Day-by-day

Monday 7 September

• EP: Plenary Session
• EP: TAXE, LIBE, ITRE
• Extraordinary Agriculture Council meeting
• EC: Expo Milan Seminar ‘New challenges, new generation’
• EC: Trilateral EU-Russia-Ukraine talks about DCFTA
• EC: Avramopoulos in Austria; Cañete in Papua New Guiea; Moedas in China
• EC: Mogherini receives UN Special Envoy for Syria and Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister
• EESC: End of mandate event: Is change still possible in Europe?
• CoE: Public hearing of the European Committee of Social Rights in Italy
• PACE: fact-finding missions to Ukraine and Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Venice Commission: Conference on Lustration in Prague

Tuesday 8 September

• EP: Plenary Session
• EP: LGBTI Intergroup, AGRI
• EC: Weekly College meeting in Strasbourg
• EC: Juncker attends the EP Conference of Presidents
• EC: Stylianides at the Conference Protection of victims of ethnic and religious violence
• EESC: INT Section; Study Group on a European Agenda on Migration
• EESC: Conference A social Pact for sustainable finance: stability, growth, new jobs
• ECHR: judgment
• PACE: Pre-Electoral Mission to Belarus
• Venice Commission: Exchange of best practices in the field of Gender Equality

Wednesday 9 September

• EP: Plenary Session
• EC: State of the Union address by Juncker in the Parliament
• EESC: Conference The territorial impact of EU policies
• EESC: Round table on functional economy
• EESC: Hearing: Nanotechnology for a competitive chemical industry
• EESC: ECO Section; Study Group on EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling
• FRA: Council Terrorism Working Party discusses Islamophobia
• FRA: Presentation of FRA survey on violence against women
• CoE: Strengthening the fight against cybercrime in the Eastern Partnership region
• PACE: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

Thursday 10 September

• EP: Plenary Session
• EP: DROI and Delegation for relations with the Palestine Legislative Council
• EC: Back to Base Conference
• EC: Hahn receives Justice Ministers from BiH
• EC: Mogherini receives Tunisian minister of Foreign Affairs
• EC: Juncker hosts working lunch with Permanent Representatives
• EESC: Conference The implementation of the UN CRPD by the EU – the way forward
• EESC: Section for External Relations
• Presidency: Conference Diversity and Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education and Care
• PACE: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
• ECHR: three judgments

Friday 11 September

• Council: Expert group meeting to discuss road and rail security
• Informal Meeting of Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs
• EC: Šefčovič hosts bilateral gas/energy talks with Russia
• EC: Hahn at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy
• EESC: Permanent Study Group on Food Security
• CoR: European Week of Sport – Conference: Active Cities and Urban Agenda
• PACE: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Saturday 12 September

• Informal Meeting of Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs
• Eurogroup

 

European Union

European Parliament

Monday 7 September

Plenary Session
Debate on the reports: Trade in Seal Products (IMCO); Situation of fundamental rights in the EU 2013-2014 (LIBE).
Short presentation of reports: Commissioner hearings: lessons to be taken from the 2014 process (AFCO), Human rights and technology in third countries (AFET), Protecting the EU’s financial interests: towards performance-based controls of Common Agricultural Policy (CONT), Towards improved single market regulation (IMCO), Family businesses in Europe (ITRE), Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (ITRE), Women’s careers in science and university (FEMM), Empowering girls through education in the EU (FEMM), Promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training (CULT), Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (CULT), Follow up to the European citizens’ initiative Right2Water (ENVI), Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century (EMPL), Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combatting unemployment (EMPL).

Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE)
Consideration of draft report ‘Report of the special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect’.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Extraordinary meeting on the Keller report on the Emergency Relocation Mechanism of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Italy and Greece.

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Votes on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 – all sections, and Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris; consideration of amendments on Developing a sustainable European Industry of base metals.

