CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 01/11 to 10/11/2019
Monday 4 November
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (through 07/11).
Tuesday 5 November
Brussels. Council of the EU.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: – C-192/18 (Commission/Poland – is Poland failing to fulfil its obligations under Union law by imposing a different retirement age for judges for women and men serving as judges of ordinary courts, Supreme Court judges and prosecutors and by giving the Minister of Justice the power to extend the term of office of judges?)
Wednesday 6 November
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – Autumn 2019 economic forecasts to be presented to ministers at the Eurogroup.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. – ENVI: Debate on recent special reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessing the impact of human activity on terrestrial and marine ecosystems. – TRAN: Review of the results of the transport call within the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). – JURI: debate on issues related to the monitoring of the application of EU law, respect for the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity, the improvement and simplification of legislation, respect for the rule of law in the EU and ethical issues related to new technologies. – LIBE: Public hearing on “Freedom of the media, freedom of expression and the fight against hate speech online and offline”.
Thursday 7 November
Brussels. Council of the EU. Eurogroup. *Normal configuration (19 members): – Thematic debate on growth and employment – investment and innovation. – Miscellaneous: selection process for the appointment of a new member of the ECB’s Executive Board; presentation by the Commission of the autumn economic forecasts. *Open configuration (27 members) : – Treaty establishing the ESM – November measures. – Interim report by the high level working group on a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS). – Report on the monitoring of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness (BICC).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. AFET: debate with Commissioner Johannes Hahn on recent developments in the field of the Neighbourhood Policy and the enlargement negotiations.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: – Joint Cases C-349/18 (Kanyeba), C-350/18 (Nijs) and C-351/18 (Dedroog – The issue: are passengers without a ticket in a contractual relationship with the transport company?) – C-280/18 (Flausch et al. – conformity of Greek legal rules with EU law concerning the procedure for assessing the environmental impact of projects and deadlines for appealing against project authorisation decisions). *EU Court: #Ruling: T-48/17 (ADDE/Parliament – Application for annulment of the Parliament’s decisions of 2015 and 2017 on the financing of the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe (ADDE) party).
Friday 8 November
Brussels. Council of the EU. Economic and Financial Affairs Council. – Education and training (joint debate with Ministers of Education on the importance of effective and quality education and training to create a solid economic base for Europe. – Climate: adoption of conclusions on climate change financing in preparation for COP25. – Taxation: progress on the taxation of the digital economy; general approach on: improving the business environment for excise products (alcohol, etc.), transmission and exchange of payment data for VAT, a special VAT regime for SMEs. – Miscellaneous: adoption of conclusions on EU statistics; minutes of recent G20 and IMF meetings; presentation of the 2019 Annual Report of the European Fiscal Board; adoption of a recommendation on the appointment of the member of the ECB Executive Board to replace Sabine Lautenschläger, who has resigned.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council. *Education: – Effectiveness, efficiency and quality in education and training (joint debate with Finance Ministers – see above). – Adoption of conclusions on the importance of lifelong learning for successful technological and ecological transition. – Adoption of a resolution on the further development of the area of European education. – Orientation debate on artificial intelligence in education and training. – Miscellaneous: Report to Ministers on the establishment of the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) and the work programme of the future Croatian Presidency.
