European Union

Place:
Europa building, Brussels

Chair:
Roderick Galdes, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights

All times are approximate and subject to change

+/- 08.00
Arrivals
VIP entrance, Europa building 

+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Roderick Galdes 

+/- 10.00
Beginning of the meeting (Roundtable TV/Photo opportunity)
Adoption of the agenda
Adoption of non-legislative A items 

+/- 10.10
Multi-annual plan for small pelagic species in the Adriatic Sea (live streaming)

+/- 11.10
Any other business
- Our Oceans 2017
- Animal welfare platform
- Lumpy skin disease
- Dual quality of foodstuffs

+/- 12.45
Lunch break

+/- 14.15
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 (Roundtable TV/Photo opportunity)

+/- 16.30
Any other business
- Better functioning of the food supply chain
- G20 agriculture ministers' conference
- EU Solidarity Corps
- Market difficulties in the Polish fruit sector
- Voluntary coupled support
- Forum on EU rice sector

+/- 18.05
Press conference in Justus Lipsius building (live streaming)

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Plenary session and committee meetings, Brussels

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REPORT on an integrated European Union policy for the Arctic
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Urmas Paet, Sirpa Pietikäinen

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REPORT on constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Michael Gahler, Esteban González Pons

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REPORT on addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Elena Valenciano, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra

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The European social partner organisations represent the interests of workers and employers.

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In reaction to the arrest of Deniz Yücel, Turkey correspondent for Die Welt newspaper, several German politicians have demanded an entry ban for Turkish President Erdoğan, who wants to campaign for his referendum in Germany in March. The 43-year-old reporter is accused of spreading propaganda for a terrorist association. What are Ankara's motives and how should Berlin react?

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker plans to present his ideas for the future of Europe today in preparation for the EU summit at the end of March. Last week he endorsed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal for a multi-speed Europe. Commentators take a critical view of the idea.

Two of the candidates in France's presidential election, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, want France to leave the Eurozone if they win. Coming from the far right and far left of France's political spectrum, these plans draw scathing criticism from observers.