Tuesday 8 September

Plenary Session
Debate on the reports: Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes (ENVI, AGRI); Correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (IMCO).
Votes: Recommendation a draft Council decision regarding the ILO Forced Labour Convention: social policy (EMPL); texts on which debate is closed.
Debates: Presentation by the Council of its position on the draft general budget – 2016 financial year; Joint debate on Cohesion Policy (REGI); Assessment of the 2012 European Year for active ageing and solidarity between generations (EMPL); Joint debate on Fisheries agreements (PECH); Implementation of the 2011 White paper on transport (TRAN).

LGBTI Intergroup meeting
The seminar aims to allow discussion between parliamentarians, civil society and policy makers on ways to tackle human rights violations intersex people experience. With speakers of the FRA (on the focus paper on the fundamental rights situation of intersex people); Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Commission and NGOs.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Extraordinary meeting for an Exchange of views with Commissioner Phil Hogan responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the current crisis on various agricultural markets in the EU.

Wednesday 9 September

Plenary Session
Key debate: State of the Union Statement by President of the Commission Juncker
Votes: Recommendation on the EU-Azerbaijan Framework agreement (AFET); texts on which debate is closed.
Debates: Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (LIBE); Joint debate on the WTO (INTA).

Thursday 10 September

Plenary Session
Debates: Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (JURI); 30th and 31st annual reports on monitoring the application of EU law 2012-2013 (JURI); Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Votes: Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; Texts on which debate is closed.

Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council meeting. 

Find the full plenary agenda here. Find an overview of committees here. 

 

Council of Ministers

Monday 7 September

Extraordinary Agriculture Council meeting
Prompted by growing concern about the economic crisis and its impact in the dairy and livestock sectors, the Council will hold a debate on the state of play of agriculture markets in the EU. In this regard, the impact on the EU market of the import ban on EU agricultural products imposed by Russia will also been discussed by ministers.

Friday 11 September

Expert group on Road and Rail Security
Meeting to discuss road and rail security in preparation of the Justice and Home Affairs Council taking place on 8 and 9 October.

Friday 11 – Saturday 12 September

Informal Meeting of Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs
In Luxembourg. Discussions will amongst other issues focus on the ‘Five Presidents’ Report’ on EMU reform.

Saturday 12 September

Eurogroup
Finance ministers of Eurozone countries will discuss the state of play regarding Greece, the Banking Union, hold a thematic discussion on growth and jobs: follow up to services reform, and discuss financing and macro-economic stability developments in the euro area.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here. Information on informal meetings can be found here.

 

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 7 September

Expo Milan Seminar ‘New challenges, new generation’
The seminar aims at shedding the light on the state and needs of young and new farmers as they are key actors in the context of the political agenda on jobs and growth, and offers the opportunity to gather insights from the stakeholders on the situation of the generational renewal in the EU agricultural sector. It will feed into the ongoing work on preparing a vision for the European Commission in the agricultural sector.

Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström hosts the trilateral EU-Russia-Ukraine talks about the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, with Pavlo Klimkin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and Alexei Ulyukaev, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, in Brussels.

High Representative Mogherini receives Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria; and Pavlo Klimkin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos visits Traiskirchen, Austria.

Commissioner for Climate Action Miguel Arias Cañete in Papua New Guinea for the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas visits China.

Tuesday 8 September

Weekly College meeting in Strasbourg

President Jean-Claude Juncker attends the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides participates in the International Conference – Protection of victims of ethnic and religious violence in the Middle East, in Paris.

Wednesday 9 September

State of the Union address by President Jean-Claude Juncker in the Plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Thursday 10 September

Back to base conference
The official closing of the pilot phase of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative. Former EU aid volunteers and representatives from sending and hosting organisations will gather to acknowledge the contribution of volunteerism to the humanitarian effort, discuss current themes in the humanitarian field, and to discuss the future deployment of EU aid volunteers as of 2016. Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides will close the event.

President Jean-Claude Juncker hosts a working lunch with the Permanent Representatives of the Member States.

Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn receives Josip Grubeša, Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Mato Jozić, Minister of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Anton Kasipović, Minister of Justice of Republika Rrspka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; and Safet Pizović, President of the Brčko District Judicial Commission, in Brussels.

High Representative Federica Mogherini receives Mr Taïeb Baccouche, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia, in Brussels.

