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Weekly European Agenda

Weekly European Agenda | 30/08/2021

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30 August – 5 September 2021

Monday 30 August

Tuesday 31 August

Wednesday 1 September

Thursday 2 September

Friday 3 September

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Tuesday 31 August

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Various sections of the 2021 Budget; Draft amending budget no 1 to the general budget 2021 Brexit Adjustment Reserve; Building policy;
Debates: The future of the Own Resources Roadmap and the role of the EU budget in the Fit for 55 package; Draft amending budget no 4 to the general budget 2021 Update of revenue following the entry into force on 1 June 2021 of Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union, the revised forecast of own resources and other revenue; Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – General Introduction – Total expenditure – General statement of revenue – Statement of revenue and expenditure by section.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: Strengthening Democracy and Media Freedom and Pluralism in the EU: the undue use of actions under civil and criminal law to silence journalists, NGOs and civil society; An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience;
Debates: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022; EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward.

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – General Introduction – Total expenditure – General statement of revenue – Statement of revenue and expenditure by section;
Debates: Experts’ Forum of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).

Wednesday 1 September

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: EU-Taiwan relations and cooperation; The EU Gender Action Plan III; general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022;
Debates: Cooperation on fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans; Exchange of views with the EEAS and the European Commission on the situation in Lebanon; Exchange of views with Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner General; Exchange of views with the EEAS and the European Commission on the situation in Mozambique (jointly with DEVE Committee); Exchange of views with the EEAS and the European Commission on the situation in Tunisia; Exchange of views on the situation at the EU’s external border with Belarus and the exploitation of the ongoing humanitarian crisis as hybrid warfare against the EU and its Member States; Exchange of views with the EEAS and the European Commission on the situation in Afghanistan (jointly with DEVE Committee); Exchange of views with Roland Kobia, newly appointed Head of EU Delegation to Ethiopia (in compliance with the Declaration on Political Accountability of the HR/VP);

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: ECA Special Report 11/2021: Exceptional support for EU milk producers in 2014–2016 – Potential to improve future efficiency (with AGRI Committee); ECA Special report 16/2021: Common Agricultural Policy and climate: Half of EU climate spending but farm emissions are not decreasing; ECA Special Report 12/2021: The Polluter Pays Principle: Inconsistent application across EU environmental policies and actions; Evaluation of preventive measures for avoiding corruption, irregular spending and misuse of EU and national funds in case of emergency funds and crisis-related spending areas; The impact of organised crime on own resources of the EU and on the misuse of EU funds with a particular focus on shared management from an auditing and control perspective; 2019 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX); 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – Council and European Council; Public hearing on digitalising the oversight of European money flows including a more effective control, particularly in the area of shared management; Follow-up to the discharge 2019 – report on Palestinian Textbooks (with AFET Committee and CULT Committee).

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – General Introduction – Total expenditure – General statement of revenue – Statement of revenue and expenditure by section;
Debates: Economic Dialogue and exchange of views with Christos Staikouras, Minister for Finance of Greece; Contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act); Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC; Discussion with Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on transatlantic cooperation in the field of financial services.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – General Introduction – Total expenditure – General statement of revenue – Statement of revenue and expenditure by section
Debates: Presentation by the Commission on the legislative package “Fit for 55: delivering
the EU’s 2030 Climate Target on the way to climate neutrality”; Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road; Implementation of the Single European Sky; Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the capacity of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to act as Performance Review Body of the Single
European Sky; Implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; Tourism Task Force meeting on enhancing skills: how to improve skill sets across the tourism industry.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: 2019 discharge for the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX); Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Debates: European Commission’s 2021 Rule of law report; (possibly:) State of play of Article 7 TEU Procedures; Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union; The European Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum- Horizontal Substitute Impact Assessment – Study by the European Parliamentary Research Service; The European Commission’s legislative proposals in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum – Study by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs; Strengthening Democracy and Media Freedom and Pluralism in the EU; Legal migration policy and law; EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling (2021-20250; Reports of the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Committee of the Regions on the Asylum and Migration Pact; Fundamental Rights Report 2021 of the European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA).

