03/09 - 09/09/2018

Monday 3 September

Vienna (A). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the Youth ministers. - Future of the EU strategy in favour of youth post-2018; “Youth objectives” and developments in the Erasmus+ programme. - Meeting of the ministers with the participants of the EU Youth Conference in the framework of the structured dialogue in the field of youth on the theme of the future of the EU youth strategy post-2018.
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees (to 06/09). – AFCO: discussion on the report on the future of Europe. – LIBE: hearing on minimal criteria for the protection of minorities in Europe. – CONT: scrutiny of the measures taken by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to remedy the shortcomings identified during the 2017 budgetary discharge procedure.
Brussels. European Commission (European External Action Service). Annual conference of the ambassadors (to 07/09)

Tuesday 4 September

Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and Security Committee (COPS).
Luxembourg. Justice of the EU. #Judgment: - C-80/17 (Juliana – Obligation for a vehicle registered in the EU to have civil liability insurance even though it is being kept off-road on private land by its owner, who does not intend to drive it).

Wednesday 5 September

Thursday 6 September

Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and Security Committee (COPS).
Brussels. European Parliament. Activities of the committees. – PEST: public hearing on the impact of pesticides on the environment and remedies to limit this. – DROI: workshop on human rights and the rule of law in Cuba and Venezuela
Luxembourg. *Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgment: C-527/16 (Alpenrind e.a. - Is a posted worker covered by the social security regime of his place of work or of his or her member state of origin when replacing another posted worker with another employer?). #Conclusions: joined cases C-412/17 (Touring Tours und Travel) and C-474/17 (Sociedad de Transportes – Legality of the requirement imposed by the member states on coach travel companies to verify the travel documents of passengers before crossing the border with another member state).

Friday 7 September

Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I.
Vienna (A). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the economy and finance ministers of the Eurogroup. - Common backstop for the Single Resolution Fund in the framework of the European Stability Mechanism.
Vienna (A). Council of the EU. Informal meeting of the economy and finance ministers (and 08/09). Agenda to be released at a later date.