Monday 18 January
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Foreign Affairs' Council: - Libya: call for the formation of a government; - developments of the situation in Syria in particular (Iran/Saudi Arabia relationship, humanitarian situation), in Iraq (reforms, reconciliation and assistance in areas liberated from Daesh) and Ukraine (reforms and EU support); - situation in Venezuela; - discussion on the situation in the Middle East with the Jordanian Foreign Minister.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'General Affairs' Council: - examination of the working programme of the Dutch Presidency; discussion of the annotated draft agenda ahead of the European Council of 18 and 19 February (requests from the United Kingdom related to the referendum on EU membership; implementation of decisions to tackle the migrant crisis; any other business: recommendation for the eurozone).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. The plenary session (to 21/01). Debates: annual report on competition policy (vote 19/01); - recovery of stocks of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean (vote 19/01); - car emission tests under real driving conditions; - resolution on encouraging entrepreneurship among women (vote 19/01); - taking stock of the rules on financial services and the Capital Markets Union (vote 19/01); - measures on education, mobility and culture in the EU's external programmes to fight radicalisation (vote 19/01); - recommendations on improving skills to fight youth unemployment (vote 19/01).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 21/01): - INTA: vote on the report on the recommendations of the EP regarding negotiations on the TiSA agreement (trade in services) (18/01); - LIBE: debate with the Council and the Commission on the own-initiative report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a global approach to migration (18/01); - FEMM: vote on an oral question on the post-2015 gender equality strategy; - debate on the report on the situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU (18/01)
Tuesday 19 January
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. Debates: - migration, terrorism and the referendum in the United Kingdom with Presidents Tusk and Juncker; - triggering of the rule of law mechanism against Poland, to be attended by the Polish Prime Minister, Beata Szydlo, and possibly Jean-Claude Juncker; - strengthening the presumption of innocence (vote 20/01); - geo-blocking practices and measures to stimulate the digital market (and vote); - new rules on the security of means of individual protection, gas devices and cable installations (vote 20/01); - situation in Syria, tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, with Mogherini.
Strasbourg. European Commission. Meeting of the College of Commissioners.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-566/14 P (Marchiani/EP - recovery by the EU compensation received by MEP Marchiani for fictitious jobs). *General Court of the EU: #Judgments: T-404/12 (Toshiba/Commission) and T-409/12 (Mitsubishi Electric/Commission - request to cancel fines on both companies for their involvement in a cartel on the GIS market)
Wednesday 20 January
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. Debates: - priorities of the Dutch Presidency with Prime Minister Mark Rutte; - implications of France's invocation of the mutual defence clause for its fight against Daesh; - presentation by Laurent Fabius of the results of the Paris Agreement at COP 21; - minority persecution by Daesh, the humanitarian situation in Yemen and tensions in south-eastern Turkey; - ratification of the EU/Kosovo association agreement (vote 21/01); - implementation of the association agreements with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, to be attended by Mogherini (vote on a resolution on 21/01) - rules on the composition of baby food.
Davos (Switzerland). European Commission: First Vice-President Timmermans and a number of other Commissioners to attend the Economic Forum of Davos, on the theme “The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond”
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: C-428/14 (DHL Italy - autonomous coexistence of clemency programmes of the EU and the member states.
Thursday 21 January
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. Debates and votes: - The rise of the terrorist threat (statements by the Council and the Commission); - infringement of human rights and democracy in North Korea, Ethiopia and India (European citizens held); - activities of the petitions committee. Votes: - composition of the committee of investigation into car emissions.
Luxembourg. Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-515/14 (Commission/Cyprus - legality of Cypriot legislation on pension rights, which is alleged to disadvantage workers who emigrate); - C-75/15 (Viiniverla - request for prohibition on the use of the name “Verlados” for a spirit drink similar to “Calvados”); - C-335/14 (Les Jardins de Jouvence - VAT exemption the services provided by serviced residences for the elderly); *General Court of the EU: #Judgment T-443/13 (Makhlouf/Council- cancellation of the 2013 decision to keep in place restrictive measures against the uncle of Bashar al-Assad).
Friday 22 January
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I