EU Parliament Agenda on 25 May 2023

PRESIDENT’S AGENDA

In Vienna, Austria

10:10 Speech at the Austrian National Council plenary

11:30 Meeting with the President of the National Council of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka

12:00 Meeting with the President of the Federal Council of Austria Gunther Kovacs

14:15 Meeting with Chief Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer and Representatives of the Jewish Community in Vienna

18:00 Townhall Discussion with Young Austrians, Urania

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

ING2 Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (INGE 2)

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2

Public hearing

Jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET): “Election manipulation attempts (including in Africa as revealed by the “Team Jorge files”)” (programme) with:

– Frédéric Métézeau, journalist, Radio France
– Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, Director and Editor in-Chief, Forbidden Stories
– Lee Morgenbesser, Associate Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
– Samson Itodo, Member of the Board of Advisers of IDEA, Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance

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09:00 – 10:00

CULT Committee on Culture and Education

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3

Votes

System of European Schools – state of play, challenges and perspectives (2022/2149(INI)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Ilana CICUREL (Renew, FR)

Protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (2022/0117(COD)) – adoption of draft opinion

Debate

Implementation of the 2018 Geo-blocking Regulation in the digital single market (2023/2019(INI)) – consideration of draft opinion – rapporteur for the opinion: Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE)

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09:00 – 11:00

INTA Committee on International Trade

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2

Debates (9.00 – 11.00)

Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Moldovan products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (2023/0144(COD)) – consideration of draft report – rapporteur: Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA)

Ad hoc delegation to Brasília and São Paulo, Brazil and to Montevideo, Uruguay, 14-20 May 2023 – reporting back to committee

Latest developments in EU-Ukraine trade relations, including preventive measures on agri-food imports from Ukraine – exchange of views

Vote (10.00)

Providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia (2023/0034(COD)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Angelika WINZIG (EPP, AT)

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09:00 – 11:00

CONT Committee on Budgetary Control

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G-2

Debates

Exchange of views with the parliamentary committees on budget and on anti-corruption policies of the Ukrainian Parliament Verkhovna Rada (9.00 – 10.00)

Study on “The use of Contract Agents in decentralised EU Agencies” – presentation by Policy Department D – rapporteur: Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) (10.00 – 11.00)

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09:00 – 12:00

ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2

Vote

European green bonds (2021/0191(COD)) – rapporteur: Paul TANG (S&D, NL) – vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Debate

European Central Bank – annual report 2023 (2023/2064(INI)) – rapporteur: Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR, BE) – exchange of views following the presentation of the 2022 Annual Report by ECB Vice-President, Luis De Guindos

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09:00 – 12:00

ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2

Public hearing (9.00 – 12.00)

With AGRI and PETI Members associated: European Citizens’ Initiative – “Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing”. Programme

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09:00 – 12:30

AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2

Debates

Jointly with the Committee on Development (DEVE): exchange of views on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (9.00 – 10.00)

Presentation of the Study on ‘African Union: The African political integration process and its impact on EU-AU relations in the field of foreign and security policy’ (10.00 – 11.00)

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09:00 – 12:30

TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1

Debate

Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on “Reaching the transport objectives of Fit for 55 at national level – opportunities and challenges”

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10:00 – 11:30

AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G-3

Debate

In-depth analysis on “The use of Article 122 TFEU: institutional implications and impact on the democratic accountability” – presentation of the first findings of the in-depth analysis commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs by Merijn CHAMON, Assistant Professor of EU Law in Maastricht University & Visiting Professor of College of Europe

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11:00 – 12:30

AFET / INTA Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2

Public hearing

on the Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – exchange of views

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