Monday 23 March
- Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council (by videoconference). - COVID-19: discussion of the geopolitical implications of the pandemic and the repatriation of European citizens abroad. - Libya: discussion on the situation on the ground. - Syria: update on the conflict and its implications for the EU’s external borders with Turkey (influx of refugees, Turkish policy on the matter).
- Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Economic and Financial Affairs’ Council (by videoconference). - COVID-19: Economic implications of the crisis related to the epidemic and the restrictions applied by Member States to counter it. - Support measures by the European Commission and governments.
Tuesday 24 March
- Brussels. Council of the EU. Eurogroup (by videoconference). Economic implications of the crisis linked to the COVID-19 epidemic and the restrictions applied by Member States to counter it. - Support measures by the European Commission and governments and reflection on the mobilisation of the ESM through credit lines.
- Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘General Affairs’ Council. - Preparation for the Summit of Heads of State or Government on 26/03 (see below)
- Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: PSC.
Wednesday 25 March
- Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Agriculture and Fisheries’ Council (by videoconference). - COVID-19: debate on the impact of the pandemic on the food sector and on the means to avoid food shortages due to the restrictions imposed in various countries and other phenomena (transport difficulties, decrease in prices of certain products, speculation on raw materials, etc.).
- Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (by videoconference). - 2020 Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy (2020-2024) (Borrell).
- Brussels. Council of the EU. Tripartite Social Summit. CANCELLED
- Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Coreper and PSC.
Thursday 26 March
- Brussels. European Parliament. Extraordinary Plenary Session. - Vote on the Commission’s measures related to the coronavirus crisis (see the agenda: https://bit.ly/2U5QgHD ).
- Brussels. European Council. Summit of Heads of State or Government (and 27/03). The Heads of State or Government will hold a videoconference on the European response to the COVID-19 epidemic. This meeting replaces the usual European Spring Summit, scheduled for 26 and 27 March.
- Brussels. International meeting. EU-G5 Sahel Summit. DEFERRED
- Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - cases C-558/18 (Miasto Łowicz) and C-563/18 (Prokuratura Okręgowa w Płocku - do the recent measures amending the Polish disciplinary system threaten the independence of judges?) - C-215/18 (Primera Air Scandinavia - after a flight delay of four hours, can a passenger claim compensation directly from an airline with which she has not concluded a contract?) - C-66/19 (Kreissparkasse Saarlouis - are passengers who have already received compensation for a first cancelled flight entitled to further compensation when the rerouting flight has been delayed?) - C-622/18 (Cooper International Spirits et al. - can the proprietor of a trademark, having forfeited his rights, bring infringement proceedings for acts prior to the date of forfeiture of his trademark?)
Friday 27 March
- Brussels. Council of the EU. ‘Cohesion/Regional policy’ Council (by videoconference).
- Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Coreper I.
As a result of the COVID-19 crisis and the precautionary measures taken to counter it, our weekly schedule has been disrupted due, in particular, to the cancellation or postponement of many meetings or events. We apologize to our readers for this.