Friday 11 September

Commissioner for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič hosts bilateral discussions on gas supplies to Ukraine, the energy dialogue and the gas pipeline system with the Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.

Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn participates in the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy in Kiev, Ukraine.

A full list with meetings of Commissioners can be found here.

 

European Economic and Social Committee

Monday 7 September

End of mandate event: Is change still possible in Europe? 
The conference, marking the end of the EESC 2010-2015 mandate, will discuss the need for a fresh impetus and new legitimacy for the EU. It includes a roundtable on ‘Why changing the European Union’, presents, under the header ‘Civil society, the engine of change: inspiring examples’ discussions on successful civil society projects, and closes with a roundtable on ‘How can the EU bring about change?’.

Tuesday 8 September

Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption (INT)
Preliminary discussion and introduction of the TEN opinion on A Digital Single Market; presentation of the conclusions of the Space project; presentation of the conclusions of the Social Enterprise project; Adoption of the exploratory opinion on Building a financial ecosystem for social enterprises.

Conference A social Pact for sustainable finance: stability, growth, new jobs
The objective is to reflect on a social pact for sustainable finance and to identify how sustainable finance can contribute to stability, growth and new jobs.

Study Group on a European Agenda on Migration
Presentation by representatives of the European Commission of the Communication: A European Agenda on Migration; Discussion of the working document.

Wednesday 9 September

Conference The territorial impact of EU policies – a consistent and inclusive approach
Final conference of the project ‘Towards a more balanced territorial development in the EU’. The final goal of the project is to enshrine a horizontal, across-the-board principle applying to every policy decision with a geographical dimension, to assess its territorial impact. Decisions harming the territorial balance by increasing urban concentration should be subject to an impact assessment.

Round table on functional economy
Following on the large number of opinions during the EESC 2010-2015 mandate on subjects relating to new production and consumption patterns, the only theme still to be discussed by the Consultative Commission for Industrial Changes is functional economy, defined as the sale of use rather than of ownership. The roundtable will discuss the incorporation of this subject in the ‘New attitudes towards consumption’ project.

Hearing: Nanotechnology for a competitive chemical industry
The hearing will provide input for an opinion that will address the possibilities, opportunities and risks of nanotechnology for the chemical industry, and discuss nanotechnology’s contribution to a sustainable industrial policy, including its economic, social and environmental aspects.

Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO)
Opinion on EU Strategy for the Alpine region; Presentation of the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘An end to front companies in order to secure a fairer Europe’.

Study Group on the EU Action Plan against migrant smuggling
Presentation of working document by the rapporteur.

Thursday 10 September

Conference The implementation of the UN CRPD by the EU – the way forward
The conference in Thessaloniki, organized by the ad Hoc group on Disability, will assess the impact of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluding observations. The UN Committee issued its concluding observations on the EU at the beginning of September. The conference will focus on how the concluding observations can be put into effect when adopting and reviewing EU legislation, and the impact of the economic crisis on the implementation of the UN CRPD in Europe.

Section for External Relations (REX)
Adoption of the draft report on The situation of women in the Euro-Mediterranean region; adoption of the draft opinion on Energy – a factor for development and a deeper accession process in the Western Balkans.

Friday 11 September

Permanent Study Group on Food Security
Summary on activities of the Permanent study group on Food Security during the past mandate.

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

 

Committee of the Regions

Friday 11 September

European Week of Sport – Conference: Active Cities and Urban Agenda
Including physical activity as part of the EU urban agenda. Public conference to: identify and highlight good practices in Europe, whilst singling out factors of success; show how active cities can be an asset for the population and the city itself; explore opportunities to integrate physical activity as part of the “EU Urban Agenda”; draw concrete and operational recommendations directed at European institutions, national governments and cities.

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.

 

Luxembourg Presidency

Thursday 10 – Friday 11 September

Conference on Diversity and Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education and Care
The conference aims to discuss the different dimensions of the Quality framework for early childhood education and care (ECEC). Particular emphasis will be placed on the language development and the valorization of diversity in ECEC. The conclusions of the conference will be presented at the 23-24 November Council Meeting on Education.

