CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
25/06 - 01/07
Monday 25 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council. – Cooperation in defence matters on the permanent structured cooperation (PSC), military mobility, the European Defence Fund and the Peace Facility, the fight against hybrid threats, adoption of conclusions. – Decision on the rules of governance for projects launched in the framework of the PSC. – EU-NATO cooperation: exchange of views with Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO (military mobility. – Yemen: debate with UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths (UN peace plan and EU actions in Yemen). – EU global strategy: examination of the progress report. Horn of Africa and Red Sea: discussions on maritime safety, economic development, migration and adoption of conclusions. – Jordan: report by the High Representative on her visit to the country.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Environment’ Council. – Circular economy: stock-take on the implementation of the EU action plan. – Presentation by the Commission of five regulations concerning LIFE, the reuse of water, single-use plastics and coming into line with the information communication of objectives in the field of the environment. – CO2 emissions from cars and vans: guideline debate and presentation of the Commission’s legislative proposal for innovation standards from heavy utility vehicles. – Drinking water: debate on the revision of the ‘drinking water’ directive. – Bees and pollinators: Commission report on the decline of these insects and the need to protect them. – Trade agreements: proposal to include a clause concerning the Paris Agreement in all trade agreements. – Any other business: - Global compact on chemicals and waste (Sweden); Objectives for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2020 (France); Presentation of the working programme of the Austrian Presidency.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. EU/Montenegro stabilisation and association council. – Stock-take on bilateral relations. – Progress of the country towards accession on the basis of the 2018 Commission report. – State of implementation of the stabilisation and association agreement.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 28/06). - LIBE: vote on the application of article 7 against the Hungarian government for breach of the fundamental values of the EU and second hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica affair with experts and representatives of Facebook. – REGI: vote on the report on increasing the financial envelope for adapting the objective of the Structural Reform Support Programme (2017-2018) – CONT: hearing on the theme of “State aid and EU funding – are they compatible?”.
Tuesday 26 June
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council. – ‘Enlargement’ package 2018: adoption of conclusions on enlargement and the stabilisation and association process. – Preparations for the European Council: implementation of the previous conclusions of the European Council and draft country-specific recommendations to be put before the European Council for approval. – Better regulation: stock-take on the inter-institutional agreement. – Poland: hearing on the rule of law in the country on the basis of the observations of the Commission. – MFF 2021-207: exchange of views on proposals concerning the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027.
Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs - Article 50 – Format of 27’ Council. – Report by Michel Barnier on the state of negotiations with the United Kingdom (completion of work on questions concerning the withdrawal; questions concerning the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; discussions on the framework of the future relationship with the United Kingdom). – Preparation for the meeting of the European Council of 26.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – CULT: conference on the subject “Cultural heritage in Europe: link between the past and the future” by initiative of the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: - C-451/16 MB (Changing sex and retirement pension - can a member state require a person who has changed sex to end a marriage entered into prior to the sex change in order to receive a retirement pension?). *General Court of the EU: #Judgement: T-21/17 (France.com/EUIPO – registration of the sign ‘france.com’ as a Community trademark).
Wednesday 27 June
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. Preparations for the European Council of 28-29/06 (decision on the composition of the European Parliament and Defence – Informal meeting of the heads of state or government: EMU, migration, stock-take on the implementation of the agenda of the European Council).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-246/17 (Diallo – Legality of the notification of the refusal to award a “residence permit for a family member of an EU citizen” to a non-EU national more than six months after the application was made). – C-230/17 (Altiner and Ravn – possibility for a member state to deny a residence permit to a non-EU national who is a family member of an EU citizen, on the grounds that the person in question did not return to the member state of origin of the EU citizen at the same time as them). #Conclusions: - C-257/17 (C and A – compatibility with EU law of Dutch legislation requiring a civil integration examination test to be passed in order to be awarded an autonomous residence permit). – C-219/17 (Berlusconi and Fininvest - in the framework of the prudential supervision of banks by the ECB (authorisation of qualified holdings in a bank), who is competent to rule on proceedings concerning preparatory instruments and non-binding proposals taken by central banks: the CJEU, or the national courts?).
Thursday 28 June
Brussels. European Council (and 29/06). – Migration: internal and external dimensions of migration policy, including reform of the common European asylum system. – Security and defence: EU-NATO cooperation ahead of the July NATO summit and orientations on the future work (permanent structured cooperation); discussions on military mobility, resilience to non-conventional attacks, reinforcing the civilian CSDP, the European Defence Fund, the European Defence Industrial Development Programme and the common civilian security and defence policy. – Economy and finance: conclusions on various questions debated recently in the framework of the leaders’ programme (taxation, innovation, digital matters); approval of the country-specific recommendations as part of the European Semester 2018 and discussions on the future treatment of the multiannual financial framework, including a timetable; trade questions (relations with the United States and other partners, trade agreements currently being negotiated, etc.). – Setting a timetable to conclude the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027. External relations: European Council will examine these questions in the light of latest developments.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – BUDG: vote on the second financing tranche of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey. – DROI-JURI: workshop “Universal Jurisdiction and International Crimes: Constraints and Best Practices”. – PEST: public hearing on the authorisation for phyto-pharmaceutical products by the member states. – TAX3: hearing on VAT fraud. – TAX3-TERR: public hearing on the theme “The use of tax frauds – including VAT or carousel fraud – to finance terrorism”.
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgements: C-564/16 P (EUIPO/Puma – appeal against the cancellation by the General Court of the EUIPO decision to reject Puma’s opposition to an EU mark representing a jumping feline). #Conclusions: - C-216/18 PPU (Minister for Justice and Equality - Shortcomings in the legal system – Legality of a refusal to execute a European arrest warrant issued by Poland on the grounds that the recent reform of the Polish legal system would deprive the person in question of the right to a fair trial). – C-33/17 (Verbraucherzentrale Baden-Württemberg – in which currency should flight prices be notified to consumers if the flight takes place in member states with different currencies?). – C-147/17 (Sindicatul Familia Constanţa e.a. – Possibility to consider family assistants (host families) as workers and, as such, eligible for the rights set out in the working time directive).
Friday 29 June
Brussels. ‘Article 50’ European Council. – Report by Michel Barnier on the progress of negotiations on Brexit (questions concerning the withdrawal, the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and the framework for future relations with the United Kingdom).
Brussels. European Council. Eurozone summit. – Decisions and orientations on the process of deepening the EMU: completing Banking Union, future role of the European Stability mechanism (revision of the instruments of the ESM, role of the ESM in the programmes, viability of the debt, common support for the Single Resolution Fund). – Tax questions, including a possible central stabilisation function.
