CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
13/02 to 19/02
Monday 13 February
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session (to 16/02). *Debates: - Cost/efficiency ratio of emissions reductions and related investments (report by Duncan – ENVI – vote on 15/02)); - Annual report on the competition policy of the EU (Szanyi – ECON – vote on 14/02). *Presentations of reports (votes on 14/02): - Promotion of gender equality in mental health and clinical research (Becerra Basterrechea – FEMM); - Priorities of the 61st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (Le Grip/Arena – FEMM); - Composition of the expert groups of the Commission (de Jong – CONT); - Role of whistle-blowers in protecting the financial interests of the EU (de Jong – CONT); - Revision of the European consensus on development (Brunon Wenta, Neuser – DEVE).
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 16/02). – BUDG-ECON: vote on the joint report on the fiscal capacity of the Eurozone.
Tuesday 14 February
Strasbourg. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - Proposed revision of the Regulation on comitology.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Address by the new Austrian President, Alexander van der Bellen). *Debates: - Joint discussion on the future of the EU (votes on 16/02): - Evolutions and adaptation of the institutional structure (Verhofstadt – AFCO); - Improving the functioning of the EU (Bresso, Brok – AFCO); - Fiscal capacity of the Eurozone (Böge – BUDG, Berès – ECON). - Progress report on the second assessment of the economic adjustment programme for Greece (statement Council and Commission; - Situation in East Ukraine, prospects of a resumption of talks in the Middle East (statement by Mogherini); - 2016 reports on Albania (Fleckenstein – AFET) and Bosnia & Herzegovina (Dan Preda – AFET); - discussion on the European Semester 2017: Annual growth review (Hökmark – ECON), Employment and social aspects (Toom – EMPL), Governance of the single market (López-Isturiz White – IMCO). – Banking Union: 2016 report (Hübner – ECON. *Votes: EU-Cook Islands partnership agreement (Ferreira – PECH); - Texts on which the debate is closed.
Wednesday 15 February
Strasbourg. European Commission. Adoption of the monthly package of infringement decisions.
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *EU/Canada joint discussion: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Pabriks – INTA), Conclusion of the CETA (statement by the Commission), Strategic Partnership Agreement (Tannock – AFET). *Votes: EU/Canada CETA and Strategic Partnership Agreement, at a ceremony to be attended by the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau; - EU/Mongolia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Scholz – AFET); - Agreement on the trade in aircrafts (RodriguezPiñero Fernandez – INTA); - Votes on reports debated on 14/02. *Debates: - The fight against terrorism (Hohlmeier – LIBE); - Verification in databases on the external borders (Macovei – LIBE) – Exchanges of information for law enforcement purposes (statement by the Council and the Commission); - Civil law rules on robotics (Delvaux (JURI); - European initiative on cloud computing (Buzek); - Joint discussion on the structural and investment funds: growth and employment (van Nisterlooij – REGIO). Oral question on the delayed implementation of operational programmes of the ESI funds; - Votes on the reports on 16/02.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I and II.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: C-579/15 (Poplawski – Possibility for a member state to refuse to execute a European arrest warrant if this refusal could bring about the impunity of the wanted person).
Thursday 16 February
Strasbourg. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: Aviation strategy for Europe (Telicka – TRAN); - Violation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Nicaragua, Kuwait and Bahrain, Guatemala). *Speech by Justin Trudeau. *Votes on reports presented on 14 and 15/02). *Debate: Oral question on the approval by the Commission of Germany's revised plan on road tolls
Luxembourg. *Court Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-219/15 (Schmitt – Liability of the German company responsible for monitoring PIP breast implants for the harm suffered by the women who used them); - C-641/15 (Verwertungsgesellschaft Rundfunk – Obligation for a hotel to pay a fee to broadcasting organisations for television sets installed in bedrooms). #Conclusions: C-74/16 (Congregacion de Escuelas Pias Provincia Betania – Do tax exemptions granted to schools under the responsibility of the Church constitute State aid?); - C-129/16 (Túrkevei Tejtermelo Kft – Possibility to fine an owner of land where waste is burned illegally in his or her responsibility is unproven)* General Court of the EU: #Judgement
Friday 17 February
Brussels. Council of Ministers. 'Education, Youth, Culture and Sport' Council. – Adoption of conclusions on the 'European solidarity corps'. – Adoption of conclusions on high-quality education for all. – Discussion, on the basis of a Presidency document, on the contribution of education and training to social cohesion and the promotion of the common European values in the framework of the European Semester 2017.
Brussels. Council of Ministers. Coreper I.
Luxembourg. *General Court of the EU: #Judgements: T-40/15 (ASPLA and Armando Alvarez/UE – Payment by the EU of €3.5 million in damages to a company that believed itself to have been harmed by the excessive length of time taken by proceedings before the General Court of the EU); - T-596/15 (Batmore Capital/EUIPO – Univers Poche – Appeal against the registration of the sign POCKETBOOK brand of book POCKET in France).
