Agenda 14 June - 20 June 2021 20210607APR05612
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Agenda 14 June - 20 June 2021 20210607APR05612 The Week Ahead 14 – 20 June 2021 Committee meetings, Brussels Committee meetings, Brussels First Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe. The inaugural Conference Plenary will take place on 19 June, in Strasbourg, with remote and physical participation, in full compliance with the public health situation, and will include presentations on the European Citizens’ Panels and the Multilingual Digital Platform. Ahead of the event, on Tuesday 15 June, Parliament’s Co-Chair of the Conference Board, MEP Guy Verhofstadt, will inform the Constitutional Affairs Committee on the state of play of the Conference. High-Level Conference on Asylum and Migration. EP President David Sassoli will contribute with a video message at the opening and speak at the closing of the second high-level inter- parliamentary conference on migration and asylum. The conference will debate the impact of COVID-19 and the external dimension of migration and asylum policies. Statements by President of Portugal’s Assembleia Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, President of Slovenia’s National Assembly Igor Zorčič and President of Germany’s Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble will also take place at the opening. Commission Vice-Presidents Margaritis Schinas will deliver keynote speech (Monday). Protection of EU budget/OLAF. MEPs in the Budget Control Committee will discuss the European Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) 2020 activities in its fight to protect the EU budget, including over 200 investigations closed and more than €293 million recommended for recovery, with its Director-General Ville Itälä (Tuesday). Single European Sky. The Transport and Tourism Committee will set its negotiating position on the reform of the Single European Sky. The new rules aim to modernise Europe’s air traffic management, improve efficiency and capacity as well as reduce fragmentation, flight delays and CO2 emissions in the aviation sector (Thursday). President’s diary. EP President David Sassoli will sign into law the EU digital COVID certificate with Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, followed by a joint statement, on Monday. On Tuesday, President Sassoli will meet Montenegro’s Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić and Minister of Foreign Affairs Đorđe Radulović as well as join the opening ceremony commemorating mass Soviet deportations in Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 1 I 18 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Central and Eastern Europe. Mr Sassoli will meet the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Matteo Mecacci and the President of Romania’s Senate Anca Dragu, on Wednesday. The full agenda EP Press service contacts Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 2 I 18 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Monday 14 June 2021 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda 15:30 Closing ceremony of the High Level Conference on migration and asylum with the President of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, Mr Eduardo Luís Barreto Ferro Rodrigues PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 Committee on Foreign Affairs • In association with the Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee - Exchange of views on the decision of the Swiss Federal Council to terminate the negotiations of the EU-Swiss Institutional Framework Agreement • Exchange of views with the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the situation in Burkina Faso (15.00 - 16.15) 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 Committee on Development Debates • The EU's humanitarian response to the crisis in Nagorno–Karabakh - Exchange of views with the European Commission • Alleged sexual abuses by humanitarian aid workers in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Exchange of views with the European Commission • EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve Sustainable Development Goals - Adoption of joint DEVE/AGRI Oral Question - Rapporteur: Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SV) • Question to the Commission on nature-based solutions - Tabled by Michèle RIVASI (GREENS/EFA, FR) 13:45-15:15 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Committee on Budgets Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 3 I 18 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Debates (Joint Committee Meeting: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Committee on Budgets) • Exchange of views with Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, on the implementation of the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2 Committee on Budgetary Control Debates • Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2019 (INI) - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/ALE, NL) • Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combatting fraud - annual report 2019 (INI) - Adoption of draft report - Rapporteur: Caterina CHINNICI (S&D, IT) • European political parties – report 2021 (INI) - Consideration of draft opinion - Rapporteur for the opinion: Isabel GARCÍA MUÑOZ (S&D, ES) • Workshop: The EU's current role in GRECO and ambitions for the future: how to move towards full membership - Rapporteur: Daniel FREUND (Greens/ALE, DE) draft workshop programme 15:15-16:15 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Votes • Amending Directive on the common system of value added tax as regards conferral of implementing powers to the Commission to determine the meaning of the terms used in certain provisions of that Directive - adoption of draft report - rapporteur Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT) • European Statistical Governance Advisory Board: Nomination to the Board (17.00 – 18.45) Joint debate on the "digital finance" package • Markets in Crypto-assets, rapporteur: Stefan BERGER (EPP, DE) • Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology, rapporteur: Johan VAN OVERTVERLDT (ECR, BE) • Digital operational resilience for the financial sector regulation, rapporteur: Billy KELLEHER (Renew, IE) • Digital operational resilience for the financial sector and temporary exemption for multilateral trading facilities, directive, rapporteur: Mikuláš PEKSA (Greens/EFA, CZ) 16:45-17:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G3 Committee on Legal Affairs Votes (Joint Committee Meeting: Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Legal Affairs) • Provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches - vote - rapporteurs Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT), Ibán García DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES) Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 4 I 18 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda 13:45-18:15 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A2 Committee on Employment and Social Affairs • Hearing of Juan MENÉNDEZ-VALDÉS, the EU-OSHA Executive Director-nominee (13.50 – 15.20) • Introduction of an European Social Security number with a personal labour card (RSP), Co-rapporteurs: Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), Marianne VIND (S&D, DK), Dragoș PÎSLARU (Renew), Elena LIZZI (ID, IT), Mounir SATOURI (Greens/EFA, FR), Elżbieta RAFALSKA (ECR, PL) and Nikolaj VILLUMSEN (The Left, DK) -exchange of views with Commission representatives (15.20 – 16.15) 13:45-17:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2 Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Debates • Exchange of views with the Commission on the ENVI-related aspects of the Trade Policy Review • An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions (2021/2006(INI)) - Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Maria SPYRAKI (EPP, EL) • Exchange of views with the Commission on a new EU strategy on adaptation to climate change (16.45 – 17.45) 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3 Committee on Legal Affairs Debates • An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience - Consideration of draft report - Rapporteur: Marion WALSMANN (PPE, DE) • Contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) - Consideration of draft opinion - Rapporteur for the opinion: Tiemo WÖLKEN (S&D, DE) • Presentation of the study on A Statute for a European Associations and Non-profit Organisations • Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches - Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations - Joint vote with ECON Members - Rapporteurs: Evelyn REGNER (S&D,AT), Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES) 13:45-16:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 Joint meeting: Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age / Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development • AIDA-AGRI Joint Public Hearing on “Artificial intelligence in agriculture and food security” draft programme Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 5 I 18 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Tuesday 15 June 2021 THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda 12:00 Meeting with the Italian students of the College de Bruges (remote) 14:00 Meeting with the Montenegro Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Zdravko Krivokapić