Day-by-day

Monday 16 January

• EP: Plenary Session
• Foreign Affairs Council
• EC: Mimica at 25th anniversary of international recognition Croatia’s independence
• EC: Mogherini meets Foreign Ministers of Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and Finland
• EESC: Study Groups
• Presidency: Forum on Leadership Policy for Equity and Learning
• FRA: Strengthening forced return monitoring systems in Member States

Tuesday 17 January

• EP: Plenary Session – election of President of Parliament
• EC: College of Commissioners in Strasbourg
• EC: Commissioners at the Davos World Economic Forum
• EESC: Public Hearing on Corporate tax reforms package
• CoR: Stakeholders Consultation on Disaster Risk Reduction
• ECHR: Grand Chamber judgment

Wednesday 18 January

• EP: Plenary Session
• EC: Event on energy efficient finance market place
• EESC: ACP-EU Follow-up Committee and Study Groups
• CoE: Cypriot Chairmanship workshop on Independent Authorities

Thursday 19 January

• EP: Plenary Session
• EC: Hogan at opening International Green Week Berlin 2017
• EESC: Study Group on European Energy Community
• Presidency: Workshop on Climate Change
• ECHR: judgments

Friday 20 January

• EC: Stylianides receives UN Humanitarian Coordinator Yemen
• EESC: Study Group on Nautical and marine tourism

Saturday 21 January

• EC: Vella at Green Capital Launch in Essen

Sunday 22 January

• EC: Hogan at G20 Agricultural Ministers Meeting

 

European Union

European Parliament

Monday 16 January

Plenary Session in Strasbourg
Announcement of the candidates for election to the office of the President

Tuesday 17 January

Plenary Session in Strasbourg
Election of the President of Parliament; Election of the Vice-Presidents of Parliament.

Wednesday 18 January

Plenary Session in Strasbourg
Elections: Election of the Vice-Presidents of Parliament; Election of the Quaestors of Parliament; Appointments to committees – Announcement of the proposal for a decision by the Conference of Presidents.
Debates: Numerical strength of the standing committees – Proposal for a decision; Presentation of the programme of the Maltese Council Presidency – Council and Commission statements; Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2016 – European Council and Commission statements; Short presentation of the report on Logistics in the EU and multimodal transport in the new TEN-T corridors.

Thursday 19 January

Plenary Session in Strasbourg
Debates: A European Pillar of Social Rights; Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 135); Biological low risk pesticides – Oral question.
Votes: Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 135); Appointments to committees; EU-Kosovo Stabilisation and Association Agreement: procedures for its application; Imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by specific Union import rules; Conclusion of the Agreement continuing the International Science and Technology Centre; Tackling the challenges of the EU Customs Code (UCC) implementation; Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 by identifying high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies; Texts on which debate is closed.

Find the full plenary agenda here.

 

Council of Ministers

Monday 16 January

Foreign Affairs Council
Ministers will exchange of views on the outlook for the first semester of 2017; examine developments in Syria following the discussion at its last meeting; discuss the EU’s role in supporting a full ceasefire and a genuine political transition in Syria under the auspices of the UN, as well as in ensuring full humanitarian access and assistance throughout the country; discuss the Middle East peace process, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) and the Paris conference on 15 January 2017.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

 

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 16 January

Neven Mimica in Zagreb, Croatia: for the 25th anniversary of international recognition of Croatia’s independence.

Federica Mogherini receives, for bilateral meetings, Teodor Meleșcanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, Angelino Alfano, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Daniel Mitov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, and Timo Soini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland.

Tuesday 17 – Friday 20 January 

Davos World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
Commissioners Frans Timmermans, Federica Mogherini, Maroš Šefčovič, Valdis Dombrovskis, Violeta Bulc, Pierre Moscovici, Tibor Navracsics, Carlos Moedas, Andrus Ansip, Johannes Hahn, and Cecilia Malmström participate in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2017, in Davos, Switzerland.

Tuesday 17 January

College of Commissioners (Strasbourg)
Communication on ‘comitology procedures’ – more democracy for the procedures for the adoption of delegated and implementing acts

Wednesday 18 – Thursday 19 January

Energy efficient finance market place
This event will gather participants working on energy efficiency finance from the financial sector, ESCOs, project developers and public authorities. It will last 1.5 days and will be a mix of plenary discussions and 24 breakout sessions with a focus on practical experiences and projects, looking at 4 thematic tracks: standardisation and benchmarking, innovative financing schemes, aggregation of public assets, aggregation of private assets.

