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EU Parliament Agenda on 29 November 2022
29 November 2022
PRESIDENT’S AGENDA
10.00 Meeting with the Presidents of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives Eliane Tillieux and the Senate Stephanie D’Hose
14.10 Opening remarks at the European Ideas Forum 2022 “Reshaping Europe Through Crises” of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
15.30 Opening address at the High-level conference on 10 years of European Parliament’s Democracy Support Activities: “Supporting Parliamentary Democracy Worldwide: Building democratic resilience”
PRESS CONFERENCES
13:00 – 13:30
The use of Pegasus in Spain
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50
Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens/EFA, Spain) and Jordi SOLÉ (Greens/EFA, Spain)
13:30 – 14:00
Melilla 24th of June: no one’s land
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, A050
Miguel URBÁN CRESPO (The Left, ES)
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
09:00 – 17:00
FEMM Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2
Hearing
Joint meeting with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Combating trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation (in the context of the war against Ukraine)
Debate
The EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (2016/0062R(NLE)) – rapporteurs: Łukasz KOHUT (S&D, PL), Arba KOKALARI (EPP, SE)
Workshop (15.00 – 17.00)
“Women in sports” organised by Policy Department C. Draft agenda
Website of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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09:00 – 17:30
ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2
Vote (10.00)
Establishing the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027 – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations – Rapporteur: Christophe GRUDLER (Renew, FR)
Debates
Exchange of views with Professor Maria Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC)
Exchange of views with Ms Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, on the energy crisis
Website of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
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09:00 – 18:30
DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B1
Debates
Exchange of views on the National human rights commission/Ombudspersons of GSP+ countries (10.30 – 12.00), in the presence of:
Rabiya JAVERI AGHA, Chair of the National Commission for Human Rights, Pakistan
Zaida MORAIS DE FREITAS, Chair of the National Commission for Human Rights, Cabo Verde
Atyr ABDRAKHMATOVA, Akykatchy (Ombudsman) of the Kyrgyz Republic
Representative of DG TRADE, European Commission
Representative of the European External Action Service
In association with the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan: Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Afghanistan (16.00 – 17.30), in the presence of:
Richard BENNETT, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
Lisa DAVIS, Special Adviser on Gender Persecution to the International Criminal Court Prosecutor
Website of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
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09:00 – 18:30
SEDE Subcommittee on Security and Defence
Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G-2
Debates
Presentation of an in-depth analysis: “The EU Rapid Deployment Capacity: This time, it’s for real”, with:
Christoph MEYER, Professor of European & International Politics
Yf REYKERS, Assistant Professor in International Relations (tenured) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University
Understanding Russian nuclear policy in the context of the war of aggression against Ukraine, with:
Dr Bruno TERTRAIS, Deputy Director of the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (FRS)
Enhancing Military Mobility in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, with:
Stijn MOLS, Head of Division for Security and Defence, European External Action Service
François ARBAULT, Director for Defence Industry, Directorate General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS), European Commission
General Henny BOUMAN, Chair of the PESCO project on Military Mobility
Roger van LAAK, PSC Ambassador of The Netherlands
Public hearing
“The war in Ukraine: implications of the arms export policies at EU level” (15.00 – 16.30). Draft programme
Debates
Follow up to the Strategic Compass: a new EU Cyber Defence Policy, with:
Joanneke BALFOORT, Director, Directorate for Security and Defence Policy, European External Action Service
Olli RUUTU, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency
Exchange of views on the Strategic Compass and Space based defence capabilities, with:
Daniel FIOTT, author of a study commissioned by SEDE
Patrick CHATARD MOULIN, Deputy Head of Division for Space, European External Action Service
Website of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence
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09:00 – 18:30
TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism
Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1
Hearing
Safe and Efficient Development of a Drone Ecosystem in the EU (programme)
Debates
Structural Dialogue with Commissioner Vălean – the Commission Work Programme 2023 and other outstanding transport-related files
The New EU Urban Mobility Framework (INI) – Consideration of amendments – Rapporteur: Andrey NOVAKOV (EPP,BG)
Exchange of views with Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac, the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Website of the Committee on Transport and Tourism
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09:00 – 18:30
AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050
Public hearing (9.00 – 11.00)
“Reducing impacts of fertilisers from production to end-use – increasing circularity in agriculture”. Draft programme
Debate
Ensuring food security and long term resilience of the EU agriculture (2022/2183(INI)) – consideration of draft report – rapporteur: Marlene MORTLER (EPP; DE)
Website of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
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09:00 – 18:30
COVI Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002
Public Hearing (9.00 – 12.30)
Gender dimension of the pandemic
Session 1: Presentations by the speakers
Exchange of views with Sarah Benson, CEO, Women’s Aid Ireland
Exchange of views with Réka Sáfrány, President, European Women’s Lobby
Exchange of views with Sima Bahous, Executive Director, UN Women (tbc)
Session 2: Presentations by the speakers
Exchange of views with Diana Ongiti, Global COVID-19 Appeal Manager, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Exchange of views with Dr Lina Salanauskaite, Coordinator of the EIGE research on the impact of COVID19 on gender equality, European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
Session 3: Presentations by the speaker
Exchange of views with Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality
Public Hearing (15.00 – 18.30)
Evaluation of the Performance of EU Support InstrumentsEvaluation of the Performance of EU Support Instruments
Session 1: Presentations by the speaker
Exchange of views with Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy and Monetary Affairs
Session 2: Presentations by the speakers
Exchange of views with Professor Melinda Mills, Oxford University
Exchange of views with Professor André Sapir, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Session 3: Presentations by the speakers
Exchange of views with Claire Salama, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Exchange of views with Ditte Maria Brasso Sørensen, Senior Analyst, Think Tank EUROPA
Exchange of views with Krzysztof Izdebski, Open Spending EU Coalition
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14:30 – 15:30
ENVI/ITRE Joint meeting of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2
Debate
Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942 – Consideration of amendments – Rapporteurs: Silvia SARDONE (ID, IT), Jutta PAULUS (Greens/ALE, DE)
Website of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
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Website of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
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DELEGATIONS
INTA delegation to the port of Rotterdam
A delegation of INTA MEPs visits the Dutch port of Rotterdam, the largest seaport in Europe, on 29 November. The goal is to get first-hand information in an important energy port for green hydrogen. With customs officers, they will also discuss the concrete implications of the planned ban on forced labour products the Parliament is currently working on.
Website of the Committee on International Trade
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SPECIAL EVENTS
15:30 – 18:30
Supporting Parliamentary Democracy Worldwide: Building democratic resilience
Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G3
To mark the 10th anniversary of Parliament’s democracy support activities, MEPS and representatives of the democracy support community will gather at a high-level event on ‘Supporting Parliamentary Democracy Worldwide: Building democratic resilience’. Among several guest speakers, EP President Metsola will open the event.