A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of 25-30 March 2019.
Today Monday 25 March, the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg will debate the switch between summer and winter time. MEPs will then vote on Tuesday on the proposal to end the switch between summer and winter time. The Plenary is also set to adopt a detailed roadmap revamping taxation and tackling financial crimes, calling for, among other things, the set-up of an EU financial police force and an EU anti-money laundering watchdog. The report also flags Belgium, Cyprus, Hungary, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta and The Netherlands potentially acting like tax havens and calls for an end to golden visa schemes. Meanwhile Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella delivers a speech at the 10th Edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative in Monaco.
Tuesday 26 March sees the European Parliament will vote on the provisional deal, reached in February, on copyright rules for the internet, that aim to ensure the rights and obligations of copyright law are applied to the internet. Parliament will also vote on new rules to better protect consumers whether they buy a product on the internet, in a local store or download music, apps, games or use cloud services online. President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday participates in a meeting on Global Governance with Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in Paris, France.
Wednesday 27 March President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the plenary of the European Parliament on the conclusions of the March European Council. MEPs in Strasbourg will also discuss the latest developments regarding Brexit and other priorities of the 21-22 March EU spring summit with European Council President Donald Tusk. On the same day MEPs are set to endorse the ban on single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks from 2021. The law also sets a 90% collection target for plastic bottles by 2029 and by 2025, recycled material should make up 25% of each plastic bottle, increasing to 30% by 2030. They will also vote on plans to improve consumers’ trust in drinking tap water, a more environmentally-friendly and cheaper alternative to bottled water, by tightening the maximum limits for specific pollutants.
Wednesday 27 March is also European Consumer Day 2019.
Thursday 29 March, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the Commission, will be in Quito, Ecuador where she will co-chair the second meeting of the International Contact Group on Venezuela. Commissioner Karmenu Vella will be in Malta (until 29/03) to deliver a speech at an Annual External Meeting and Conference organised by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR): “Blue Economy in European Regions.”
Friday 30 March the European Commission, Research and innovation will be once more be launching “The Brussels single digital gateway hackathon” one of a series of high-level hackathons hosted in cities across Europe. Citizens, businesses, professionals, students, NGOs etc. put their heads together to shape the all-in-one digital gateway for smarter e-services and information anywhere in the EU. Teams will explore ways of unlocking the Single Market in Europe by designing and developing either a user-friendly reporting tool that encourages people to provide feedback and report what is not working, or possibly creating obstacles when exercising your internal market rights, or a user-friendly feedback tool to report how satisfied users are related to their expectations and the quality of the services and information provided through the gateway.
In Malta, Commissioner Karmenu Vella together with Ms Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport, deliver a speech at the International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) followed by a discussion with students; and visits the transport authority of Malta.
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