CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 01/04 to 07/04/2019
Monday 1 April
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (through 04/04) – LIBE-JURI: vote on measures to prevent terrorist content online; possible vote on interinstitutional agreements on the European Border and Coast Guard and on provisions on visa applications of citizens of non-Member States after Brexit; debate with Commissioner Avramopoulos on humanitarian assistance – JURI: vote on the Justice Programme.
Tuesday 2 April
Bucharest. Council of the EU. Informal meeting of Energy Ministers – Future of energy systems – Meeting with representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus) – Energy efficiency (subject to be discussed over lunch).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities – TRAN: votes on amendments concerning the social and market aspects of the mobility ‘package’ I with a view to the vote in plenary.
Wednesday 3 April
Bucharest. Council of the EU. Informal 'Competitiveness' meeting of Research Ministers. At press time, the agenda for the meeting was not published.
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Communication on strengthening the rule of law in the Union – State of progress and possible next steps (Juncker - Timmermans); – Towards a new institutional framework for our energy and climate policy for 2025: options for enhanced qualified majority voting for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty (Juncker - Arias Cañete). – 4th State of the Energy Union Report (Juncker - Arias Cañete). – Report on a Strategic Action Plan on Batteries (Juncker - Arias Cañete). – Communication on artificial intelligence – “Towards a reliable artificial intelligence for Europe” (Ansip).
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 04/04). For the final draft agenda approved by the Conference of Presidents, follow the link: https://bit.ly/2V9xld2
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities – ITRE: discussion with the Romanian Presidency and Commissioners Moedas and Bienkowska on the partial interinstitutional agreements reached on five dossiers related to the multiannual financial framework (Connecting Europe Facility, Digital Programme, Defence Fund, European Space Programme and Horizon Europe) – IMCO: vote on the provisional inter-institutional agreement on security requirements for the certification of motor vehicles and their trailers – FEMM: hearing on the role of women in peace processes (Western Balkans case). – SEDE: public hearing on joint parliamentary scrutiny on EU defence issues. – PETI: workshop on conflict of interest in the European institutions.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Thursday 4 April
Brussels. Council of the EU. International Ministerial Meeting. EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session. See above.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: C-501/17 (Germanwings – are air carriers obliged to compensate passengers when the flight is delayed for 3 hours or more due to damage to an aircraft tyre by a screw?).
Friday 5 April
Bucharest. Council of the EU. Eurogroup – Greece: progress report on the implementation of the reform commitments specified at the Eurogroup meeting of 22/06/2018 – Banking Union: 9th hearing of the President of the ECB Supervisory Council; report on the activities of the Single Resolution Council; – Exchange of views with the Chairman of the ECON Committee of the European Parliament; – Luxembourg's 2019 draft budget plan; – Preparation of the G20 and IMF meetings; – Budgetary capacity for the euro area; – Banking union: European Deposit Guarantee Fund.
Bucharest. Council of the EU. Informal Meeting of Finance Ministers (and 06/04). Meeting with central bank governors and representatives of the social partners – Multi-annual financial framework: connection with the European Semester and financing of the EU budget – Priorities for the next institutional cycle: measures to ensure inclusive growth and convergence within the EU – Way forward for the Capital Markets Union taking into account the digitisation of the economy and environmental objectives – Labour mobility and the impact of labour flows on public finances – Role of taxation in growth (labour taxation in relation to labour mobility, the problem of tax fairness in the EU). – Preparation of the G20 and International Monetary Fund meetings (approval of the mandate of the G20 meeting and the statement of the International Monetary and Financial Committee).
