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31 August – 6 September 2020

Monday 31 August

• EP: BUDG, EMPL, CULT
• Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council
• EC: Wojciechowski participates in the meeting of agriculture ministers

Tuesday 1 September

• EP: BUDG, EMPL, CULT, AFET, PECH
• Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council
• EC: Gabriel speaks to Germany’s culture minister
• EC: Reynders speaks with French Secretary of State for European Affairs
• EC: Wojciechowski participates in the meeting of Agriculture Ministers

Wednesday 2 September

• EP: TRAN, IMCO, LIBE, AGRI

Thursday 3 September

• EP: PECH, TRAN, IMCO, LIBE, INTA, CONT
• EC: Lenarčič receives the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

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Monday 31 August

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debates: presentation of the study on climate mainstreaming in the EU budget.
Votes: proposal for a Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union; establishment of a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: access to decent and affordable housing for all; establishing a Technical Support Instrument.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections; establishing the InvestEU Programme; intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies; framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies; the EU Strategy for Gender Equality; a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development.

Tuesday 1 September

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Exchange of views on the MFF, Own resources and Recovery plan.
Exchange of views with Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe on the
priorities of the German Presidency of the Council. Exchange of views on the annual report of the European Commission on building policy.
Votes: building policy; proposal for a Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union; establishment of a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health –for the period 2021-2027.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Presentation by Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President of the European Commission) on the report on the impact of demographic change.
Debates: general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections; reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Presentation of the priorities of the German Presidency.
Presentation of the draft motion for resolution on “The future of European
education in the context of Covid-19″.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Exchange of views with Thomas Gnocchi, newly appointed Head of the EU Office to Hong Kong and Macau; Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, newly appointed Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey; on the situation in Lebanon with EEAS Deputy Managing Director for MENA, Carl Hallergard, and European Commission (DG NEAR) Deputy Director-General Maciej Popowski; Gilles Bertrand, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Syria; the European External Action Service and the European Commission on the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement; the European External Action Service on the situation in Venezuela.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Debate: general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections.

Wednesday 2 September

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market; general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections.
Exchange of views with the Commission on the state of play on EU-UK negotiations on a future partnership.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 – all sections; artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters; a New Industrial Strategy for Europe; towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers; new Circular Economy Action Plan; a new strategy for European SMEs.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies; the Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights; implementation report on the Return Directive; implementation of the Dublin III Regulation; the impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: the European Forest Strategy – The Way Forward; European Climate Law; a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive
development.

Thursday 3 September

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Vote: multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Exchange of views with Julia Klöckner, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture on the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines; establishing the InvestEU Programme; establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Follow-up exchange and state-of-play with the Commission on the three Communications on the Digital strategy for Europe, AI, and Data.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Presentation by Christine Lambrecht, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, of the priorities of the German Presidency in the area of justice.
Votes: report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies; general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Presentation by Peter Altmaier on the priorities of the German Presidency in the area of International Trade Policy.
Votes: an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation; a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development; report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova.
Debate: agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation on, and protection of, geographical indications.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Exchange of views with OLAF representatives on restructuring of European Anti-Fraud Office.
Exchange of views with EIB representatives on the state of play of the review of the EIB’s anti-money laundering (‘AML’) and countering the financing of terrorism (‘CFT’) processes.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

The meeting page can be found here.

Council of Ministers

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Monday 31 August – Tuesday 1 September

Agriculture and Fisheries Council
The Informal Meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers will be held in Koblenz. Prior to the actual meeting of the ministers on 1 September 2020, ministers can take part in an excursion to the wine-growing region of Winningen on the Moselle.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

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Monday 31 August

Wojciechowski participates in a meeting of agriculture ministers
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski participates in an informal meeting of AGRI Ministers.

Tuesday 1 September

Gabriel speaks to Germany’s culture minister
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel holds a videoconference call with Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Prof. Monika Grütters, on the German Presidency priorities in the area of culture.

Reynders speaks with French Secretary of State for European Affairs
Commissioner Reynders holds a video conference call with Clément Beaune, French Secretary of State for European Affairs.

Wojciechowski participates in a meeting of agriculture ministers
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski participates in an informal meeting of AGRI Ministers.

Thursday 3 September

Lenarčič receives the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Commissioner Janez Lenarčič receives the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Filippo Grandi.

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.