CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
16/01 to 22/01
Monday 16 January
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Foreign Affairs' Council. The Council will be chaired by HR Federica Mogherini. On the agenda: – Prospects for the first half of 2017. - Syria (possibility for the EU to influence political transition in the country and guarantee access to humanitarian aid). – Middle East: peace prospects following the adoption of the UN resolution condemning Israeli colonisation and the Paris Conference).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 19/01). *Elections: announcement of candidacies for the election of the President of Parliament.
Tuesday 17 January
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Elections: election of the President of the EP under the Presidency of Martin Schulz.
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. Presentation to the College of the report of the high-level group on own resources of the EU by group President Mario Monti.
Wednesday 18 January
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Elections: - election of the 14 vice-presidents and five quaestors of Parliament under the presidency of the new President; - Vote on the numerical composition of the parliamentary committees; - Appointment of the members of the committees and sub-committees (vote on 19/01). *Debates: - Priorities of the Maltese Presidency of the Council (debate with the Maltese Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat); - Conclusions of the meeting of the European Council of 15/12/2016 and political priorities for 2017 (debate with Tusk and Juncker); - State of progress in the negotiations on the financial transactions tax (statement of the Council); - Exchange of information on law enforcement in the EU and replacement of earlier instruments of the Lisbon Treaty (Council and Commission statement). *Presentation of reports: Logistics in the EU and multi-modal transport on the new TEN-T corridors (report by Ayala Sender – TRAN).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I.
Luxembourg. *Court of justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-623/15 P (Toshiba/Commission -Cancellation of the fine of €82 million imposed jointly on Toshiba and Panasonic/MTPD in the framework of their involvement in the cartel on computer screen tubes).
Thursday 19 January
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - European social rights pillar (report by Rodrigues – EMPL); - request for emergency aid for migrants facing harsh weather conditions in Europe (statement of the Council and the Commission); - cases of infringements of human rights, democracy or the rule of law (Indonesia, Central African Republic, Burundi – and vote); - Creation of a European economy based on data (statement by the Commission). *Votes: -EU/Kosovo stabilisation and association agreement (Szejnfeld – INTA); - Textile imports from certain third countries not covered by specific import regimes (Takkula – INTA); - Agreement on the continuation of the activities of the International Centre for Science and Technology (Brok – AFET); - Logistics in the EU and multi-modal transport (Ayala Sender – TRAN); - European social rights pillar (Rodrigues – EMPL); - Resolution on extending the blacklist of countries likely to be exposed to money laundering and the financing of terrorism; - Resolution on updating the implementation of the Customs Code (electronic commerce).
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-591/15 (The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association and The Queen – Should Gibraltar and the United Kingdom be considered part of one and the same member state in the framework of the freedom to provide services?); - C-6/16 (Eqiom and Enka – Legality of the refusal of the French tax authorities to exonerate tax on dividends paid by a company established in France to a company established in another member state on the grounds that the latter is controlled by a company established in a third country, Switzerland).
