CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 11/11 to 17/11/2019
Monday 11 November
Brussels. Council of the EU. Foreign Affairs Council. - Current issues: situation in Venezuela (extension of sanctions), Turkish military intervention in Syria and Turkish policy in the Mediterranean (possible adoption of sanctions against Ankara for its drilling activities off Cyprus). - Afghanistan: situation in the country after the presidential elections at the end of September. - Gulf and Iran: Iran's nuclear policy, situation in the Gulf and possibilities for the EU to contribute to the stabilisation of the region (situation in Yemen and Iraq). - Sudan: exchange of views with the Prime Minister of Sudan, Abdalla Hamdok. - Miscellaneous: demonstrations in Lebanon and situation in Libya and the Sahel; visit of Mrs Mogherini to China and situation in Hong Kong; opening of negotiations with Somalia on the status of the EU mission there.
Brussels. Council of the EU. EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council. - Progress in the implementation of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the two parties. - Political situation in the country, state of reforms (justice, home affairs, human rights and rule of law). - Progress in the negotiations on the enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement. - Economic situation in the country and cooperation with the EU and in the multilateral context. - Exchange of views on regional and international relations.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (on 14/11). - LIBE: Debate with Commissioner Julian King on the 20th progress report of the Security Union. - Meetings of the week of committees and draft agendas: https://bit.ly/34L50y6
Tuesday 12 November
Brussels. Council of the EU. Foreign Affairs Council (Defence). - Security and defence: adoption of 13 new projects under the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). - CSDP: update on ongoing missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Policy. - EU/NATO cooperation: discussion with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. - European Defence Agency: the EDA Steering Board will meet before the Council meeting with, on its agenda: Coordinated annual defence review, adoption of the agency's budget and staffing table and its 2020-2022 planning framework.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities. - SEDE: hearing on European Security and Space Defence. - PECH: hearing on the revision of the European Fisheries Control Agency. - EFCA, DEVE: joint mission to attend the International Conference on Population and Development in Nairobi (on 14/11). - PETI: Public hearing on "FATCA and its extraterritorial impact on European citizens". JURI: review of the declarations of interests of the three Commissioner-designate candidates: Olivér Várhely, Thierry Breton and Adina-Ioana Vălean.
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Rulings: - C-363/18 (European Jewish Organisation and Psagot Vineyard - must goods from territories occupied by Israel since June 1967 bear the mention "Israeli colony"?) - C-233/18 (Haqbin - can the violent behaviour of a minor asylum seeker justify depriving him of material reception conditions?) - C-261/18 (Commission/Ireland - request from the Commission to impose a financial penalty on Ireland for failure to comply with the Court's judgment finding it in breach of its environmental obligations). #Conclusions: - C-502/19 (Junqueras Vies - request for the release in Spain of the Catalan leader Oriol Junqueras Vies, elected Member of the European Parliament).
Wednesday 13 November
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners.
Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 14/11). Agenda of the session: https://bit.ly/2CpvpFJ
Thursday 14 November
Brussels. European Parliament. Hearings by the competent committees of the three Commissioner-designate candidates: Olivér Várhely, Thierry Breton and Adina-Ioana Vălean.
Luxembourg. * EU Court of Justice. #Conclusions: - C-752/18 (Deutsche Umwelthhilfe - possibility of using coercion by body against holders of the Bavarian public authority to enforce the obligation to update an air quality plan).
Friday 15 November
Brussels. Council of the EU. Economic and Financial Affairs Council. *Budget. - Preparation of negotiations with Parliament on the EU's general budget for 2020 (the Conciliation Committee will meet on the same day and will open a conciliation period of 3 weeks between the two institutions).
