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Weekly European Agenda 22/04/2024

22-26 April 2024

Monday 22 April

Tuesday 23 April

Wednesday 24 April 

Thursday 25 April 

Friday 26 April 

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 22 April 

Plenary 
Debates: Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution; Common rules promoting the repair of goods; Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market; Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

Tuesday 23 April 

Plenary
Votes: Measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act); The transfer of proceedings in criminal matters; Establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings; Amendments to the Solvency II Directive; Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures; Payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market amending Directive 98/26/EC and repealing Directives 2015/2366/EU and 2009/110/EC; Payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010; Union retail investor protection rules; Modernisation of the key information document; Combating late payment in commercial transactions; Amending Directive 2014/62/EU as regards certain reporting requirements; Access of competent authorities to centralised bank account registries through the single access point; Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT).
Debates: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance; Amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure; Amending Directive 2011/85/EU on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States; Combating violence against women and domestic violence; European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities; European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State; Production and marketing of plant reproductive material; Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans; Debate on foreign affairs issues in the presence of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip; The use of Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine’s victory and reconstruction.

Wednesday 24 April 

Plenary
Votes: Trans-European transport network; Packaging and packaging waste; Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe; Single Market Emergency Instrument; Amending certain Regulations as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument; Amending certain Directives as regards the establishment of the Single Market Emergency Instrument; Schengen Borders Code; Cross-border exchange of information on road-safety related traffic offences; Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed; Amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action; Amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action; Amending Directive 2014/49/EU as regards the scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence; Improving working conditions in platform work; Implementation of the Single European Sky; Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the capacity of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to act as Performance Review Body of the Single European Sky; European Health Data Space; Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against pests of plants; Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities; Amending Regulations (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2017/1131 as regards measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets; Amending Directives 2009/65/EU, 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/2034 as regards the treatment of concentration risk towards central counterparties and the counterparty risk on centrally cleared derivative transactions; Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending certain Regulations; Increasing the attractiveness of public capital markets and facilitating access to capital for SMEs – amending Directive; Multiple-vote share structures in companies that seek the admission to trading of their shares on an SME growth market; Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application; Managed security services; Laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents; European labour market statistics on businesses, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 and Regulations (EC) No 450/2003 and (EC) No 453/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements; Surface water and groundwater pollutants; Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 as regards an EuroHPC initiative for start-ups to boost European leadership in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence; Amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law; Statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013.
Debates: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response; 20th anniversary of the largest ever EU Enlargement; Amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks; Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor; Mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849; Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing; Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism; The European Parliament’s right of inquiry; Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC; Collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818.

Thursday 25 April 

Plenary
Votes: Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act); Ecodesign Regulation; Applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Regulation on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition(recast); Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2025 – Section I – European Parliament; Draft amending budget No 1/2024; Amendments of the 2024 budget required due to the MFF revision
Report: Siegfried Mureşan; EU/China Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV; EU/Norway Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – Application EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish Crown – Denmark; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – Application EGF/2023/003 DE/Vallourec – Germany; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2024/000 TA 2024 – Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission; he responsibilities of fossil fuel companies in the cost of living crisis.
Debates: Interinstitutional Body for Ethical Standards.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 22 April 

Foreign Affairs Council
The Council will discuss Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, following an informal exchange of views with Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and Minister for Defence Rustem Umerov via VTC. The ensuing debate will be attended by both EU Foreign Affairs Ministers and Defence Ministers meeting in a joint session. EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will also discuss the situation in the Middle East, including developments on the ground and in the wider region, exchange views on the latest developments in Sudan after an informal exchange of views with the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, who will attend the meeting in person, and discuss current affairs during which ministers will be able to exchange views on recent events and on fast-moving developments in external relations.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 22 April

Schinas receives mayors and councillors from Greece and Cyprus
Vice-President Margaritis Schinas will receive mayors and councillors from Greece and Cyprus.

Simson delivers a special address at the 1st Ukraine Biomethane Forum
Commissioner Kadri Simson will deliver a special address online at the 1st Ukraine Biomethane Forum.

Vestager, Dombrovskis, Thierry Breton participate in a stakeholder outreach in the form of a fireside chat on ‘TTC achievements in a changing world and the future of EU-US trade and technology cooperation’
Commissioners Margrethe Vestager, Valdis Dombrovskis, and Thierry Breton will participate in a stakeholder outreach in the form of a fireside chat on ‘TTC achievements in a changing world and the future of EU-US trade and technology cooperation’.

