CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
30/04 - 06/05
Wednesday 2 May
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – ‘Post-2020 multiannual financial framework’ package (including a communication on the post-2020 MFF, a regulation on the MFF, instruments on own resources and a report on the results of the evaluations and/or added value (Juncker and Oettinger).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 03/05). *Debates: - Commission statement - Adoption of the Commission’s decision on the raft of measures concerning the post-2020 MFF. - Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the EIB for 2016 (Valli – CONT). Annual report 2016 on the protection of the financial interests of the EU – Fight against fraud (Pagneaux -CONT). - Cohesion policy and thematic objective of promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks from the network infrastructures (Novakov – REGI). – Stalking and protection of victims in EU (Council and Commission statement). - Protection of child migrants (OQ, Commission response) - Total ban on animal experimentation in the field of cosmetics (OQ, Council and Commission response). - Ensuring agricultural security in the EU (OQ, Commission response). - Current situation and prospects for sheep and goat farming in the EU (Herranz Garciá – AGRI). - The plurality and freedom of the media in the EU (Spinelli – LIBE).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - Joined cases (c-331/16 (K) and C-366/16 (H. – Possibility for a member state to restrict the freedom of movement and residence of an EU citizen or a member of his or her family if the member state has previously refused an asylum application of this person, due to suspicions that he or she had committed war crimes).
Thursday 3 May
Brussels. Council of the EU. EU/Moldova association council. – Progress in the implementation of the EU/Moldova association agreement (deep and comprehensive free-trade zone, sectorial economic cooperation); - discussions on the global strategy of the EU, the Eastern partnership and resolving the question of Transnistria.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session. *Debates: - Debate with the Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, on the future of the EU. *Votes: Protocol to the EU-Uzbekistan partnership and cooperation agreement (accession of Croatia) (Rados – AFET). - EU-Korea framework agreement (accession of Croatia) (Saïfi – AFET). - Control measures for new psychoactive substances ADB-CHMINACA and CUMYL-4CN-BINACA (Pagazaurtundua Ruiz – LIBE). Mobilisation of the EGF for Caterpillar Belgium (Gardiazabal Rubial – BUDG). - Decision of the European Parliament concerning the appointment of a member of the committee instituted by virtue of the procedural rules of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (LIBE). – Reports debated the day before (see above).
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Conclusions: - C-207/16 (Ministerio Fiscal – Possibility for the police to access the base meta-data of electronic communications when the crime is not particularly serious). – C-51/17 (OTP Bank and OTP Faktoring - Possibility of applying legal controls to a legislative measure adopted by a member state in response to a judgment of the CJEU concerning the abusive nature of unclear legal clauses). *General Court of the EU: #Judgment: T-2/17 (J.-M.-E.-V. e hijos/EUIPO-Masi (MASSI) – Possible cancellation of MASSI mark for bicycles and bicycle parts).
Friday 4 May
Sofia (Bulgaria). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the foreign affairs ministers (and 05/05). *Defence. - Adoption of the EU action plan on military mobility and the implementation of the permanent structured cooperation. – Discussion on crisis perspectives and management (possible cooperation between international organisations).
