From 24/02 to 01/03/2020

Monday 24 February

• Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and Security Committee (PSC).
• Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (to 27/02). - LIBE: delegation to Poland visits Frontex headquarters (and 25/02); sending of a mission to the United States to examine bilateral Justice and Home Affairs issues (personal data protection and trends in federal legislation on privacy protection in electronic communications, PNR, electronic evidence, fight against terrorism, etc.) (to 28/02). - IMCO: sending of a delegation to Rome to examine the consequences of unfair competition on the product market (to 26/02). - PETI: fact-finding visit to Bulgaria to discuss issues related to the banking system and private enforcement agents with various stakeholders (to 26/02). - Draft agendas of the various committees: https://bit.ly/2PexECN

Tuesday 25 February

• Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council. - Preparations for the European Council meeting on 26-27/03. - Exchange of views on legislative work for 2020 and multiannual programming for the Commission’s mandate. - Brexit: discussion on next steps in EU/UK relations: adoption of negotiating mandate for new partnership with the UK. - Presentation by the Commission of the new methodology for enlargement. - Croatian Presidency briefing on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (depending on the outcome of the European Council on 20/02). - Any other business: presentation by the Committee of the method with regard to the horizontal mechanism for the protection of the Rule of Law.
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Political and Security Committee (PSC).

Wednesday 26 February

• Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. - European semester: Winter package (country-by-country reports) (Dombrovskis).
• Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper II and PSC.

Thursday 27 February

• Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Competitiveness’ Council (and 28/02). *Internal Market and Industry. - Green Deal: policy debate on the impact of the Green Deal and the transition to a circular economy for industry. - Better regulation: adoption of conclusions. - Debate on the 2019 report on the performance of the Internal Market in the framework of the ‘European Semester’.
• Addis Ababa. European Commission. Meeting with the African Union Commission.
• Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-240/18 P (Constantin Film Produktion/EUIPO - can registration of the word sign 'Fack you Göthe' as an EU trade mark be refused on the ground that it offends against morality?) - C-298/19 (Commission/Greece - should Greece be ordered to pay a lump sum fine for its delay in implementing Union law on the protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources?) #Conclusions: - C-649/18 A - compliance with EU law of French regulations governing advertising by pharmacists established in other Member States for their online sales of non-prescription medicines). - C-74/19 (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses - Does the fact that a passenger, in the course of a flight, bit other passengers and assaulted the crew who tried to calm him down, resulting in a detour to the nearest airport in order to disembark that passenger, which caused the delay of that flight on arrival at the destination, constitute a circumstance which precludes compensation for a passenger who was the victim of the delay?) - C-778/18 (Association française des usagers de banques - compliance with EU law of French legislation requiring a borrower to direct all his salary or similar income to a payment account for a period fixed by the loan contract).

Friday 28 February

• Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Competitiveness’ Council. *Research. - Debate on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to provide a partial general approach for negotiations with the European Parliament. - Policy debate on the strategic approach to international cooperation in research and innovation.