Tuesday 23 April 

College meeting 
The college of Commissioners will meet to discuss recommendation on integrated child protection systems.

Johansson participates in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will participate in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Simson delivers opening remarks at the expert meeting “The EU blueprint for fusion energy”
Commissioner Kadri Simson will deliver opening remarks at the expert meeting “The EU blueprint for fusion energy” in Strasbourg.

Wednesday 24 April 

Wojciechowski attends reception hosted by the Embassy of Poland to China
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will attend a reception hosted by the Embassy of Poland to China in Beijing.

Simson participates at the World Energy Council’s Side Event: High-level roundtable “Grids for Speed: driving the expansion and digitalisation of electricity grids in Europe”
Commissioner Kadri Simson will participate at the World Energy Council’s Side Event: High-level roundtable “Grids for Speed: driving the expansion and digitalisation of electricity grids in Europe” hosted by Eurelectric.

Thursday 25 April

Johansson gives an address at a debate on the Talent Mobility Package hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will give an address at a debate on the Talent Mobility Package hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee.

Wojciechowski meets Tang Renjian and Wang Wentao
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will meet Tang Renjian, Minister of Agriculture & Rural Affairs, and Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce in Beijing. 

Friday 26 April 

Šuica delivers opening and closing keynote speech via video message for an event in Kyiv
Vice-President Dubravka Šuica will deliver an opening and closing keynote speech via video message for the Ministerial Social Policy Summit in Kyiv, organized by ministries of labour and social affairs from Moldova, Ukraine, Sweden and Lithuania. 

An overview of the Commission College can be found here; the Commissioners’ weekly activities can be found here; the agenda of upcoming College meetings can be found here; Commission events can be found here.

European Economic and Social Committee

Wednesday 24 April – Thursday 25 April

587th Plenary session
The 587th Plenary session will take place with the following guests and debates: Defence of Democracy Package, with Věra Jourová, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Ken Godfrey, Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy, Migration and skilled labour shortages (talent mobility package), with Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Commission report on EU Competitiveness, with Professor Mario Draghi and Gender equality and outcomes of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), with Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality (tbc), Florence Raes, Director of UN Women Brussels, Iliana Balabanova, President of European Women’s Lobby (tbc), Ilaria Todde, Advocacy Director of Eurocentralasian Lesbian Community, Iluta Lace, Head of MARTA Centre for Women and Sif Holst, President of the EESC Equality Group. 

More information about EESC events can be found here.
The agendas of the different EESC meetings can be found here.

Committee of the Regions

Monday 22 April

Environmental Sustainability and Alternative Mobility in Times of War
​​​​The “Environmental Sustainability and Alternative Mobility in Times of War” event, organised as a EU Local Dialogue by CoR alternate member Alessio Marsili (IT/NA), aims to explore the intersection of environmental sustainability and alternative mobility in the context of wartime scenarios. It seeks to address the challenges and opportunities for sustainable practices in mobility amidst conflict situations, highlighting the importance of local governance in fostering resilience and adaptation.

Wednesday 24 April 

Informative Session – Summer Camps for Ukrainian children 2024
To encourage more cities and regions to join the Summer Camps for Ukrainian children’ initiative this year, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC) will be hosting an online informative session on 24 April. During the session, local and regional authorities that have already been hosts to Ukrainian children, will share their experience and practical insights into the successful organisation of a summer camp project. Local and regional authorities and administrations interested in hosting summer camps in their communities will be able to ask questions and get connected with EU cities and regions that can help them with advice and project ideas.

Thursday 25 April 

Investing in skills in Europe’s regions and cities
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is organising together with the European Commission, DG for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL), in the framework of the European Year of Skills, an event titled “Investing in Skills in Europe’s Regions and Cities”. This event will focus on the critical role of skills development and the transformative power of upskilling and reskilling in bolstering the socio-economic fabric of Europe’s diverse regions and cities. In an era marked by rapid technological progress and evolving economic paradigms, the imperative for adaptive skill development strategies has emerged as a cornerstone for sustainable growth and social cohesion.

Friday 26 April 

22nd SEDEC Commission Meeting
​​​The 22nd SEDEC commission meeting will take place on 26 April and the meeting agenda includes: Exchange of views on the Opinion on Recommendations for the next Framew​ork Programme (FP10) for Research and Innovation, the Opinion on Demographic change in Europe: a toolbox for action and the Opinion on Ethical Artificial Intelligence and access to supercomputing for start-ups.

More information about Committee of the Regions events can be found here. The agendas of the different Committee of the Regions meetings can be found here.

