BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

Beskæftigelsesudvalget 2016-17
BEU Alm.del Bilag 80
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DRAFT AGENDA

European Parliamentary Week 2017

- European Semester Conference -

- Interparliamentary Conference on Stability,

Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union -

European Parliament

Brussels, 30 January - 1 February 2017

Meeting rooms

- Monday, 30 January 2017 at 15.00 - 17.00 (Hemicycle)

- Monday, 30 January 2017 at 17.00 - 18.30 (Hemicycle)

-Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 9.30 - 13.00 rooms PHS 3C050 / JAN 4Q1 / JAN 6Q2

-Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 15.00 - 16.30 (Hemicycle)

-Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 16.30 - 18.00 (Hemicycle)

-Wednesday, 1 February 2017 at 9.30 - 11.00 (Hemicycle)

-Wednesday, 1 February 2017 at 11.00 - 12.30 (Hemicycle)

Lunch

- Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 13.00-15.00

Cocktail and walking dinner

- Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 18.30

BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

2017 European Semester Conference

Monday, 30 January 2017

10.00 - 15.00

Registration of participants from national Parliaments

Registration desk “Event Participants and Guests”, Altiero Spinelli Building

Possible timeslot for political group meetings (Indicative

timing. Meetings

of the political groups will be organised by the respective group.)

Plenary session: Policy priorities of the 2017 European Semester cycle

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Key addresses by

Valdis Dombrovskis,

Vice-President of the European Commission for the

Euro and Social Dialogue (tbc)

Pierre Moscovici,

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial

Affairs, Taxation and Customs (tbc)

Marianne Thyssen,

European Commissioner for Employment, Social

Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility (tbc)

The purpose of this session is to debate the policy priorities of the 2017

Semester cycle with the European Commission, as set in the Annual Growth

Survey, before it is endorsed by the European Council. The outcome of the

discussion could be reflected in the dedicated own-initiative reports

prepared by the European Parliament

17.00 - 18.30

Plenary session: EMU

redux:

How to shape a genuine Economic and

Monetary Union?

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Key addresses by

The President of the European Parliament

Donald Tusk,

President of the European Council and Euro Summit

Mario Draghi,

President of the European Central Bank (tbc)

Jeroen Dijsselbloem,

President of the Euro Group (tbc)

Further to the publication of the Five Presidents’ report, the Commission is

planning to release in spring 2017 a white paper including measures to

complete the EMU. Additional initiatives could be expected in the context of

the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the treaty of Rome. The purpose

of the discussion would be to take stock of the strength and weaknesses of

the current economic governance framework and to assess measures that

would still be needed in order to provide input to this work from a

parliamentary perspective. In particular, what more could be done at the

12.00 - 15.00

15.00 - 17.00

BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

EU level (e.g. any new own resources and tools) in order to complement

national ownership and responsibility.

18.30 - 21.00

Possible timeslot for political group meetings (Indicative

timing. Meetings

of the political groups will be organised by the respective group.)

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

9.30 - 13.00

Interparliamentary committee meetings (in parallel)

1) Interparliamentary committee meeting organised by the

Committee on

Economic and Monetary Affairs

(ECON):

Meeting room: PHS 3C050 (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Topics:



Session 1: Panama Papers, Bahamas leaks: which follow-up did national

Parliaments give to the revelations? Which lessons can be learned?



Session 2: Banking Union, Capital Markets Union and the EU Single

Market for financial services

2) Interparliamentary committee meeting organised by the

Committee on

Employment and Social Affairs

(EMPL):

Meeting room: JAN 4Q1 (József Antall Building, 4th floor)

Topics:



Session 1: The mobility of workers and the importance of labour

migration



Session 2: European Pillar of Social Rights - next steps after the

consultation

3) Interparliamentary committee meeting organised by the

Committee on

Budgets

(BUDG):

Meeting room: JAN 6Q2 (József Antall Building, 6th floor)

Topics:



Session 1: More transparent, simple, fair and democratically accountable

ways to finance the EU - Follow up of the final recommendations of the

high-level group on own resources



Session 2: The reform of the EU Financial Regulation for improving the

implementation of multiannual programmes

13.00

15.00

Lunch buffet

Espace Yehudi Menuhin (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 1st floor)

Possible timeslot for political group meetings (Indicative

timing. Meetings

of the political groups will be organised by the respective group.)

