Today in the EU
Climate action commissioner Connie Hedegaard gives a statement in Brussels on the final report of the UN secretary general's high-level panel on global sustainability, 'Resilient people, resilient planet - a future worth choosing'.
Key items on the parliament's committee agenda this week include: food aid for the needy, market abuse and insider dealing, budget 2013, Iceland progress, consumer programme 2014-2020, accelerated phasing-in of double-hull requirements for single-hull oil tankers, Court of Auditors membership candidate hearing.
Daily Diary
Europol organises a conference on European senior investigators in The Hague, the Netherlands.
The Carnegie endowment for international peace hosts an event on Negotiating with Iran: obstacles and outcomes.
The Centre for European Policy Studies organises a workshop on European security economics: lessons learnt and the way forward.
Egmont Institute organises a conference on European economic governance: current status and future prospects.
The Institute for European Studies holds two events:
A conference on EU Budget Reform: pathways to greening the future EU cohesion policy,
A seminar on EU institutions and policy processes.
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education holds a two-day workshop on Quality assurance and qualifications frameworks: exchanging good practice.
In the Institutions
Council of Ministers
No council business today.
European Commission
Catherine Ashton travels to Latin America (6-10/2, Brazil, Mexico)
Antonio Tajani delivers the opening speech at the X Edition of Assolombarda MCE -Mobility Conference (Milan)
Antonio Tajani participates in the Conference "2003–2012, dieci anni di infrastrutture e trasporti per lo sviluppo del Paese: cosa si è fatto e cosa rimane da fare" organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Milan (Milan)
Andris Piebalgs receives the ESA-IO Delegation led by Sindiso Ngwenya Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Andris Piebalgs receives Eniko Gyori, Minister of State for European Affairs of Hungary.
John Dalli in London: visits EMA (European Medicines Agency) and meets Andrew Lansley, UK Secretary of State for Health, and Jim Paice, UK Minister of State for Agriculture and Food
Günther Oettinger in Germany: delivers a speech at the conference "E-World 2012 - Führungstreffen Energie“ (Essen); delivers a speech at the Quo Vadis 2012 event (Berlin)
Connie Hedegaard presents the U.N. Global Sustainability final Panel Report at the FN-forbundet (Copenhagen)
Connie Hedegaard receives Norman BAKER, UK Under Secretary for Transport
Štefan Füle receives Igor Dodon, Head of the Moldovan Socialist Party
László Andor in New-York and Washington 6-7/2. He participates in the UN Commission for Social Development Panel on "Emerging Issues: Youth-Poverty and Employment" (NY, 6). He meets with Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing-Director and delivers a speech a Georgetown University: "Impact of the Euro Crisis on Employment: Challenges and Potential Policy Responses" (Washington, 7).
Cecilia Malmström participates in a working Lunch with Asian Ambassadors to the EU (SAFESA) (Brussels)
Dacian Ciolos in Germany: joint meeting with Dr Hermann Oonko Aeikens, Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Saxony-Anhalt, Frank Kupfer, Minister of Environment and Agriculture of Saxony and Jürgen Reinholz, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Nature Protection of the Free State of Thuringia (Cobbelsdorf); visit of an explotation; debate with representatives of agricultural associations in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia (Schkeuditz)
European Parliament
The President's diary
18:00 - 19:00 President's Diary
Brussels
18:00 Opening the photo exhibition on the Arab Spring - Balcony area of the Altiero Spinelli building, 5th floor
Press conferences
14:30 - 15:00 The introduction of a financial transaction tax
Brussels, Paul Henri Spaak building, Room 0A50 "Anna Politkovskaya"
Anni Podimata (S&D, EL), Vice-President of the E.P., Avinash Persaud and Stephany Griffith-Jones
Parliamentary committees
• 15:00 - 19:30 Committee on Foreign Affairs
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) building, room 3C50
European Parliament resolution on the 2011 progress report on Iceland - Vote on report by Cristian Dan Preda (EPP, RO)
• 15:00 - 18:30 Committee on Budgets
Brussels, Altiero Spinelli (ASP) building, room 3E-2
Guidelines for the 2013 budget - European Parliament and others sections (BUD) - consideration and adoption of draft report by Derek Vaughan (S&D, UK)
General guidelines for the 2013 budget - Section III - Commission (BUD) - consideration of draft report by Giovanni La Via (EPP, IT)
• 15:00 - 19:00 Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Brussels, József Antall building (JAN), room 4Q2
Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) (CNS) - Vote on draft report by Marianne Thyssen (EPP, BE) (15.20-15.40)
Insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse) (COD) - Discussion of the report by Arlene McCarthy (S&D, GB) (16.05-16.30)
Criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation (COD) - Discussion of the report by Arlene McCarthy (S&D, GB) (16.30 – 17.00)
Public Hearing on the Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax (17.00-18.30) - see "Public hearings"
• 15:00 - 18:30 Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Brussels, building József Antall (JAN), room 2Q2
Discussion of the key elements of the study on European Renewable Energy Network (15.00)
European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (COD) - Vote on report by Giles Chichester (ECR, UK) (16.00)
• 15:00 - 18:30 Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Brussels, building József Antall (JAN), room 4Q1
Votes 16.00 - 17.15
Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (COD) - Consideration of amendments. Report by Jürgen Creutzmann (ALDE, DE)
Food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes (COD) - Concideration of amendments and vote on draft opinion. Report by Iliana Ivanova (EPP, BG)
Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (COD) - Consideration of amendments and vote on draft opinion. Report by Eija-Riitta Korhola (EPP, FI)
Consumer programme 2014-2020 (COD) - Presentation by the Commission of the proposal and the Impact Assessment. Report by Robert Rochefort (ALDE, FR) (17.45-18.30)
• 15:00 - 18:30 Committee on Transport and Tourism
Brussels, József Antall (JAN) building, room 6Q2
Accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast) (COD) - vote on draft report by Dominique Riquet (EPP, FR)
• 15:00 - 18:30 Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) building, room 1A002
Votes
Vaccination against bluetongue (COD) - vote on draft recommendation for second reading by Janusz Wojciechowski (ECR, PL)
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Community (amendment of the Single CMO Regulation) (COD) - vote on draft recommendation for second reading by Czeslaw Adam Siekierski (EPP, PL)
Public hearings
17:00 - 18:30 Public Hearing on the Proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax
Brussels, József Antall building (JAN), room 4Q2
On Monday afternoon, MEPs from the economics and monetary affairs committee will meet representatives from think tanks and the financial industry to discuss the Commission's recent proposal for a financial transaction tax and the best ways to take it forward. Parliament is required to give its opinion on the Commission proposal and can table amendments.
