Agenda 12 April - 18 April 2021 20210406APR01403 The Week Ahead 12 – 18 April 2021 Committee meetings, Brussels Committee meetings, Brussels Digital Green Certificate. MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee will, for the first time, debate with the Commission the recent proposal for a Digital Green Certificate intended to ease travel between EU Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic. MEPs will also discuss the Certificate’s implications for citizens’ data privacy with the EU Data Protection Supervisor and EU Data Protection Board (Tuesday from 10:30). Quicker authorisation procedure for adapted COVID-19 vaccines. The Environment and Public Health Committee will discuss a new procedure to facilitate and accelerate the EU-wide approval of adapted vaccines against COVID-19 variants. (debate Thursday morning and vote Friday morning). Banning caged farming. A European Citizens’ initiative (ECI) for an EU-wide ban on keeping farmed animals in cages will be debated in a public hearing by MEPs, Commissioners, experts, representatives of other EU bodies, and the organisers of the ECI, which had secured almost 1.4 million signatories (Thursday from 09:00). Media briefing on Artificial Intelligence. Lead MEPs will brief journalists and answer their questions on the latest European Parliament resolutions on Artificial Intelligence, ahead of the Commission’s presentation of the legislative proposal on AI, set for 21 April (Wednesday from 10:00). President’s diary. EP President David Sassoli will take part in an online talk with Vicky Martin de la Torre on her book « L’Europe,hier et aujourd’hui : un saut dans l’inconnu? » on Thursday. The full agenda EP Press service contacts Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 1 I 17 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda Tuesday 13 April 2021 16:00 Extraordinary Conference of Presidents The President's agenda Wednesday 14 April 2021 18:00 Informal Bureau meeting The President's agenda Thursday 15 April 2021 10:00 Visio Meeting with the Estonian Speaker, Mr Jüri Ratas 12:30 Meeting with taly’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Mr Maurizio Massari 15:30 Videocall with the the President of Italian Bank Association, Mr Antonio Patuelli 16:30 VISIO Book talk : Vicky Martin de la Torre L’Europe,hier et aujourd’hui : un saut dans l’inconnu? The President's agenda Friday 16 April 2021 18:00 Commemoration for Prof. Ruffilli, Catholic University. With Romano Prodi (remote) Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 2 I 17 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Foreign Affairs Monday 12 April 2021 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 • Exchange of views with Stefano SANNINO, Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Koen DOENS, Director-General of DG INTPA (International Partnerships) on the Joint Communication on Multilateralism (14.00 – 15.15) Committee on Development Tuesday 13 April 2021 09:00-17:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 09:00-10:00 With the Committee on Foreign Affairs (meeting room Paul-Henri Spaak 3C50) Recent visit to Ethiopia and Sudan by the Special European Envoy and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland - Exchange of views with Pekka HAAVISTO 10:10-12:00 Debates • Presentation of the Communication on the "EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles" and Structured Dialogue on the Commission Work Programme - Exchange of views with Janez LENARČIČ, Commissioner for Crisis Management 16:45-17:45 Votes • A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system - Adoption of draft opinion - rapporteur: Benoît BITEAU (Verts/ALE, FR) • Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 - Adoption of motion for a resolution - rapporteur: Tomas TOBÉ (PPE, SV) Debates • The implications of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes - Exchange of views with Marcos A. ORELLANA, Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Committee on Foreign Affairs Tuesday 13 April 2021 09:00-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 3 I 17 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Vote • Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Montenegro (INI), adoption of amendments - Rapporteur Tonino PICULA (S&D, HR) • EU-India relations (INI), adoption of amendments - Rapporteur Alviina ALAMETSÄ (Greens/EFA, FI ) Jointly with the Committee on Development • Exchange of views with Pekka HAAVISTO, Special European Envoy and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, on his recent visit to Ethiopia and Sudan Debates • Exchange of views with Anas AL-ABDEH, President of the Syria Opposition Syrian Negotiation Commission, and Hadi al Bahra, co-Chair of the Constitutional Committee (10.00 – 11.00) • Exchange of views with Othman JERANDI, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of the Republic of Tunisia (11.00 – 12.00) • Exchange of views on EU-Japan relations and the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) (13.45 – 14.45) • The 6th anniversary of the Minsk agreements: Exchange of views on the achievements and on the challenges ahead (14.45 – 16.00) 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 (DEEA) • Public Hearing: The Arctic: a new arena of geostrategic importance and great powers' rivalry (16.50 – 18.45) Draft programme and further information Subcommittee on Human Rights Wednesday 14 April 2021 09:00-18:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2 (13.45 – 14.45) In association with the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee • Exchange of views with Sergei GURIEV, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, Paris (14.45 – 16.15) • Exchange of views on the implementation of the recommendations of the UN Global Study on Children deprived of liberty, in the presence of: 1. Prof. Manfred NOVAK, UN-appointed independent rights expert, lead author of UN Global Study and Secretary General of Global Campus 2. Carina FERREIRA-BORGES, Word Health Organization (WHO) (TBC) 3. Manu KRISHAN, Global Campus of Human Rights (TBC) 4. Kirsten DI MARTINO, UNICEF senior advisor, child protection Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 4 I 17 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda (16.45 – 17.45) Jointly with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (TBC) • Exchange of views on accountability of State officials for international crimes, in the presence of : 1. Vaios KOUTROULIS, Professor of Public International Law, International Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 2. Claus KREß, Professor and Director, Institute of International Peace and Security Law, University of Cologne 3. Chantal MELONI, Senior Legal Advisor, International Crimes and Accountability, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights e.V. (ECCHR) (17.45 – 18.45) • Exchange of views on state policies of Memory, Truth, and Justice in Argentina, in the presence of: 1. Remo Gerardo CARLOTTO, Special Representative for Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship 2. Alejandra NAFTAL, Executive Director, ESMA Museum and Site of Memory - Former Clandestine Centre of Detention, Torture, and Extermination 3. Pablo GRINSPUN, Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to the EU Subcommittee on Security and Defence Wednesday 14 April 2021 09:00-18:45 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 • Vice-Admiral Herve BLEJEAN, mission report from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as part of the implementation of the new mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) (09.00-10.00) • Hearing on "The security situation in the Sahel: the African view and experience" ( 10.00 – 12.00) Draft programme and further information (13.45-15.15) • EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations (INI), consideration of draft report - Rapporteur Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE (EPP, ES) • State of EU cyber defence capabilities (INI), consideration of draft report - Rapporteur Urmas PAET (Renew, EE) In association with the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee • Exchange of views with Andrii TARAN, Minister of Defence of Ukraine, on EU- Ukraine security and defence cooperation (15.15 – 16.15) (16.45 – 17.45) • European Peace Facility: strengthening the financial toolbox of the EU's CSDP and security and defence pillar - Exchange of views with Stefano TOMAT, Director, CSDP and crisis response - Integrated Approach for Security and Peace (ISP), EEAS Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 5 I 17 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Subcommittee on Security and Defence Thursday 15 April 2021 09:00-12:00 Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E2 • Expert perspectives on the next steps in the Strategic Compass, with Daniel FIOTT, Security and Defence Editor, EU Institute for Security Studies; Nicole KOENIG, Research fellow at the Jacques