Thursday 19 January

Phil Hogan in Berlin, Germany (until 22/01): attends the launch of «Agriculture 4.0» Whitepaper of Agricultural Machinery in Europe (CEMA); and delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of International Green Week Berlin 2017.

Friday 20 January

Christos Stylianides receives Jamie McGoldrick, United Nations Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for the Republic of Yemen.

Saturday 21 January

Karmenu Vella participates in the Green Capital Launch in Essen, Germany.

Sunday 22 January

Phil Hogan in Berlin, Germany: participates in the G20 Agricultural Ministers Meeting.

 

European Economic and Social Committee

Monday 16 January

Study Groups
A Space Strategy for Europe
EU Regulatory Framework for Financial Services
Mid-term evaluation of the LIFE Programme
Establishing the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund

Tuesday 17 January

Public Hearing on Corporate tax reforms package with focus on the common (consolidated) corporate tax base
In October 2016 the European Commission presented proposals for corporate tax reforms, including an improved common (consolidated) corporate tax base (CCCTB) that provides Member States with a new system for taxing multinationals. The EESC is currently drawing up three interlinked opinions on these proposals and in this framework organises a public hearing on the corporate tax reforms package, with a focus on the CCCTB.

Tuesday 17 – Wednesday 18 January

ACP-EU Follow-up Committee
Report on recent activities by Yves Somville, President of the ACP-EU Follow-Up Committee; Presentation and adoption of work programme for 2017; COP22: Implications for ACP-EU socio-economic actors; Follow-Up on the Post-Cotonou debate, next steps; Latest Developments on Economic Partnership Agreements; Forced Displacement and Development: the role of socio-economic actors; Conclusions and planning of activities for the rest of the year.

Wednesday 18 January

Study Groups
Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations
The Role of Turkey in the Refugee Crisis
Eurofound, Cedefop & EU-OSHA Regulations
Numerisation

Thursday 19 January

Study Group
European Energy Community

Friday 20 January

Study Group
Nautical and maritime tourism

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 17 January

Stakeholders Consultation: Action Plan on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) is drafting an opinion on the «Action Plan on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030». The Rapporteur of the opinion, Adam Banaszak (PL/ECR), Member of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Regional Assembly, together with his expert, Pawel Modrzynski, will meet representatives of local and regional associations and other stakeholders for a consultation and an exchange of views on the relevant topics of this opinion.

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.

 

Maltese Presidency

Monday 16 – Tuesday 17 January

Forum on Leadership Policy for Equity and Learning; Take it to the Student
The Ministry for Education and Employment collaborates with the European Policy Network on School Leadership in convening this conference on school leadership, equity and inclusivity, as the first event of the Education Week. This conference will provide the opportunity to promote the exchange of good practices and development of innovative approaches to effective educational leadership that takes equity, social justice and inclusivity seriously, through a mix of key note presentations, round-table colloquia and breakout sessions.

Thursday 19 – Friday 20 January

Workshop on Climate Change
Malta organises an informal Workshop on Climate change on issues which are pending for negotiation following the UNFCCC twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22), the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 12), and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 1) and those which will be negotiated under the technical UNFCCC bodies in May 2017. The main goal of the Maltese Presidency Workshop on Climate Change is to start the preparations for a coordinated EU position used for negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The agenda of the Maltese Presidency can be found here.

 

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Monday 16 – Friday 20 January

Strengthening forced return monitoring systems in Member States
In cooperation with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and Frontex, FRA will provide an intense capacity-building workshop for newly appointed and experienced forced return monitors. The objective of the workshop will be to familiarise the monitors with their key roles and responsibilities when observing forced return operations, to analyse the fundamental rights dimension of the whole procedure and to report identified issues.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

 

Council of Europe

Tuesday 17 January

ECHR Judgments
The European Court of Human Rights will deliver a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Hutchinson v. the United Kingdom. The case concerns the complaint by a man serving a whole life sentence for murder that his sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment as he has no hope of release. Furthermore, the European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 31 judgments concerning Austria, Belgium, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.

Wednesday 18 January

Cypriot Chairmanship of the Council of Europe
Workshop on Independent Authorities and their responsibilities
Responsible Cypriot Authorities: Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, Office of the Commissioner for Administration and Human Rights (Ombudsman), Law Commissioner, Commissioner for Children’s Rights and Financial Commissioner.

Thursday 19 January

ECHR Judgments
The European Court of Human Rights will notify in writing 34 judgments concerning Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

Find an overview of Council of Europe events here and the Chairmanship agenda here.