The priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council was the subject on the agenda of today's European Affairs Committee meeting, on the occasion of Portugal assuming the rotating presidency of the EU on 1st January 2021 – for the fourth time in its history. The members of the Committee were briefed by the Ambassador of Portugal in Greece Mrs. Helena Paiva. In his introductory remarks, th
MoreOn 20 January 2021, the Swedish Riksdag held a debate on EU policy. The Minister for EU Affairs, Hans Dahlgren, opened the debate by presenting the Statement of Government EU Policy 2021. The Minister stated, among other things, that he was convinced that the EU will overcome the Covid-19 crisis and that “Sweden will continue to help building cooperation in the EU”. In following debate, the Member
MoreOn 15 January 2021, the joint meeting of the Committee on European Affairs and Committee on Foreign Affairs approved the priorities of the Seimas under the European Commission Work Programme 2021, a document focused on initiatives to create a fairer, healthier, greener, and more digitalised society. The Seimas priorities, aimed at constructive progress on most pressing matters for Lithuania, will
MoreOn 8 January 2021, the Committee on European Affairs reverted to the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adequate wages in the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the Proposal) submitted by the European Commission on 28 October 2020. The objective of the Proposal is to establish minimum criteria to ensure more effective functioning of national minimum w
MoreProposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on certain aspects of railway safety and connectivity with regard to the cross-border infrastructure linking the Union and the United Kingdom through the Channel Fixed Link
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on European data governance (Data Governance Act)
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control
Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties as regards the content of electronic registers
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve
Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in the United Kingdom to such material produced in the Union
Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Decisions 2003/17/EC and 2005/834/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections and the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom
Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards conferral of implementing powers to the Commission to determine the meaning of the terms used in certain provisions of that Directive