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Weekly European Agenda

Weekly European Agenda 29/08/2022

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29 August – 4 September 2022

Monday 29 August

Tuesday 30 August

Wednesday 31 August

Thursday 1 September

Friday 2 September

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Tuesday 30 August

Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (COVI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Sandra Gallina, Director-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission; Exchange of views with Aki Lindén, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services, Finland; Exchange of views with Professor Alexandru Rafila, Minister of Health, Romania; Exchange of views with Professor Frank Vandenbroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Belgium.

Committee on Development (DEVE)
Votes: Election of 3rd Vice Chair; General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debates: Exchange of views with the European Commission about the hunger crisis in East Africa and the Sahel region; consideration of draft opinion on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC; exchange of views with UNDP on Ocean Promise initiatives on the Development Committee delegation to the United Nations Ocean Conference, Lisbon, 28-30 June 2022; Conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union; Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges; General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections – ; Implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections (2022/0212(BUD)) – adoption of draft opinion and adoption of budgetary amendments.

Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA)
Debates: Hearing on ‘Spyware used against citizens’; Hearing on ‘Spyware – Victims and Remedies’.

Wednesday 31 August

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2022 entering the surplus of the financial year 2021 (BUD); Interim report on the 2021 proposal for a revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (APP); European Union Drugs Agency.
Debates: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections (BUD); Draft amending budget no 4 to the general budget 2022 update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments (BUD); Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union; Presentation by the Commission of the short-term EU instrument to reinforce defence industrial capabilities through joint procurement; Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act); Short-term EU instrument to reinforce defence industrial capabilities through joint procurement; BUDG mission to Lisbon and Braga (Portugal), 18-20 July 2022.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Exchange of views with Commission about the trade aspects of the REPowerEU package; Latest developments in EU dual use control; 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; European Court of Auditors special report 7/2022 ‘SMEs internationalisation instruments: A large number of support actions but not fully coherent or coordinated’; INTA Committee delegation visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18-20 July 2022; Joint Communication ‘A strategic partnership with the Gulf’; The Eighth Global Review of Aid for Trade; European Court of Auditors special report 7/2022 ‘SMEs internationalisation instruments: A large number of support actions but not fully coherent or coordinated’.
Votes: Conclusion of the amendments to the International Sugar Agreement, 1992; Annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with Georgia.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Exchange of views with Aidan O’Hara, newly appointed Head of EU Delegation to Sudan (in compliance with the Declaration on Political Accountability of the HR/VP); Exchange of views with Brian GLYNN, Managing Director Americas, European External Action Service (EEAS) on the EU-Brazil relations and the upcoming Brazilian general election; Laying down specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes supported by the European Neighbourhood Instrument and under the European territorial cooperation goal, following programme implementation disruption (2022/0227(COD)); 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; Implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations; Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the general principles for its participation in Union programmes; Exchange of views with Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); Debriefing on the AFET mission to Southern Caucasus; AFET-INGE hearing on the Chinese and Russian influence in various regions of the world.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debates: Presentation by a Commission representative (DG SANTE) of the impact assessment on the sustainable use of plant protection products; Presentation by a Commission representative (DG AGRI) on the results and perspectives of the EU agriculture harvest 2022; 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; Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 as regards REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Directive 2003/87/EC and Decision (EU) 2015/1814; Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties; Presentation of the study on “Farm certification schemes for sustainable agriculture – state of play and overview in EU and key global producing countries – concepts & methods”.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debates: Temporary relief from the slot utilisation rules, Presentation by the Commission; Feedback on TRAN mission to Calais and Dunkerque, 18-20 July 2022.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debates: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections; Amending Directive 2009/138/EC as regards proportionality, quality of supervision, reporting, long-term guarantee measures, macro-prudential tools, sustainability risks, group and cross-border supervision; Establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and amending Directives 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2009/138/EC, (EU) 2017/1132 and Regulations (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012; Amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds; Exchange of views with the Chairs of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the IFRS Foundation Trustees and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB); Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor; Amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks, and amending Directive 2014/59/EU.

Thursday 1 September

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Coordinators’ meeting.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Vote: The Control of European funds in Lebanon (2021/2198(INI)); General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debate: Exchange of views with Sandra Kramer, newly appointed Head of EU Delegation
to South Africa

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Hearing on EU-Indo Pacific trade relations; Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Agenda to come.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Transparency and targeting of political advertising; General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections; Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenge; Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties.

Committee on Regional Development (REGIO)
Debates: Exchange of views on natural disasters, heat waves, and fires over the summer; Amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 as regards additional flexibility to address the consequences of the military aggression of the Russian Federation FAST (Flexible Assistance for Territories) – CARE; Mission of a delegation of REGI Committee to Košice, Slovakia, 13-15 July 202.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections.
Debates: Exchange of views with the Commission: Commission communication: Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2023 – COM(2022)253; Joint Communication: Setting the course for a sustainable blue planet – Joint Communication on the EU’s International Ocean Governance agenda – JOIN(2022)28; Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement EU-Senegal: Update; Consequences of UK wastewater discharges in the Channel and North Sea; Mission of the Committee on Fisheries to North of Portugal.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debates: Hearing on “The conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe”; Transparency and targeting of political advertising; Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework: a resilient EU
budget fit for new challenges.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 29 August – Tuesday 30 August

Informal meeting of defence ministers
The key theme of the meeting is the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its impact on the security of EU Member States. The consequences of this unprecedented act of aggression will be discussed during the first part of the meeting which will EU Defence Ministers as well as senior officials of the UN, NATO and the European Parliament. The Defence Ministers will also discuss the influence of Russian activity in Africa, with specific focus on the EU engagements in the region. The following session will entertain the EU Defence Investment Gap Analysis. The discussion will be based on a document presented to the Ministers in Brussels in mid-May, which describes current issues as well as ways ahead. The last Prague session will go back to the topic which has been influencing not only Europe in the past six months: the war in Ukraine. The topic of the discussion will be the EU’s support to Ukraine. Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov will attend the meeting as well.