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Protecting workers from asbestos;
Debates: Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive
2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020; Access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union
goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022; Extension of the term of Community plant variety rights for the species asparagus and the species groups flower bulbs, woody small fruits and woody ornamentals;
Debates: State of play of trilogue negotiations – CAP Strategic Plans; Presentation by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, responsible for Agriculture, of the Communication on the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030; Exchange of views with a Commission representative (DG SANTE) on African Swine Fever; Exchange of views with a Commission representative (DG AGRI) on the Commission Staff Working Document “Evaluation of the impact of the CAP on generational renewal, local development and jobs in rural areas”; Exchange of views with a Commission representative (DG AGRI) on the EU-Marocco agreement and its impact on the EU market.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022;
Debates: Blue transformation to feed the world – UN Food Systems Summit, Exchange of view with FAO representative, Manuel Barange, Director, Fisheries Division, FAO.

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 September

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Engaging with citizens the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative; Draft Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2020; Debate on the ECI “Ending the aviation fuel tax exemption in Europe”; Petition No 0655/2020 by Giorgia Jana Pintus (Italian), on behalf of Associazione Ricreativa e Culturale Italiana (ARCI), Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull’Immigrazione (ASGI), and Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), on mismanagement and misuse of EU funds by the EUTFA’s programme of support to the integrated border management in Libya; Petition No 1277/2019 by Małgorzata Rosłońska (Polish), bearing three signatures, on the alleged lack of independence of the public prosecutor’s office in Poland.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries; Different approaches to WTO Reform; Presentation of an In-Depth Analysis on “The EU-Turkey Customs Union and trade relations: what options for the future?”; Presentation of the Annual Report on Trade Defence Activities; Exchange of views on the trade dimension of the Renewed Partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood; Blockchain solutions for international trade.

Thursday 2 September

Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE)
Debates: Hearing on the European Democracy Action Plan and Digital Services Act and other EU instruments and how the proposals could protect democratic processes in the EU against foreign interference and the forward, with Grégoire Polad, Director General, Association of Commercial Television in Europe and Luca Nicotra, Campaign Director, Avaaz; Hearing on Sanctions and collective countermeasures with Alexandra Hofer, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University and Luca Ferro, Post-doctoral researcher, Ghent University.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022
Debates: European political parties – report 2021; Presentation of a study commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs on “Europeanising European Public Spheres” by Dr. Katrin AUEL and Dr. Guido TIEMANN from the Institut für Höhere Studien – Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Tuesday 31 August

Justice and Home Affairs Council
This extraordinary meeting of home affairs ministers will discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 September

Informal meeting of defence ministers
The main working session of the meeting will be dedicated to the discussion on the Strategic Compass. The document that is going to be drafted during Slovenia’s presidency of the Council of the EU will include policy recommendations on four areas (called “baskets”): crisis management, partnerships, capability development, and resilience. The ministers will specifically focus on resilience, where they will also consider a set of tools for dealing with hybrid threats, and how to provide access to the global commons (cyberspace, maritime, space). The Ministers will also focus on developments in EU operational activities, in particular in the Sahel, Libya, Mozambique and the Western Balkans. The meeting will conclude with a working lunch at which the Ministers will have the opportunity to discuss the common geostrategic challenges and opportunities for further cooperation with Partner countries within NATO and the UN. NATO Deputy Secretary General, Mircea Geoanᾶ, and the UN Undersecretary for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, will join the ministers for this discussion.

Thursday 2 – Friday 3 September

Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers
The two-day meeting will focus on the EU’s role and position in the world.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 30 August

International Conference on Science Advice to Governments
This international conference will bring together more than 1,500 political representatives, diplomats and government science advisors to promote scientific expertise and the use of scientific knowledge in informing policy decisions in an increasingly complex world. INGSA2021 will examine the complex interactions between scientists, public policy and diplomatic relations at local, national and international levels, including in times of crisis, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Johansson in New York
Commissioner Johansson travels to New York City, USA, this week to meet with UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres as well as representatives of the US administration and business.

