549th plenary session: meeting of the Workers’ Group, Brussels - Main contents

© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	January 22, 2020 09:30 - 13:00
city	Brussels
location	PE
attending	(Pascal) Canfin i et al.
organisation	European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) i

Invitation Gr II January 2020

Subject: Group II meeting

Dear colleagues,

You are warmly invited to attend the Group II meeting to be held on Wednesday 22 January 2020 from 9.30 a.m., in the premises of the European Parliament (Altiero Spinelli building, 1st floor, tower G - meeting room ASP1G2)!!!

The agenda is as follows:

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  Statement by the president

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  Intervention of the ETUC President Laurent Berger

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  Preparations for the plenary session

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  New work - on Friday 17 January at 3 p.m. at the latest (Brussels time), you will receive an email message from "Agora" informing you that the consultation is open. The deadline for submitting applications is 11 a.m. on Tuesday 21 January (Brussels time).

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  Briefing on

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  Bureau meeting

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  CAF meeting

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  COCOM meeting

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  Quaestors' meeting

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  Work in progress: if you encounter any difficulties in study group work, please inform the Group II secretariat as soon as possible.

  Please note that the plenary session will be held in the European Commission's Charlemagne building, room GASP

  Tabling of amendments

  Amendments must be tabled by 5 p.m. on Monday 20 January at the latest, so that they can be translated into all languages.

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  Interpreting

  Interpreting requested

   

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  into	BG/ES/CS/DE/EL/EN/FR/HR/IT/HU/PL/RO

  Interpreting obtained

   

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  (interpreting arrangements subject to modification)

  Document submitted for translation: 10 January 2020

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  PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLENARY SESSION

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  Opinions discussed and voted on at section meetings

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    NAT/765 - The sustainable economy we need (own initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr SCHMIDT Peter (GRII)

  President: Mr PUXEU ROCAMORA Josep (GRI)

  13 amendments tabled together by Mrs Jelić and Mrs Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala (3 accepted as tabled, 7 as compromises, 2 rejected and 1 withdrawn).

  The draft opinion was adopted with 64 votes in favour, 5 against and 8 abstentions.

  Probable amendments at the plenary session.

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Epistithiou; Mrs Nikolopoulou.

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  Opinions to be put directly to the plenary session

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    NAT/781 - Eastern Baltic cod

  Rapporteur-general: Mr LARGHI Gerardo (GRII)

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  Debates and events

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    Debate: The priorities of the Croatian Presidency of the EU, on Wednesday 22 January

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    Debate: From COP25 to the European Green Deal, with Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries (tbc.), Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (tbc.), Carolina Schmidt, President for COP25 (tbc.), Enrico Giovannini, Spokesperson for the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (tbc.), Semia Cherif, Coordinating Lead Author for the MedECC, Tunisia, Cristina Gallach, Spanish Government's High Commissioner for the Agenda 2030, Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations - Framework Convention on Climate Change (tbc.) and Pascal Canfin, Chair of the European Parliament Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (tbc.), on Thursday 23 January
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    Presentation of the European citizens' initiative End the Cage Age with Olga Kikou, European Affairs Manager for Compassion in World Farming, on Thursday 23 January

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  EESC-2020-00099-00-00-CONVPOJ-TRA (EN) 6/6

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is an EU advisory body comprising representatives of workers' and employers' organisations and other interest groups. It issues opinions on EU issues to the European Commission, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament, thus acting as a bridge between the EU's decision-making institutions and EU citizens.

What does the EESC do?

It gives the interest groups a formal say on EU legislative proposals. Its 3 key tasks are to:

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  ensure that EU policy and law are geared to economic and social conditions, by seeking a consensus that serves the common good