Belgian Presidency

Monday 22 April – Tuesday 23 April 

Conference – Drug related organised crime : An EU judicial challenge
The port of Antwerp plays a key role in the international trafficking of cocaine, a trade that has been constantly growing on a global scale over the past few years. Drug-related organised crime goes beyond national borders and requires a cross-border, collaborative approach that the Belgian presidency is committed to strengthening. The Conference on Criminal Law, which will be held on 22 and 23 April, will bring together European experts, allowing them to share their experiences and reflect on possible solutions to better combat this form of crime.

Tuesday 23 April – Wednesday 24 April  

Informal meeting of health ministers
On 23 and 24 April, the informal Council meeting on Health will take place in Brussels. This Council meeting will take place in the Egmont Palace over the course of the two days, combined with a dinner and cultural visit at the Museum of Fine Arts on the evening of the 23th. The discussions during the informal EPSCO will concentrate on health workforce, pharmaceutical legislation and the European Beating Cancer Plan.

The agenda of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU can be found here.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Thursday 25 April
FRA and Council of Europe discuss ongoing cooperation
FRA Director Sirpa Rautio and the Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić will meet on 25 April in Vienna. They will exchange views on current challenges to human rights in Europe and the importance of respecting fundamental rights standards.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

European Central Bank

Monday 22 April 

Presidential lecture by Lagarde at Yale University
Christine Lagarde will give a presidential lecture at Yale University in New Haven.

Tuesday 23 April

Participation by Fernandez-Bollo in roundtable on AI
Edouard Fernandez-Bollo will participate in a roundtable on AI organised by Regulation Partners in Lanzarote. 

Wednesday 24 April 

Keynote speech by Cipollone at ECB retail payments conference ‘Strengthening an innovative and integrated European retail payments market’
Piero Cipollone will give a keynote speech at ECB retail payments conference ‘Strengthening an innovative and integrated European retail payments market’ in Frankfurt.

Thursday 25 April 

Opening speech by Schnabel at Inaugural conference of the ChaMP Research Network “Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission in a Changing World (“ChaMP”)”
Isabel Schnabel will give the opening speech at the Inaugural conference of the ChaMP Research Network “Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission in a Changing World (“ChaMP”)”.

Friday 26 April

Lecture by de Guindos at Academia Europea Leadership
Luis de Guindos will give a lecture at Academia Europea Leadership in Barcelona.

More information about ECB events can be found here. 

European Investment Bank

Monday 22 April – Friday 26 April 

EIB Group at Hannover Messe 2024
The Hannover Messe is the world’s leading trade fair for industry, held annually at the Hanover exhibition center. It has evolved into a leading global venue for technology and innovation and brings together leading international trade fairs under one roof. More than 4 000 companies from mechanical engineering, the electrical and digital industry, and the energy sector present cutting-edge technologies and solutions for a networked and climate-neutral industry. This year, the EIB Group will be present and have a stand (Hall 12, Stand D05) in collaboration with the European Union, where numerous panel discussions will take place.

Wednesday 24 April – Thursday 25 April 

EIB Adaptation Days
As global temperatures rise, proactive measures are needed to manage the effects of climate change. That is why the European Investment Bank (EIB) is launching its Adaptation Days on 24 to 25 April. The event brings together business leaders, insurance companies, non-profit organisations, researchers and public officials to share their experiences and explore solutions to implementing adaptation projects that make our societies and economies stronger.

The agenda of the EIB can be found here.

Council of Europe

Thursday 25 April 

Annual report of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture
The Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) will publish its annual report for 2023. Based on the CPT’s findings during visits to member states, the report examines the treatment of transgender persons, and issues recommendations to prisons administrations to ensure that they are treated with respect and to prevent any ill-treatment. The report also contains an overview of the CPT’s work to prevent torture and ill-treatment in places where persons are deprived of liberty across Europe over the last year.

Anti-Racism Commission round table in Paris: implementation of its recommendations by France
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), in co-operation with the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights and the Defender of Rights, will organise a round table to discuss the follow-up given or to be given to the recommendations contained in its report on France published in 2022. The roundtable will be structured around three sessions: “Presentation of ECRI’s report on France”; “Travellers: how to ensure their effective equality”; and “Prevention of any abusive practice by law enforcement against people from diverse backgrounds”.

 Find an overview of Council of Europe events here; the PACE diary here; the Congress calendar of events here; information on forthcoming judgments here; the calendar of hearings here; information on Venice Commission events here; the agenda of the Commissioner of Human Rights here; and the Chairmanship agenda here.

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