Commission members at the Ventotene International Seminar
Various members of the College will take part in the Ventotene International Seminar organised by Istituto di Studi Federalisti Altiero Spinelli this week.

Tuesday 31 August

Vestager joins ‘D6 initiative on data empowerment’ Ministerial meeting
Executive Vice-President Vestager participates via videoconference in the ‘D6 initiative on data empowerment’ Ministerial meeting.

Wednesday 1 September

Borrell chairs the Informal meeting of Defence Ministers
HR/VP Borrell is in Kranj, Slovenia, to chair the informal meeting of Defence Ministers

Várhelyi joins the 16th Bled Strategic Forum
Commissioner Várhelyi participates in the 16th Bled Strategic Forum

Thursday 2 September

2nd workshop on climate change and sustainable energy
The event will focus on how the African-European cooperation in climate change and sustainable energy can be strengthened, looking at the opportunities, constraints and needs.

Várhelyi joins Informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers
Commissioner Várhelyi takes part in the informal meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers

Friday 3 September

Wojciechowski speaks Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Commissioner Wojciechowski will hold a videoconference call with Tang Renjian, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.

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

Thursday 2 September

Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption
Discussion of opinions: Non-financial information; Machines; AI/Regulation; Better Regulation; Update of the new industrial strategy.

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

Slovenian Presidency

Monday 30 August

Political and Security Committee

Tuesday 31 August – Thursday 2 September

International Conference for Missing Persons
The conference will address topics in the field of missing persons and related topics from various theoretical and practical findings and science, present and analyse practical examples of missing persons, present their work in this field, and in this way enable a comparison between countries.

Wednesday 1 September

Presentation of the Presidency programme to the LIBE Committee
Slovenian Minister of Justice Marjan Dikaučič will present the Presidency’s priorities for justice to members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 2 September

Bled Strategic Forum
The European heads of state and EU high representatives will address key future challenges, including EU enlargement, the importance of transatlantic and Indo-Pacific cooperation, regional challenges in the Eastern Partnership countries, stability in the Mediterranean, joint management of the Adriatic Sea, as well as debates on climate change and the responses to it, digitalisation and cybersecurity, along with economic and tourism recovery.

Thursday 2 – Friday 3 September

Cyber Security Conference
Cyber security directors, cyber ambassadors and cyber attachés from EU Member States and the Western Balkans, together with representatives from companies and academia, researchers and public employees will discuss best practices among EU Member States and other countries regarding the strengthening of the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure in the digital single market in the event of cyberattacks, in the area of cyber crisis management in the EU, and cyber diplomacy and cyber security in the Western Balkans.

Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues
The working visit of attachés will examine current issues in the field of cyber security in view of the priorities of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Attachés from the member states will become acquainted with Slovenian best practices in the field of cyber security presented by Slovenian stakeholders from public administration, the scientific and academic sphere, and Slovenian breakthrough companies in this field. During their visit, attachés will also attend the Cyber Security Conference.

The agenda of the Slovenian Presidency can be found here.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Tuesday 31 August

Fundamental Rights Dialogue at Young Bled Strategic Forum
Approximately 30 young people from the region will have the opportunity to discuss their human rights views, aspirations and concerns with FRA’s Director. It will also be an opportunity to voice their ideas for solutions. The third Fundamental Rights Dialogue will be livestreamed. The outcomes of the Dialogues will feature during the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 in October(link is external).

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

Council of Europe

Tuesday 31 August

Selection Panel of the PACE Václav Havel Human Rights Prize meets
The Selection Panel of the PACE Václav Havel Human Rights Prize will hold its first meeting and shortlist three candidates out of the candidatures received for this years Award. The 2021 Award Ceremony will take place in 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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