From 20/04 to 26/04/2020

Monday 20 April

Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities - Some meetings are by videoconference. - AFET: guidelines on the EU budget 2021 - Section III (adoption of draft opinion); recommendation on the Western Balkans before the 2020 summit. - AFET-SEDE-DROI: exchange of views with the High Representative, Josep Borrell, on the repercussions of COVID-19 on EU foreign policy. - AFET-DROI: exchange of views with Josep Borrell on the Joint Communication and the EU Action Plan for Human Rights and Democracy for the period 2020-2024. - TRAN: Coordinators' meeting.

Tuesday 21 April

Brussels. Council of the EU. Informal videoconference of Sports Ministers. - Impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the sports sector.
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities - Some meetings are held by videoconference: - - ENVI: exchange of views with Commissioners Stella Kyriakides (Health and Food Safety), Janez Lenarčič (Crisis Management) and the Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Frans Timmermans, on the COVID-19 pandemic and EU measures to combat it. - INTA : exchange of views with Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan (Regulation subjecting the export of certain products to authorisation, EU response to the impact of COVID-19 on trade). - TRAN: exchange of views with Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton on the EU response to the COVID-19 crisis in the tourism sector; recommendations on draft EU Common Aviation Area agreements with Georgia, Moldova, on Mediterranean air services agreements with Jordan and Israel and on civil aviation safety with China. - DEVE: exchange of views with Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, and Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, on the EU response to the COVID-19 outbreak; guidelines on Section III of the 2021 budget; recommendations on the negotiation of new EU/UK relations.

Wednesday 22 April

Brussels. Council of the EU. Informal videoconference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs. - (At the time of closure, the agenda for the meeting had not been received).
Brussels. Council of the EU. Informal videoconference of European Affairs Ministers. Preparation for the meeting of ministers. Preparation for the Informal Summit on 23/04 (see below)
Brussels. Council of the EU. Preparatory Proceedings: Coreper I and PSC.
Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners (videoconference).

Thursday 23 April

Brussels. European Council. Informal videoconference of Heads of State or Government. EU response to COVID-19: - European strategy for the gradual lifting of containment measures. - Update on the implementation of measures approved by the Eurogroup (SURE unemployment reinsurance scheme, activation of ESM credit lines). - Creation of a Recovery Fund to stimulate economic recovery (in connection with the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027).
Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities - Some meetings are held by videoconference: - PECH: amendment of the Regulations on the introduction of capacity limits for Eastern Baltic cod, data collection and control measures in the Baltic Sea, permanent cessation for fleets fishing for Eastern Baltic cod (adoption of the report with amendments); protocol to amend the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (recommendation); extension of the EU/Mauritania fisheries agreement (recommendation). - LIBE: - European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and updating regulations (consideration of a draft correction); conclusion of an EU/Belarus agreement on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (adoption of a draft recommendation); conclusion of an agreement on visa facilitation between the EU and Belarus (adoption of a draft recommendation); exchange of views with the Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, the Polish Minister of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, the Croatian Presidency and the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of the Rule of law in Poland; report by the Monitoring Group of the Committee on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights; assessment of the measures taken by Member States in response to COVID-19 (including measures taken in Hungary and their implications); exchange of views with Commissioner Didier Reynders on the annual report on the Rule of law (in particular its methodology).
Luxembourg. * Court of Justice of the EU. #Judgments: - C-507/18 (N.H./Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBTI - Does the assertion that homosexuals would never be hired violate the principle of non-discrimination in employment and occupation?) - C-28/19 (Ryanair/Authorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - Antitrust - What are the elements of the price of an air ticket which the airline is obliged to indicate on its website when offering a fare for that ticket?) - C-161/19 (Commission/Austria - By permitting the spring hunting of the woodcock, is Austria in breach of its obligations under Union law?) - C-217/19 (Commission/Finland - By permitting the issue of permits for the spring hunting of the male eider duck, is Finland in breach of its obligations under Union law?) - C-237/19 (Gömböc - Can a mark representing the three-dimensional shape of the Gömböc be registered?) #Conclusions: - joined cases C-924/19 PPU and C-925/19 PPU (FMS and others / Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság and Országos Idegenrendeszeti Főigazgatóság - Is the status and treatment of foreign nationals placed in a detention zone in Hungary in conformity with Union law?)

Friday 24 April