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Weekly European Agenda 25/11/2024

25-29 November 2024 

Monday 25 November  

Tuesday 26 November 

Wednesday 27 November 

Thursday 28 November 

Friday 29 November 

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 25 November 

Plenary
Debates: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women; Outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia (COP16).

Tuesday 26 November 

Plenary
Votes: Partial renewal of a member of the Court of Auditors – BG nominee; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × NK603; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified cotton COT102; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 89034 × 1507 × MON 88017 × 59122 and eight of its sub-combinations; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 810; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP915635; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP23211; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP202216; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 94804.
Debates: 2025 budgetary procedure: outcome of the conciliation; Question Time (Commission); Question Time (VPC/HR); Debates 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.

Wednesday 27 November 

Plenary
Votes: Election of the Commission; 2025 budgetary procedure: joint text; Draft amending budget No 5/2024: adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates.
Debates: Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and its programme; Council’s recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments; Recent legislation targeting LGBTQI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free Union; Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150).

Thursday 28 November

Plenary  
Debates: Strengthening children’s rights in the EU – 35th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; Major interpellations (Rule 145).

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 25 November 

Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
Ministers from EU member states responsible for youth and education will meet in Brussels to discuss a range of topics. On Monday, ministers for youth are expected to approve conclusions on providing ‘glocal’ opportunities for young people living in rural and remote areas, and will discuss the evolving demographic trends shaping opportunities for rural youth. In the afternoon, education ministers will seek to adopt a recommendation on attractive and sustainable careers in higher education, and will hold a policy debate on boosting future-proof skills and competitiveness through higher education.

Tuesday 26 November 

Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
During the morning session, the Council will turn its attention to sport. Ministers will seek to approve conclusions on fostering the lasting legacy of major sporting events, and discuss the role of a European Sport Model. Later that day, under culture and audiovisual affairs, ministers are expected to approve conclusions on improving access to culture and will take part in a policy debate on the role of libraries in media literacy development.

Thursday 28 November 

Competitiveness Council
Ministers are expected to approve Council conclusions on the future of European competitiveness. The conclusions consist of industry ministers’ responses following publication of the Draghi report entitled ‘The future of European competitiveness’. Ministers are also expected to exchange views on better regulation in the EU. Ministers will be invited to discuss the current state of play of the better regulation agenda – also in connection with the Draghi report – and to identify pathways for improvement.

General Affairs Council
Ministers will hold a policy debate on strengthening the key assets of cohesion policy and how to improve the shared management of cohesion funds in line with the principle of subsidiarity in the future. The Council is also expected to approve conclusions on the role of cohesion policy in addressing demographic challenges in the EU.

Friday 29 November 

Competitiveness Council
Ministers responsible for research are expected to adopt Council conclusions on strengthening the competitiveness of the EU and overcoming the fragmentation of the European Research Area based on the experiences implementing the ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024). Ministers are also expected to adopt Council conclusions on a potential Europe-wide research and innovation initiative on advancing sustainable natural resource management, food systems security and the deployment of the bioeconomy, harnessing the potential of Central and Eastern Europe (BIOEAST, partnership).

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 25 November 

Reynders participates via videoconference in the 13th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
Commissioner Dider Reynders will participate via videoconference in the 13th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights.

Johansson participates in the European Parliament Plenary session
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will participate in the European Parliament Plenary session, in Strasbourg.

Tuesday 26 November 

Jourová meets with Alain Berset
Vice-President Vĕra Jourová will meet with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg.

Wednesday 27 November 

College meeting
EU Commissioners will gather in Strasbourg to unveil the European Semester Autumn Package.

Johansson gives a keynote address at the European Conference on Drug-Related Violence hosted by the European Union Drugs agency
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will give a keynote address at the European Conference on Drug-Related Violence hosted by the European Union Drugs agency, in Brussels.

Thursday 28 November

Johansson gives a keynote address at the 9th European Migration Forum
Commissioner Ylva Johansson will give a keynote address at the 9th European Migration Forum, hosted by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee, in Brussels.

Wojciechowski meets Sonsoles García
Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will meet with Sonsoles García, Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment, and Fisheries of Ecuador, in Brussels.

Friday 29 November 

Dalli joins the Access City Award 15 year anniversary
Commissioner Helena Dalli will join the Access City Award 15 year anniversary, in Brussels.

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

Tuesday 26 November

Tackling the Rise of the Cost of Living
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic – and its consequences have brought humanity’s most pressing global challenges into the limelight. Climate change, rampant poverty and the erosion of political and civic freedoms have resurfaced as political priorities because of the fundamental need to ensure food, energy and income security. The aim of the conference on “Tackling the rise of the cost of living” is to gather key experts to discuss what needs to be done to alleviate the societal burden of the extraordinary rise of living costs.

Wednesday 27 November

Citizens can defeat disinformation
Disinformation tends to spread among the general public, often horizontally: thus, the best way to tackle this problem is not through a top-down approach, but by directly engaging citizens in discussion and reflection. This is where organised civil society can play a crucial role. The conference will bring together representatives of the Greek authorities, civil society organisations, and EESC members, along with representatives of other EU institutions, and will also involve members of the international gaming community, as well as Greek academics, journalists, social media experts and influencers.

Thursday 28 November – Friday 29 November

European Migration Forum – 9th meeting
The European Migration Forum – the dialogue platform on migration, asylum and migrant integration – will meet for the ninth time on 28-29 November.

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

Committee of the Regions

Tuesday 26 November 

25th CIVEX Commission meeting
The CIVEX commission members will discuss the local and regional perspective in the implementation of the Rule of Law in the EU and have an annual dialogue with the EU agency for Fundamental Rights.

Wednesday 27 November

25th NAT Commission meeting
The following opinion will be discussed and adopted: How post-27 LEADER and CLLD programming could contribute to better implementation of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. LEADER and CLLD are the most local and territorial applications of the European Policies and are the main tools to fulfil the European goals at local level, in rural areas. This opinion will feed into the political work of the CoR on the Long-term vision for rural areas (LTVRA) and into the legislative proposals for the CAP post 2027 expected in 2025.

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.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Thursday 28 November – Friday 29 November 

EU innovation hub for internal security
FRA is a member of Europol’s EU innovation hub for internal security. It will join the annual event to speak at a panel discussion on the fundamental rights implications of explainable AI.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

European Central Bank

Thursday 28 November

Speech by Lane at 25th anniversary of Euro 50 Group at Banque de France
Philip R. Lane will give a speech at the 25th anniversary of Euro 50 Group at Banque de France, in Paris.

More information about ECB events can be found here. 

Council of Europe

Monday 25 November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Since the 1990s, the Council of Europe has actively promoted the protection of women and girls from gender-based violence, namely by adopting Recommendation (2002) 5 on the protection of women against violence and by running a Europe-wide campaign on violence against women, including domestic violence in 2006-2008. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is the most far-reaching international treaty to tackle this serious violation of human rights. It aims at zero tolerance for such violence and is a major step forward in making Europe and beyond a safer place.

Tuesday 26 November – Thursday 28 November 

Steering Committee on Anti-discrimination, Inclusion and diversity 10th meeting and High level event on Curbing hate speech and hate crime
High-level event organised by the French authorities and the Council of Europe on the occasion of the 10th CDADI meeting.

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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