European Parliament

Monday 22 May

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Anti-corruption directive – presentation of its new proposal by the Commission – presentation by representatives of the Commission; Biannual Scrutiny of Readmission Agreements in LIBE: exchange of views with Commission representatives on State of play; Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures.
Public hearing: Legal Migration: the skills and talent package.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debate: New Civilian CSDP Mission: European Union Partnership Mission in Moldova (EUPM) and follow up of the SEDE ad hoc delegation to Romania and Moldova.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Transparency and targeting of political advertising (2021/0381(COD)) – reporting back to committee on the negotiations; Presentation by the Commission of the Communication on the Public Procurement Data Space. 

Tuesday 23 May

Joint meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE)
Vote: Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Draft amending budget no 1 to the general budget 2023 technical adjustments stemming from the political agreements reached on several legislative proposals, including with respect to REPowerEU, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Union Secure Connectivity programme; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for displaced workers – EGF/2023/000 TA 2023 – technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
Debates: Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2023 entering the surplus of the financial year 2022; Presentation on the report on the outcomes of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy programming by acting; Budgetary aspects of the Commission proposal on establishing the Act in Support of Ammunition Production –  exchange of views with the Commission.

Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Chemical Weapons: current challenges and outcome of the 5th Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention; Jointly with the Committee on Budgets: Presentation of European Court of Auditors Special report N° 10/2023: The Preparatory Action on Defence Research.

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Consumer credits (2021/0171(COD)) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations; Laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, amending Regulation (EU).
Debates: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation; Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive); Customs reform package: presentation by the Commission of the legislative proposals.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Exchange of views with John EDWARDS, UK Information Commissioner, concerning the UK data protection reform; Exchange of views with representatives of the Italian Coast Guard, Frontex and Medicins sans Frontières on the recent tragedy off the coast of Calabria (Italy); Exchange of views with Helen DIXON, Irish Data Protection Commissioner, concerning TikTok and its compliance with EU law; Presentation of the outcomes of the 2022 edition of the European Migration Forum, co-organised by the EESC and DG HOME; Presentation of the study on Equality Bodies of the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs; Hearing of the Council’s candidate for the post of the Europol Deputy Executive Director; LIBE delegation to Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 20-22 February 2023 – presentation of report on the outcome of the mission.
Votes: Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions; Asset recovery and confiscation; Protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (2022/0269(COD)) – consideration of amendments; In association with the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Exchange of views on missing persons in Syria – official side event to the Syria Brussels VII Conference “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” on 14-15 June 2023.
Public hearing: ‘The state of rights and freedoms in Cuba, including the effects of the embargo’.

Committee on Development (DEVE)
Votes: Jointly with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals; Election of 2nd Vice-Chair; Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022 – adoption of draft opinion in letter form; The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 – adoption of draft opinion.
Debates: Jointly with the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP) and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) – strengthening parliamentary ties between Africa and Europe parliamentarians; Transition from humanitarian needs to the sustainable reconstruction of Ukraine – exchange of views with the European Commission and invited experts; jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs: The Global Gateway strategy – state of play – exchange of views with the European Commission and the EEAS; UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28); Outcome of Foreign Affairs Council (Development) of 4 May 2023 – exchange of views with Helena König, Deputy Secretary General for Global Affairs, EEAS; With the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (D-AF): Monitoring the provision of humanitarian and basic livelihoods aid to Afghanistan.

Wednesday 24 May

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Votes: Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022; Vote on the partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors.
Debate: Exchange of views with the participation of Members of Committee on Regional Development (REGI) and Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI): ECA Special Report; Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors.
Public hearing: On the application of the rules on conflicts of interests in the management of EU funds in the Member States.

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the referral of proposals for legally binding acts to committees and the procedure for solving conflicts of competence; Composition of the European Parliament; Implementation of ‘passerelle’ clauses in the EU Treaties.
Presentation of study: Study on “Young people’s participation in European democratic processes – How to improve and facilitate youth involvement”; Proposed amendments to Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: 2022 Commission Report on North Macedonia; 2022 Commission Report on Albania; Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Thailand, of the other part; Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Government of Malaysia, of the other part; The protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter.
Debate: Exchange of views on the recent developments regarding the Lachin corridor and the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan; Debriefing on the AFET mission to Washington D.C. and Wisconsin, U.S.; Exchange of views with Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General, Political Director of the European External Action Service on the new developments in the Gulf and the Middle East region; Relations with Belarus.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: The conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule; Presentation of a study “Global value chains: Potential synergies between external trade policy and internal economic initiatives to address the strategic dependencies of the EU”; Exchange of views with stakeholders in view of the next meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation; Establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations; Establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals (2022/0394(COD)) – consideration of draft report; with the presence of CONT Members: European Court of Auditors Review 02/2023: EU actions to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste; Joint debate: STOA study on “Fostering coherence in EU health research: Strengthening EU research for better health”; STOA study on “European pharmaceutical research and development: Could public infrastructure overcome market failures ?”.
Votes: Amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions; Reporting of environmental data from industrial installations and establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal.

Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: Conclusion of a Protocol implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius; Laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement; Certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (recast).
Debates: The state of play in the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives; General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean; The mobilisation of EU fishing fleets on 9 May.
Public hearing: “The future of fishing – How to promote income diversification and facilitate access to EU funding for fishers”. 

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Structured Dialogue with Commissioner GABRIEL; Exchange of views with the Commission on the 2023 Annual Work Programmes on Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe; Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market (2023/2054(INI)) – exchange of views – rapporteur: Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES); Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market (2022/2198(INI)) – consideration of draft opinion – rapporteur for the opinion: Laurence FARRENG (Renew, FR); High level Exchange of views on sexual and other forms of harassment in the cultural and creative sectors and on the OMC report; Exchange of views with Commissioner BRETON; The future of the European book sector (2023/2053(INI) – consideration of draft report – rapporteur: Tomasz FRANKOWSKI (EPP, PL).

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debate: Exchange of views with Equinet.
Public hearing: Gender aspects of defence, peace and security.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; The use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and amending Directive; Ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport (2021/0205(COD)) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations.
Debates: Exchange of views with Juan Carlos SALAZAR, Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO); Exchange of views with European Coordinators for the TEN-T, Carlo SECCHI (Atlantic Corridor) and Iveta RADIČOVÁ (Mediterranean Corridor); Agreement between the European Union and Japan on certain aspects of air services.

Joint meeting of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debate: Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

Joint meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) and the Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debate: Implementation of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation.

Thursday 25 May

Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debate: Analysis of “The use of Article 122 TFEU: institutional implications and impact on the democratic accountability”.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Jointly with the Committee on Development (DEVE): exchange of views on the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Presentation of the Study on ‘African Union: The African political integration process and its impact on EU-AU relations in the field of foreign and security policy’.

Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Public hearing: on the Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (ING2)
Public hearing: Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): “Election manipulation attempts (including in Africa as revealed by the “Team Jorge files”)”.

Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: System of European Schools – state of play, challenges and perspectives (2022/2149(INI)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Ilana CICUREL (Renew, FR); Protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (2022/0117(COD)) – adoption of draft opinion.
Debates: Implementation of the 2018 Geo-blocking Regulation in the digital single market (2023/2019(INI)) – consideration of draft opinion.

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Moldovan products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part; Ad hoc delegation to Brasília and São Paulo, Brazil and to Montevideo, Uruguay, 14-20 May 2023 – reporting back to committee; Latest developments in EU-Ukraine trade relations, including preventive measures on agri-food imports from Ukraine.
Votes: Providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia (2023/0034(COD)).

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Exchange of views with the parliamentary committees on budget and on anti-corruption policies of the Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada; Study on “The use of Contract Agents in decentralised EU Agencies”.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Vote: European green bonds.
Debate: European Central Bank – annual report 2023.

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Public hearing: With AGRI and PETI Members associated: European Citizens’ Initiative – “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing”.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debate: Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on “Reaching the transport objectives of Fit for 55 at national level – opportunities and challenges”. 

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 22 May

Foreign Affairs Council
EU Foreign Affairs Ministers are expected to discuss Russian aggression against Ukraine, exchange views on the Western Balkans and the Horn of Africa, and be informed about current affairs.

Monday 22 – Tuesday 23 May 

Competitiveness Council
On Monday, topics on the agenda include: Ecodesign, where ministers are expected to adopt a general approach for the regulation establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products. Long term competitiveness is also a topic, where the Communication of the Commission will propose to close the gap in productivity between the EU economy and its global competitors in areas such as innovation, production and implementation of advanced technologies. The single market at 30 and beyond will be another topic, as well as a debate on the Critical Raw Materials Act. Other topics include a presentation by the Commission on the Net-Zero Industry Act, a presentation on the point of view of the EU legislation and design protection, and a presentation of the work programme for the Spanish Presidency. On Tuesday, knowledge security is on the agenda, and ministers will hold a debate on knowledge security and responsible internationalisation. In the afternoon, EU Space Policy in a New Geopolitical Landscape is the topic, and a policy debate on the New Space and the vulnerabilities of a dependency on space-based services will be held.

Tuesday 23 May

Foreign Affairs Council (Defence)
The Defence Ministers are expected to discuss the EU support to Ukraine as well as to be informed on current affairs.

Thursday 25 May

Foreign Affairs Council (Trade)
The state of play of the trade relations with the United States will be high on the agenda for this meeting. Ministers are also expected to address recent development in EU-China trade relations, and will also inform about the preparations for the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13). The ministers will also focus on the ongoing bilateral trade negotiations during a working lunch.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.