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 16 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 16 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda THE PRESIDENT'S DIARY The President's agenda Monday 14 June 2021 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 The President's agenda Tuesday 15 June 2021 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 and Mr. Đorđe Radulović 15:00 Opening ceremony in a Commemoration of mass Soviet deportations in Central and Eastern Europe (Solidarity Square in front of the European Parliament) The President's agenda Wednesday 16 June 2021 10:00 Meeting with the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Mr Matteo Mecacci 11:00 Meeting with the President of the Senate of Romania, H.E. Ms. Anca Dragu 12:00 Meeting with the Focus group moderators of Rethinking parliamentary democracy 15:00 Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean The President's agenda Thursday 17 June 2021 12:00 Bureau the staff committee (protocol room) The President's agenda Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 3 I 16 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Saturday 19 June 2021 10:45 Intervention in the XVIII edition of the “Foro de Diálogo España-Italia” Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 4 I 16 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda PRESS CONFERENCES Guy VERHOFSTADT, Co-Chair of the Executive Board and coordinator of the EP delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe, on “Briefing on the European Parliament’s work in the Conference on the Future of Europe” Wednesday 16 June 2021 16:00-16:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 “Visit of leader of Ciudadanos Party to European Parliament” Thursday 17 June 2021 14:00-14:30 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A050 Luis GARICANO (Renew Europe, ES), and Inés ARRIMADAS Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 5 I 16 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES Committee on Foreign Affairs Monday 14 June 2021 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 • 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) Committee on Foreign Affairs Tuesday 15 June 2021 09:00-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050 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 (9.15 - 10.30) Votes open at 14.30 and closes at 16.00 • EU global human rights sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act) (RSP), adoption of motion for a resolution - Rapporteur David McALLISTER (EPP, DE ) 14.45 - 17.15 and 17.45 - 18.45 Extraordinary meeting jointly with the Committee on Development • High-level geopolitical dialogue on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe (see separate draft agenda) Joint meeting: Committee on Development and Committee on Foreign Affairs Tuesday 15 June 2021 14:45-18:45 Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C50 Debates • High-level geopolitical dialogue on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe - with Josep BORRELL, Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative, Jutta URPILAINEN, Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Olivér VÁRHELYI, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement • Question and Answer sessions (in camera): Sub-Saharan Africa (Mozambique, Mali (within the wider context of the Sahel), Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo), Americas (El Salvador, Colombia), Asia (Afghanistan, Myanmar, the Philippines, China and India (in their role as Strategic Partners)), Neighbourhood (Eastern & Southern Neighbourhood) Press Service, Directorate General for Communication 6 I 16 European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot EN Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 Agenda Subcommittee on Human Rights Wednesday 16 June 2021 13:45-18:45 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 Jointly with the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the EU, including Disinformation (INGE) • Presentation of the study: "Digital technologies as a means of repression and social control", in the presence of: Dorota GŁOWACKA, Legal Officer, Panoptykon Foundation and Richard YOUNGS, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe and Professor of International Relations, University of Warwick Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and in association with the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (14.45 – 16.15) • Exchange of views on women’s rights and women's participation in the reconstruction process of Afghanistan, in the presence of: Shaharzad AKBAR - Chairperson, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), Sima SAMAR, human rights advocate, former Minister of Women’s Affairs, and former Chair of Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Fawzia KOOFI, member of Afghan Peace Negotiation Team and Metra MEHRAN, young social entrepreneur and co-founder of the Feminine Perspectives Movement In association with the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (16.45 – 17.45) • Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Myanmar, in the presence of:Tom ANDREWS, UN Special rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Maung MOE, journalist and Ben HARDMAN, EarthRights International Subcommittee on Human Rights Thursday 17 June 2021 09:00-12:00 Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1 In association with the Delegation for relations with the South Caucasu (09.45 – 10.30) • Follow-up to the EU-Azerbaijan Human Rights Dialogue of 26 April 2021, in the presence of Leyla YUNUS, 2014 Sakharov Prize nominee, Philippe DAM, Advocacy Director for Europe and Central Asia, Human Rights Watch and an EEAS representative (TBC) (10.30 – 11.15) • Exchange of views on corruption and