The EU is supporting local governments to achieve common objectives, pool resources and overcome shared challenges. In addition, measures are being taken to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. INSTITUTIONS MEETINGS DATE European Council 14-15.06.21 Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council We highlight below what the European institutions have been working on to date: [toc] […]
New Cosumers Agenda: Helping EU consumers make the most of their rights
The European Consumers Centres Network (ECC-Net) is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. For the occasion, the following virtual event will take place on 20 November at 14.00, open to the general public via web-streaming. The event will be attended by the European Commissioner for Justice, Mr Reynders, who will answer questions from journalists on […]
European Agenda. 10-17 September 2020
Knowing the weekly activity of the European Commission a few days in advance is not only a useful tool for all media professionals but also for citizens, since it will help them understand the key issues of each week. Thursday, 10th September European Commission (Brussels): Financing renewable energies. Press release available in Press Corner. Friday, […]
Coming up this week: European Institutions
Below is the agenda of the Council of the EU, European Commission and European Parliament for the week of 4 May to 8 May 2020. Council of the European Union 5 May 2020 Video conference of employment and social affairs ministers Video conference of telecommunications ministers 6 May 2020 EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit 8 May […]
Coming up: economic impact Covid-19, agriculture, tyre labelling
Committees have a busy week ahead of them: from discussing Covid-19’s economic impact to voting on plans for tyre labelling and support for the agriculture sector. Coronavirus The economic affairs committee will discuss the economic impact and response to the Covid-19 outbreak with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People, and […]
Council Agenda: 23 March – 5 April 2020
The Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council, planned for 23 and 24 March respectively, will be replaced by ministerial level videoconferences (with the videoconference of ministers for European Affairs still to be confirmed). A number of other high-level videoconferences are scheduled during the week of 23-27 March. These will address the impact of the COVID-19 virus […]
This week in Brussels: long-term budget, climate law, COVID-19
MEPs will discuss the Coronavirus outbreak, the EU’s long-term budget and the situation at the Greek-Turkish border during the plenary session on 9-12 March. Agenda Coronavirus Following the rapid spread of the Coronavirus, MEPs will assess EU efforts to come up with a coherent EU-wide response on Tuesday. They will vote on a resolution on Thursday. […]
European Council Meetings, 12-13 December 2019
The European Council is the EU institution that defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union. It consists of the heads of state or government of the member states, together with its President and the President of the Commission. Bellow, we offer the agenda of the topics that will be addressed at the meeting […]