25/09 - 01/10

Monday 25 September

• Tallinn. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council. * ‘Article 50’ format with 27 member states. – Michel Barnier to report back on Brexit negotiations. – Preparations for the European Council of October. – Composition of the European Parliament following the 2019 elections and Brexit. *European Affairs: - Priorities of the Estonian Presidency. – Legislative programme of the Commission. – State of negotiations with Poland on the rule of law in the country.
• Brussels. The European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 28/09). – ECON: dialogue with the president of the ECB, Mario Draghi. – CONT: vote on the non-legislative report on control of expenditure and cost-efficiency ratio of the EU Youth Guarantee and vote on the second draft report of the Council on the implementation of its budget for 2015. – DROI: hearing on LGTBI rights outside the EU and implementation of EU guidelines. – LIBE: hearing “Evaluation of anti-drug policies and state of play in European legislation”. – FEMM-DEVE: workshop “Changing the lives of women and girls through EU foreign policy”. – ENVI: workshop “Diseases of the immune system – modern diseases”. – FEMM: workshop “Contraception and family planning”. 

Tuesday 26 September

• Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – PANA: hearing “Tax planning: are celebrities and businesses breaking EU law?” (Tax planning in the worlds of football and business).

Wednesday 27 September

• Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - ‘Migration’ package, including the mid-term review of the European Migration Agenda (Timmermans). – ‘Preserving Schengen’ package (Timmermans). – Communication on tackling illegal online content (Ansip).
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
• Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: joint cases C-24/16 and C-25/16 (Nintendo – Possibility for a company that produces and sells products compatible with the Nintendo Wii console to use protected designs of Nintendo Wii for the purposes of sales and advertising). 

Thursday 28 September

• Tallinn. European Council. Informal dinner of the heads of state or government to discuss the future of Europe.
• Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: *General Court of the EU: #Judgment 

Friday 29 September

• Tallinn. European Council. Informal European Council on digital. Launch of discussions on digital innovation programmes: – Future of governments and administration. – Future of the economy and society.
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.