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Weekly European Agenda

Weekly European Agenda| 30/11/2020

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30 November – 4 December 2020

Monday 30 November

Tuesday 1 December

Wednesday 2 December

Thursday 3 December

Friday 4 December

European Movement International

Tuesday 1 December 

2020 Women of Europe Awards

The Women of Europe Awards are organised by the European Movement International and the European Women’s Lobby. On Tuesday 1 December a side event on online empowerment in the COVID-19 era and beyond will take place. The digital sphere can be an empowering space in our society and democracy, as well as a driver of connectivity and democratic participation. At the same time, the online world can become an echo chamber of our society, deepening existing power imbalances and inequalities while preventing underrepresented voices from being heard. To this end, women can find them themselves silenced, their rights undermined. More information about this side event can be found here.

Wednesday 2 December

2020 Women of Europe Awards

The Women of Europe Awards are jointly organised by the European Movement International and the European Women’s Lobby, building upon the national awards of several National European Movement Councils. This year celebrates the Women of Europe Awards’ fifth anniversary. The Women of Europe Awards were launched in 2016, to highlight the contribution of women in promoting and advancing European issues, and to increase the involvement of women in debates about Europe and its future. More information about the event can be found here.

More information about EMI events can be found here. 

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 30 November

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Votes: Decision on the conclusion of the agreement amending the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Independent State of Samoa and of future accessions of other Pacific Island States; Setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items.
Debates: State of play of International Trade Negotiations; Presentation of the Annual Report on the implementation of EU Trade Agreements; Exchange of views on access to vaccines and other related covid-19 material within the framework of the WTO.

Committee on Budget Control (CONT)
Debates: State of Play on the Commission’s Audit Reports on conflict of interest of the Czech Prime Minister; 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines; Connectivity and EU-Asia relations.
Debates: 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; 2019 discharges: Agencies and Joint Undertakings; A European Strategy for Energy System Integration; A European Strategy for Hydrogen; Public Hearing: Future-proofing the Tourism Sector: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender; Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation; Implementation report on the Return Directive; The effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter; Fight against organised property crime and presentation of the Spectre Project.
Debate: The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States; Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation; Implementation report on the Return Directive; The effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter; Joint Debate on Combating Gender based Violence – Cyber Violence with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality.

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online; Implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD.
Joint Debate: Combating Gender based Violence: Cyber Violence with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: 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; Establishing an EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism; Reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments; New Circular Economy Action Plan; Transitional provisions for the support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the year 2021.
Debates: Approval of a corrigendum concerning the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, according to Rule 241(1) the Rules of Procedure; State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; Presentation of a study on “The Green Deal and the CAP: policy implications to adapt farming practices and to preserve the EU’s natural resources”.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Timo PESONEN, Director General of the Directorate General of Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS); Exchange of views with Jiří ŠEDIVÝ, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency (EDA) on the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD); Presentation of a study on ‘The European space sector as an enabler of EU strategic autonomy’ by Dr Daniel FIOTT, EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS); Exchange of views on the prospects for EU space defence sector.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Votes: Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change; Implementation of the EU water legislation; EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change.
Debates: Report back on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations; Early non-objection pursuant to Rule 111 (6): official controls at the border control post where goods leave the Union and certain provisions on transit and transhipment; Early non-objection pursuant to Rule 112(4)(d) and Rule 111 (6): Postponement of the latest application date set for the substance group 4-(1,1,3,3-Tetramethylbutyl)phenol, ethoxylated with regard to specific uses linked to COVID-19.

Tuesday 1 December

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Presentation and exchange of views on a STOA study on “Blockchain for supply chains and international trade”; Review of the 15 point Action Plan on improving the implementation and enforcement of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements; Exchange of views on the state of play on EU-Turkey Customs Union.