The agenda of the Luxembourg Presidency can be found here.

 

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Sunday 6 – Wednesday 9 September

Presentation of FRA survey on violence against women at the European Conference on Domestic Violence in Belfast. The conference aims at raising awareness of domestic violence, promoting the evidence base informing policy and practice developments relating to domestic violence.

Wednesday 9 September

Council Terrorism Working Party discusses Islamophobia
Speakers from FRA, Europol and the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) will provide the latest information on the nature and extent of Islamophobia in the EU and its implications on policies addressing terrorism, particularly the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters. The Working Party is tasked with discussing operational aspects of counter-terrorism policies in the EU.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here. 

 

Council of Europe

Monday 7 September

Public hearing of the European Committee of Social Rights  in the complaint of Confederazione Generale del Lavoro (CGIL) v. Italy.

Wednesday 9 – Friday 11 September

Launch EU-CoE project Strengthening the fight against cybercrime in the Eastern Partnership region
The project will be launched in Bucharest with representatives from the six Eastern Partnership countries as well as experts in the field of judicial and police co-operation.

Find an overview of Council of Europe events here.

 

Parliamentary Assembly

Monday 7 – Tuesday 8 September

The PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina will make a fact-finding visit to that country.

Monday 7 – Friday 11 September

The PACE rapporteur on the political consequences of the crisis in Ukraine will make a fact-finding visit to Ukraine.

Tuesday 8 – Wednesday 9 September

Pre-Electoral Mission to Belarus
A six-member PACE delegation, led by Arpine Hovhannisyan (Armenia, EPP/CD), will carry out a pre-electoral mission to Belarus, to assess the election campaign and political climate prior to the presidential election on 11 October.

Wednesday 9 September

Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
Approval of draft report Assessing the need for a comprehensive review of the Dublin regulation and its implementation; approval of draft report Countries of transit: meeting new migration and asylum challenges; exchange of views with the Council of Europe Development Bank; Statement by the rapporteur and consideration of an outline for the report The need to eradicate statelessness of children; Statement by the rapporteur on her fact-finding visits to Italy and Poland The Mediterranean Sea: a front door to irregular migration; hearing on The humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Thursday 10 September

Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
Hearing of the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Minority Issues; Hearing on Assessing the impact of measures to improve women’s political representation; consideration of the outline of the report The protection of the rights of parents and children belonging to religious minorities; Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers; Interactive discussion on the sociological aspects and realities of gender / Rights of LGBT people.

Friday 11 September

Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Exchange of views and consideration of draft report Protecting patients and public health against undue influence of the pharmaceutical industry; Consideration and approval of a draft opinions: Equality and shared parental responsibility: the role of fathers, Freedom of religion and living together in a democratic society, Handling international public health emergencies; Committee hearing on Human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy; consideration of an outline report Drafting social indicators and issuing an annual report on social rights / The “Turin process” for the European Social Charter.

Find the PACE diary here and the diary of PACE President Anne Brasseur here.

 

ECHR

Tuesday 8 September

Judgment in writing in the case Ünal Akpınar İnşaat, Sanayi, Turizm, Madencilik ve Ticaret S.A. v. Turkey

Thursday 10 September

Judgments in the cases R.H. v. Sweden (no. 4601/14); T.A. and Others v. Switzerland (no. 50165/14); Alada v. Turkey (no. 67449/12).

Information on forthcoming judgments can be found here.

 

European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice)

Monday 7 September

Conference on Lustration in Prague
The Venice Commission organises, in co-operation with the Institute of International Relations Prague a conference on “Past and present-day lustration: similarities, differences, applicable standards”, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Tuesday 8 September

Exchange of best practices in the field of Gender Equality
The Gender Equality Commission of the Central Election Commission of Georgia and representatives of the Venice Commission meet to discuss best practices in the field of gender equality and the Roadmap for the implementation of the five-year Strategic Plan on gender equality of the Central Election Commission of Georgia, in Tbilisi, Georgia.

More information on upcoming events can be found here.