CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
27/08 - 02/09/2018
Tuesday 28 August
Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and security committee (COPS).
Wednesday 29 August
Vienna (A). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the defence ministers (and 30/08). – Defence Europe: stock-take on projects currently being developed (permanent structured cooperation, European defence fund). – Situation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia).
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – PECH: discussions on tackling plastic waste in the sea on the basis of the draft opinion by Ms Briano on the subject. – ECON: exchange of views on proposals for the taxation of digital (Rosati and Tang); - examination of the draft report on the proposal concerning crowdfunding (Fox); - examination of the draft report on the alignment of costs for cross-border payments in euros and currency conversion (Maydell). – TRAN: examination of the draft report concerning the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 2021-2027. – BUDG: vote on mobilising the Solidarity Fund in favour of Greece, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria, which were hit by natural disasters in 2017. – AFET: discussion with Nikola Dimitrov, former Foreign Minister of FYROM, ahead of the Commission’s 2018 report on this country; - examination of the 2018 report on Bosnia & Herzegovina. – AGRI: examination of the draft opinion on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastic products; discussion on the interim report on the CFP 2021-2027 (European Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement).
Thursday 30 August
Vienna (A). Council of the EU. Meeting of the foreign affairs ministers in Gymnich format (and 31/08) to be attended by High Representative Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn. - Current developments in the Middle East (Yemen, Libya and Syria, Iran and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with the development of Israeli settlements). – Transatlantic relations (common global action plan, maintaining the nuclear agreement, denuclearisation of North Korea). – South Eastern Europe (recent developments in the enlargement perspective). – Reinforcement of effective multilateralism in the framework of the EU global strategy for the common foreign and security policy: working meeting to be attended by the accession candidate countries.
Brussels. European Commission. Seminar of the College of Commissioners (and 31/08)
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – PEST: hearing on the subject “EU authorisation procedure for pesticides – comparative analysis of authorisation procedures in OECD countries”. – AGRI: discussion with the Commission on the drought situation in Europe. – LIBE: vote on whether to launch trilogue negotiations on visa-free access for 90 days for citizens of Kosovo holding a biometric passport. – TAX3: visit to Latvia to discuss the voluntary liquidation of the bank ABLV at senior political level (and 31/08). – EMPL: debates on the regulation establishing the creation of a European labour authority, on transparent and predictable working conditions in the EU and on the future European Social Fund plus.
Friday 31 August
Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and security committee (COPS).
