutiny: Delegated act on Slot waiver extension, Exchange of views with the Commission; Revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines; New Circular Economy Action Plan; European Gender Equality Week 2020: Women in Transport, Exchange of views with Ms Elisabeth Kotthaus, DG Move; Exchange of views with the Executive Director of EASA, Patrick Ky.

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: A strong social Europe for Just Transitions
Debates: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE); Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2019; Petition 0858/2017 on the impact of full immersion in Catalan at school for families moving to the region; Petition 1432/2016 on the ‘Passante di Bologna’ project.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

European Council

Thursday 29 October

European Council informal video conference
EU heads of state and government will convene in an informal video conference to discuss the need to strengthen the collective effort to fight the pandemic.

The meeting page can be found here.

Council of Ministers

Thursday 29 October

Informal meeting of transport ministers
Transport ministers will discuss how digital transformation and artificial intelligence will influence and change the mobility of society and industry.

Friday 30 October

Video conference of health ministers

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 26 October

Gabriel speaks at EU Heath Summit
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel on Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth gives a keynote speech at the EU Health Summit.

Jourová holds a video meeting with Minister of Justice of Slovakia
Commissioner Vĕra Jourová holds a video meeting with Ms Mária Kolíková, Minister of Justice of Slovakia.

Tuesday 27 October

Vice-President Šuica speaks with Dutch minister of Interior and Kingdom Relations
Vice-President Dubravka Šuica holds a meeting with Ms Kajsa Ollongren, Deputy Prime Minister of Netherlands and Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Reynders holds a video conference call with Minister of Justice of North Macedonia
Commissioner Didier Reynders holds a video conference call with Mr. Bojan Maricik, Minister of Justice of North Macedonia.

Wednesday 28 October

College meeting
The Commission aims to adopt the proposal on Customs Single Window. Moreover, on the agenda are also the presentation of the fair minimum wages for workers in the EU and the Communication on additional COVID-19 responses measures.

Vice-President Schinas receives Secretary of State for EU-Vatican relations
Vice-President Schinas receives Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State for EU-Vatican relations.

Thursday 29 October

Dalli participates at the EIGE Gender Equality Index 2020 conference
Commissioner Helena Dalli participates at the EIGE Gender Equality Index 2020 conference.

A full list with meetings of Commissioners can be found here; the Commissioners’ weekly activities can be found here; the agenda of the College Meetings can be found here; Commission events can be found here.

European Economic and Social Committee

Tuesday 27 October – Thursday 29 October

Plenary session 
On the agenda of the plenary sessions are several debates and votes on, among other things, the recovery of the future of Europe, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, and the Amendment to the Benchmark Regulation.

Tuesday 27 October

Employer’s Group meeting
Election and vote of several positions within Employer’s Group meeting.

Diversity Group meeting
Election and vote of several positions within Diversity Group meeting.

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

German Presidency

Tuesday 27 October

Concert on the occasion of the German-Portuguese-Slovenian trio-presidency
The German embassy in Lisbon presents a concert of pieces by Beethoven interpreted by Julius Berger (violoncello) and Margarita Höhenrieder. The Portuguese president, H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will be the guest of honor and open the event together with the German Ambassador to Portugal, Dr. Martin Ney. More information on the event can be found here.

Wednesday 28 October – Friday 30 October

Conference on Demographic changes in Western Balkans
Demographic change and above all rising emigration rates have become a growing problem in the Western Balkan countries over the last few years. Germany is one of the main destination countries for skilled and non-skilled workers. Like the destination country governments, we have an interest in ensuring that these processes are sustainable and do not come to jeopardise stability. More information can be found here.

The agenda of the German Presidency can be found here.

European Ombudsman

Monday 26 October

25 years of European Ombudsman
More on this event can be found here.

The EU Ombudsman calendar of activities can be found here.

Council of Europe

Wednesday 28 October – Friday 30 October

CRPM General Assembly
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions in Greece.

Thursday 29 October

Meeting Sustainable Territorial Development of ARLEM
Meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Territorial Development of ARLEM in Brussels.

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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