Committee on Budget Control (CONT)
Debates: 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines; Connectivity and EU-Asia relations; Agreement between the European Union and Japan on civil aviation safety; European Year of Rail (2021).
Debates: International Maritime Organisation: Feedback from the 102nd session of the Maritime Safety Committee and the 75th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, Exchange of views with Director Magda Kopczynska, DG MOVE; Implementation report on the road safety aspects of the Roadworthiness Package.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Implementation of the Directive concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of the Directive on the transfer of defence-related products; Debrief on the outcome of the Foreign Affairs Council – Defence Ministers Meeting by Charles FRIES, Deputy Secretary General for Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and crisis response; Establishing the European Peace Facility: state of play.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Presentation by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, responsible for Agriculture, of the Commission recommendations to the Member States on the national Strategic Plans.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Recent allegations on pushbacks during Frontex operations in the Eastern Mediterranean; Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Evaluation of EUROJUST’s activities.

Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Debates: Public Hearing on “Do harmful tax practices within and outside the EU create distortions of competition in the Single Market?”.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views on the 3rd Report of the United Nations Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen; Exchange of views on the international efforts to investigate human rights abuses and seek justice for victims in Belarus following the presidential elections of 9 August 2020; Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Second round of voting on the Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online; Implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD.
Debates: Gender Mainstreaming Network; Joint debate on The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children with the Committee on Legal Affairs.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Votes: Establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE); Quality of water intended for human consumption (recast); Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3) on the draft Commission Implementing Decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean; Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change; Implementation of the EU water legislation; EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change.
Debates: Announcement of the results of the vote on the amendments to the draft opinion on “Cohesion Policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change” and to the draft motions for a resolution on “Implementation of the EU water legislation” and on “EU Strategy on adaptation to climate change”; Presentation by the Commission of the reports on : State of the Energy Union, Fuel.

Wednesday 2 December

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.
Debates: Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management; Parliament’s right of initiative; Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament’s right of inquiry.

Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA)
Debates: Public Hearing – “Facilitating a healthy lifestyle: how to reduce cancer related lifestyle risk factors?”.

Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Nina Horaczek, Chief Reporter, Falter; Exchange of views with Peter Geoghegan, Investigations Editor, openDemocracy; Exchange of views with Josh Rudolph, Fellow for Malign Finance, Alliance for Securing Democracy; Exchange of views with Stefano Vergine, Reporter, Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: “Western Balkans: 25 years after the Dayton Accords”; “A united EU response in support of democratic change in Belarus”.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Strengthening the Single Market: the future of free movement of services.
Debates: Establishing the ‘Customs’ programme for cooperation in the field of customs; Establishing the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics; Implementation of Directive 2009/81/EC, concerning procurement in the fields of defence and security, and of Directive 2009/43/EC, concerning the transfer of defence-related products; Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products (the Construction Products Regulation); A European strategy for data; 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.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Votes: Opinion on Implementation of Council Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD.
Debates: Several petitions will be discussed during this session, among which, the petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Public hearing on ‘The education package: aims, challenges and prospects for success’.

Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport (ANIT)
Debates: Exchange of views with Janusz Wojciechowski, Commissioner on Agriculture.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: More fish in the seas? Measures to promote stock recovery above the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas; Consequences for fish stocks and fisheries related to rising seawater temperatures; Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands concerning an extension of the Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands; onclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between theEuropean Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA).
Debates: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Thursday 3 December