13.00 - 15.00

BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

Interparliamentary Conference on Stability,

Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

15.00 - 16.30

Plenary session:

Stocktaking of the implementation of the “Fiscal

compact”: Exchange of views on best practices

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Opening by the President of the European Parliament and

Angelo Farrugia,

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta

Co-chaired by the European Parliament and the House of Representatives of

Malta

Key addresses by

Jeroen Dijsselbloem,

President of the Euro Group (tbc)

Valdis Dombrovskis,

Vice-President of the European Commission for the

Euro and Social Dialogue (tbc)

Pierre Moscovici,

European Commissioner for Economic and Financial

Affairs, Taxation and Customs (tbc)

Member(s) of a national Parliament

The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and

Monetary Union

foresees in its Article 16 that: “Within five years, at most,

of the date of entry into force of this Treaty, on the basis of an assessment of

the experience with its implementation, the necessary steps shall be taken, in

accordance with the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the

Functioning of the European Union, with the aim of incorporating the

substance of this Treaty into the legal framework of the European

Union.”

As this deadline is set to end 2017, it is important to assess the

implementation of the fiscal compact and the measures to be adopted to

incorporate its provisions into the EU legal framework.

16.30 - 18.00

Plenary session: Towards a more comprehensive and coordinated social

dimension in the EMU: Exchange of views

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Co-chaired by the European Parliament and the House of Representatives of

Malta

Key addresses by

Marianne Thyssen,

European Commissioner for Employment, Social

Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility (tbc)

BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

Georges Dassis,

President of the European Economic and Social

Committee (tbc)

Rudy De Leeuw,

President of the European Trade Union Confederation

(ETUC) (tbc)

Emma Marcegaglia,

President of BusinessEurope (tbc)

The Commission launched on 8 March 2016 a consultation with the aim:

•

To make an assessment of the present EU social "acquis": Which existing

rights are practiced and remain relevant for today's and tomorrow's

challenges? Should we consider new ways to deliver on these rights?

•

To reflect on new trends in work patterns and societies: What has been the

impact of new technologies, demographic trends and other factors on our

working life and social conditions? Which best practices and lessons from

social innovation should be actively encouraged?

•

To gather views and get feedback on the outline of the European Pillar of

Social Rights itself and help Member States outside the euro area to

determine whether to opt in: What will be the role, scope and content of

the Pillar as part of the social dimension of EMU? What are the euro

area’s needs? What are the challenges related to the principles put

forward under the Pillar?

The consultation process should be concluded by 31 December 2016 and

will constitute the basis for the new Commission’s final proposal for the

Pillar to be delivered in early 2017.

18.30

Cocktail and walking Dinner

(by invitation only)

Espace Yehudi Menuhin (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 1st floor)

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

9.30 - 11.00

Plenary session: Towards benchmarking of national reforms fostering

sustainable growth and jobs: Exchange of views on best practises

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Co-chaired by the European Parliament and the House of Representatives of

Malta

Key addresses by

Angel Gurría,

Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Co-

operation and Development (OECD) (tbc)

Mario Vella,

Chairman of the Central Bank of Malta (tbc)

The implementation of reforms and measures to foster growth and jobs

across the EU is still rather heterogeneous and a lack of coordination

sometimes materializes among Member States. The Eurogroup has

undertaken to benchmark national reforms and, when possible, establish

best practices in order to facilitate reforms to be debated at national level.

In the context of Article 9 of the fiscal compact it would be worthwhile to

BEU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 80: Invitation til Europæisk parlamentarisk uge (EPW), den 30. januar til 1. februar 2017

explore how to further enhance cooperation and sharing of best practices

among national Parliaments to deliver structural reforms for growth and

jobs.

11.00-12.30

Plenary session: The role of financial assistance programmes and the

European Stability Mechanism in safeguarding the stability of the euro:

Exchange of views

Meeting room: Hemicycle (Paul-Henri Spaak Building, 3rd floor)

Co-chaired by the European Parliament and the House of Representatives of

Malta

Key addresses by

Edward Scicluna,

President of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council

(ECOFIN) (tbc)

Klaus Regling,

Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism

(tbc)

Member of a national Parliament

At its annual meeting in autumn 2016 the European Stability Mechanism

(ESM) agreed to start an evaluation process of former stability support

programmes to carefully examine the financial support provided in past

programmes and to draw lessons from them with the aim of increasing the

efficiency and effectiveness in the future. It also decided to publish more

programme-related documents. Today Cyprus, Ireland, Portugal and Spain

are subject to post-programme surveillance by the Commission, while

Greece is still subject to its third macro-economic adjustment programme:

the ESM is by far the largest creditor to Greece, with more than

€160

billion disbursed from the EFSF and the ESM.