European Union

Committee and political group meetings, Brussels

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On Monday at 13.00, the Co-Chairs of the Executive Board will present the Conference’s new digital platform, a central hub for citizens’ contributions.

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On Monday at 13.00, the Co-Chairs of the Executive Board will present the Conference’s new digital platform, a central hub for citizens’ contributions.

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Post COVID-19 recovery, the situation in Belarus, and countering energy security threats in the Eastern Partnership on the agenda for 19-20 April.

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Post COVID-19 recovery, the situation in Belarus, and countering energy security threats in the Eastern Partnership on the agenda for 19-20 April.

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Cooperation between the EU and India has increased significantly in recent years. Discover how links could improve even further.

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Cooperation between the EU and India has increased significantly in recent years. Discover how links could improve even further.

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On Thursday, the Foreign Affairs and Trade committees voted in favour of the agreement that sets the rules of the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade

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On Thursday, the Foreign Affairs and Trade committees voted in favour of the agreement that sets the rules of the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade

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On Thursday, the Foreign Affairs and Trade committees voted in favour of the agreement that sets the rules of the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade

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On Thursday, MEPs debated a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals, together with organisers of the initiative, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Petitions

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On Thursday, MEPs debated a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals, together with organisers of the initiative, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Petitions

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Consorzio Italian Management e Catania Multiservizi and Catania Multiservizi
DFON
Advocate General Bobek: the Court should revisit its case-law (the CILFIT criteria) on the duty of national courts of last instance to request a preliminary ruling

FBF
Law governing the institutions
Advocate General Bobek: The Court should declare the European Banking Authority Guidelines on Product Oversight and Governance Arrangements for Retail Banking Products invalid

Sumal
Competition
According to Advocate General Pitruzzella, a national court can order a subsidiary company to pay compensation for the harm caused by the anticompetitive conduct of its parent company in a case where the Commission has imposed a fine solely on that parent company

On Monday 19th April the AFET/DEVE/BUDG committees will have the first consideration of the joint implementation report that seeks to make a political evaluation of the EU Trust Funds (EUTFs) established since 2014 and extended until December 2021, as well as the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT).
Parliament has acknowledged the value-added of these extra-budgetary (EUTFs) and extraordinary (FRT) tools but has also voiced its criticism regarding its limited role in the scrutiny of their operations/disbursement.

The report will assess the EUTFs/FRT implementation and make proposals for the way forward under the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF - EU's long term budget).
Draft report
EU Trust Funds
Turkey Refugee Facility
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Stolichna obshtina, rayon "Pancharevo"
Citizenship of the Union
With regard to the recognition in the European Union of the parentage of a child of a married same-sex couple, Advocate General Kokott recommends that a balance be struck between the national identity of the Member States and the right to freedom of movement of the child and of his or her parents

IS (Illégalité de l’ordonnance de renvoi)
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
According to Advocate General Pikamäe, on the basis of the primacy of EU law, a national judge must disapply any national legislation or judicial practice which undermines its power to refer questions to the Court of Justice

Netherlands v Council and Parliament
Agriculture and fisheries
The Court of Justice dismisses the action brought by the Netherlands against the ban on fishing by vessels using electric pulse trawls