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: Final voting on the proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.
Debates: Assessment of the implementation of Article 50 TEU; Working Document on Citizens’ and civil society’s participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Votes: Final voting round on the Opinion on Implementation of Council Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD.
Debates: Several petitions will be discussed during this session, among which the petition by Jānis Kuzins (Latvian), on behalf of SDK Dzimtene, on purging the Baltic Sea from chemical weapons.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033.
Debates: 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; 2019 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT); The role of the EU’s development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; Exchange of views on multilingualism in the EP; Exchange of views with Director-General Roberto Viola, DG CNECT, Commission.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy – annual report 2020; Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy – annual report 2020; Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2019.
Debates: Presentation of the Study on Mapping Fake News and Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Identifying Ways to Effectively Counter Them; Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Turkey; 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Commission; 2019 discharge: General budget of the EU – European External Action Service; Hearing on “The future transatlantic relations” (see separate programme); Joint debate on the situation in Mozambique with the Committee on Development.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: More fish in the seas? Measures to promote stock recovery above the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas; Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Government of the Cook Islands; Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Debates: The impact on the fishing sector of offshore windfarms and other renewable energy systems; Establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna; Securing the objectives of the landing obligation under Article 15 of the Common Fisheries Policy; Report from the Commission on the implementation and functioning of Regulation.

Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE)
Debate: Exchange of views with Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission, Values and Transparency; Exchange of views with Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission, Promoting our European Way of Life.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 30 November

Eurogroup
On the agenda are, among other things, IMF Article IV review mission to the euro area and Greece’s 8th enhanced surveillance report and policy contingent debt measures.

Education Ministers
On the agenda is the discussion on the establishment of the European Education Area by 2025.

EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Council
The informal meeting of the members of the SA Council will review via video conference the state of relations between the EU and Kosovo.

Youth Ministers
Ministers will meet to discuss, among other things, how to revitalise European and international youth mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Tuesday 1 December

EU-ASEAN meeting
The 23rd meeting between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be hosted by Singapore. Foreign affairs ministers will discuss future directions for EU-ASEAN relations, and regional and international issues.

Culture Ministers
EU ministers responsible for culture and audiovisual meet via video conference to discuss how to ensure that cultural and creative industries, including the media, make the most of the European rescue aid and that the most appropriate national solutions are found to alleviate the impact of the crisis.

Economics and Finance Ministers
Ministers will discuss, among other things, amendments to the Council directive on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and will take stock of ongoing work on strengthening the banking union on the basis of a presidency progress report. 

Sport Ministers
EU sport ministers meet via video conference to discuss how we can ensure support to the organisation of international sporting events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wednesday 2 December

Health Ministers
EU health ministers will meet via video conference to discuss the current situation in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, ministers will also hold a discussion on the EU pharmaceutical strategy.

Justice Ministers
EU ministers will discuss justice aspects of counter-terrorism and rule of law developments in the field of justice. They will also look at the latest developments concerning the regulation on assignments of claims and the setting up of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 30 November

Vĕra Jourová holds a video meeting with the President of the Slovak Republic
Vĕra Jourová, Commission for Values and Transparency, holds a video meeting with Ms Zuzana Čaputová, President of the Slovak Republic.

Tuesday 1 December

Vestager calls with United States Senator Amy Klobuchar
Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, calls with US Senator Amy Klobuchar.

Wednesday 2 December

College meeting
The Commission is expected to adopt two Action Plans: the media and audiovisual and the European democracy action plan. Moreover, it will present its new strategy for the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, its Communication on the digitalisation of the justice systems, and its Cross-border e-Justice in Europe.

Friday 5 December

Timmermans speaks with Singaporean Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
Frans Timmermans, Commissioner for the European Green Deal, speaks with Grace FU Hai Yien, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment.

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 1 December

Bureau EESC meeting
The Bureau will discuss, among other things, the appointment of the Vice-President for Communication as EESC Liaison Group member and budgetary matters.

Wednesday 2 December

Diversity Group meeting
The Diversity Group will hold a debate on the first draft of the Code of Conduct of EESC Members.  

Wednesday 2 December – Thursday 3 December

Plenary session
During the plenary session of the EESC a number of issues will be discussed, including a debate on Brexit with Michel Barnier and a debate with Margrethe Vestager.

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 4 December

CIVEX Commission Meeting
The Citizenship, Governance, Institutional & External Affairs (CIVEX) commission will debate, among other things, on the Conference on the Future of Europe and the Western Balkans.

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.

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