Tuesday 30 August – Wednesday 31 August

Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers
This year’s meeting will take place at the Congress Centre in Prague and one theme that will run through the entire Prague meeting is the Russian aggression in Ukraine and its implications for the security of EU Member States. As part of the discussion of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, the ministers will discuss the global consequences of the Russian invasion, as well as further sanctions against Russia. The ministers will also discuss the European outlook for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia (the so-called Associated Trio) and the future of the Eastern Partnership. The ministers will also discuss relations between the EU and Africa, where the EU is providing immediate and long-term assistance in response to the Russian aggression. The discussions will cover the future of the EUTM Mali mission and other EU involvement in the region, as well as issues related to countering Russian disinformation and strengthening contacts with countries in Africa. On the sidelines of the meeting, an informal lunch will be held with the Moldovan, Georgian and Ukrainian ministers.

Thursday 1 September – Friday 2 September

Informal meeting of ministers responsible for cohesion policy
Agenda to come.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 29 August

von der Leyen delivers a keynote address at the Bled Strategic Forum
President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver a keynote address at the Bled Strategic Forum in Slovenia.

von der Leyen meets the Vice-Chancellor of Germany
President Ursula von der Leyen will meet Dr Robert Habeck, Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany.

Tuesday 30 August

Gabriel holds a meeting with the European Youth Forum President
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will hold a meeting, via videoconference, with the European Youth Forum President’s Silja Markkula.

von der Leyen participates in the Baltic Sea Summit
President Ursula von der Leyen will participate in the Baltic Sea Summit, hosted by Ms Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark.

Wednesday 31 August

Schinas meets with Polish officials and association in Gdansk
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas will meet with the mayor of Gdansk, Mrs Aleksandra Dulkiewicz; Mr Lech Wałęsa, Former President of Poland; “YES! Local Governments for Poland” association.

Gabriel holds a meeting with the State Secretary for Culture and Media of the Netherlands
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will hold a meeting, via videoconference, with the Ms Gunay Uslu, State Secretary for Culture and Media of the Netherlands.

Thursday 1 September

Lenarčič attends the inauguration of the MEDEVAC Hub in Poland
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will attend the inauguration of the MEDEVAC Hub in Rzeszów, Poland.

Friday 2 September

Gentiloni participates in the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy
Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni will participate in the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Italy.

Gabriel inaugurates the European Fair and the new Parc des Expositions of Strasbourg
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will inaugurate the European Fair and the new Parc des Expositions of Strasbourg.

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

Wednesday 31 August

Maritime industrial strategy
The EESC´s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI) is organising a hearing (web streamed) on the maritime industrial strategy, with the participation of the European Commission and civil society stakeholders.

Thursday 1 September

Ensuring strong European solidarity for rare disease patients
In order to prepare its own initiative opinion on “Ensuring strong European solidarity for rare disease patients”, the EESC is organising a public hearing on 1st September 2022. The aim of the event is to gather input from policy makers, civil society organisations and social partners, which will feed into the EESC’s opinion.

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

Czech Presidency

Wednesday 31 August – Friday 2 September

Forum for Ukraine
The 26th annual Forum 2000 Conference, titled “Democracy’s Clear and Present Danger: How Do We Respond?”, will be held in Prague on August 31- September 2, 2022. At a time when the people of Ukraine are bravely defending their country against Vladimir Putin’s aggression, the conference will feature a special “Forum for Ukraine” where participants will address the post-war future of Ukraine at the heart of the European and global democratic community. The conference sessions will also discuss the global resurgence of authoritarianism, search for ways how democratic alliances can be constructed, as well as look for new ideas on how to make democracy more resilient in the current challenging environment.

The agenda of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU be found here.

European Central Bank

Monday 29 August

Lane participates to the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA)
Board member Philip Lane will participate to a policy panel at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Central Bank Research Association (CEBRA).

More information about ECB events can be found here. 

Council of Europe

Thursday 1 September

Berge participates in the conference “Lighting the Shade: Effective Application of ECHR in Contested European Territories”
Deputy Secretary General Bjørn Berge will participate in the conference entitled “Lighting the Shade: Effective Application of ECHR in Contested European Territories”.

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

Tuesday 30 August – Wednesday 31 August

Addressing Hate Crime against Indigenous Peoples: Expert Meeting on the Situation in the OSCE Region
This in-person event aims to strengthen understanding of hate crimes against indigenous peoples towards developing guidance and resources to address such intolerance. Indigenous activists and civil society representatives from across the OSCE region will have the opportunity to share and explore their key concerns, trends and developments related to hate crimes targeting indigenous groups. Through in-depth discussions, participants will pinpoint key challenges in addressing crimes motivated by intolerance against indigenous peoples, and share these with ODIHR.

The agenda of the OSCE can be found here.

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