EMI & Carnegie | Davos Summit | Eurogroup
The European Movement International (EMI) and Carnegie Europe will hold their first event of the year on Wednesday at the European Parliament. Entitled "How Can We Get European Democracy Right?", this event will mark the launch of “Six Ideas for Rejuvenating European Democracy,” a new paper that proposes constructive, practical ideas for how we – European leaders, EU institutions, and civil society – can get European democracy right. The event will feature an exchange of views between Eva Maydell MEP and Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, moderated by Richard Youngs.
This week, officials from all around the globe will be landing in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum summit. Prominent political and business leaders will be present at the 50th Davos Summit, including European Commission President von der Leyen who will deliver a keynote speech, and a handful of other commissioners. It is expected that climate change will be a major focus on this year’s meeting, as pressures rise on businesses and politicians to tackle the global issue.
Today, the ministers of the euro area countries will meet together to form the Eurogroup. The meeting will include discussions on the subjects of: the IMF mission to the euro area; the updated draft budgetary plan of Portugal for 2020; the economic policy of the euro area; policy priorities of the new governments of Spain, Austria, and Finland; and the deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union.
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European Parliament
Following last week’s plenary session in Strasbourg, this week the European Parliament holds multiple committee meetings back in Brussels. Starting today, the committees will meet with representatives of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU, in order to discuss the Presidency’s priorities over the next six months. Besides this, another major focus point will be the Parliament’s opinion on the consent to the United Kingdom withdrawal agreement. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will hold debates, and votes will be taken in order to adopt a draft opinion on the conclusion of the Brexit saga. The Committee on International Trade (INTA), on the other hand, will focus on the possibility of a trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam. Speaking of the EU - the Petitions Committee (PETI) will analyse a special report by the European Court of Auditors, namely to discuss the effectiveness, transparency and openness of all tools available at EU level to ensure that citizens can directly participate in and contribute to the EU policy- and law-making process.
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European Commission
It seems that a busy week lies ahead for the Commissioners, with inter-institutional meetings to be had. For a start, today EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will be spearheading the Foreign Affairs Council in order to review recent international developments. In another meeting, budget and administration Commissioner Johannes Hahn will represent the von der Leyen team’s budgetary priorities at a meeting with the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG). On wednesday, Commissioner for Democracy and Demography, Dubravka Šuica, will be a speaker at the conference "How Can We Get European Democracy Right?", hosted by the European Movement International and Carnegie Europe. Later in the week, President Ursula von der Leyen, along with Commissioners Frans Timmermans, Maroš Šefčovič, and Paolo Gentiloni, will attend the World Economic Forum summit in Davos.
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