Europäische Union

Im Streit um die stark kritisierte Disziplinarkammer des Obersten Gerichtshofs hat die EU-Kommission den Druck auf Polen erhöht. Laut Medienberichten hat die Kommission Polen insgesamt sechs förmliche Mahnungen zugestellt, um die ausstehende tägliche Geldstrafe für die Nichtbefolgung des Urteils des EU-Gerichtshofs zu zahlen.

On Wednesday, the Environment Committee adopted its position on EU rules to further reduce pollution and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Das Europäische Parlament plant, sein Pensionsprogramm für ehemalige Abgeordnete um 50 Prozent zu kürzen, um das Defizit des Pensionsfonds von 310 Millionen Euro auf 86 Millionen Euro zu reduzieren. Dies wurde am Montagabend von der Parlamentsleitung beschlossen.

Eine Reform der Regeln für den Handel mit Bauprodukten in der EU hat die entscheidende Unterstützung des Binnenmarktausschusses des Europäischen Parlaments erhalten. Umweltschützer beschweren sich jedoch, dass sie zu weich für die Forderungen der Industrie sei.

Die Kabinette von Kommissionsvizepräsident Frans Timmermans und Umweltkommissar Virginijus Sinkevičius haben persönliche Treffen mit EU-Abgeordneten abgehalten, um sie für die Vorschläge der Kommission zur Reduzierung von Pestiziden und zur Wiederherstellung der Natur zu mobilisieren, so Europaabgeordnete gegenüber EURACTIV.

Die EU-Verteidigungsminister haben am Dienstag (23. Mai) Schlussfolgerungen zur Cyberverteidigung angenommen, in denen sie auf die Notwendigkeit hinweisen, Überschneidungen in der institutionellen Architektur zu vermeiden, und ihre Prioritäten für die Entwicklung von Fähigkeiten und die freiwillige Koordinierung im Verteidigungssektor darlegen.

Das zweithöchste europäische Gericht hat am Mittwoch (24. Mai) die Klage der Billigfluglinie Ryanair gegen die von der Europäischen Union genehmigten italienischen Staatshilfen für die von der COVID-19-Pandemie betroffenen Fluggesellschaften unterstützt und der irischen Fluggesellschaft erneut Recht gegeben.

Die Abgeordneten des Landwirtschaftsausschusses haben den gesamten Vorschlag zum Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung der Natur in einer Stellungnahme abgelehnt.

On 15 February 2023, the revelations concerning the "Jorge Team Files" were put out by the network of investigative journalists, Forbidden Stories. Their investigation describe the activities of private firms in orchestrating disinformation campaigns at large scale, including manipulations operations ahead to elections.
On this basis, the Special Committee on Foreign Interference (ING2) and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will jointly hold a hearing on Thursday 25 May, 15.00 - 17.30, on the attempts to manipulate elections as a way to interfere in the democratic processes of sovereign States. This hearing, "Election manipulation attempts (including in Africa as revealed by the "Team Jorge files"), will take place with five speakers including the journalists who revealed the story.
Location : ANTALL 4Q2, Brussels
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Ryanair/ Kommission (Italie; régime d’aide; Covid-19)
Staatliche Beihilfen
Das Gericht erklärt den Beschluss für nichtig, mit dem die Kommission eine Beihilfemaßnahme für Subventionen genehmigt, die Italien italienischen Luftfahrtunternehmen im Zusammenhang mit der Covid-19-Pandemie gewährt hat

Emmentaler Switzerland/ EUIPO (EMMENTALER)
Geistiges und gewerbliches Eigentum
Der Begriff "Emmentaler" kann nicht als Unionsmarke für Käse geschützt werden

Meta Platforms Ireland/ Kommission
Wettbewerb
Wettbewerb: Die Klage von Meta Platforms Ireland (Facebook-Konzern) gegen eine Aufforderung der Kommission zur Übermittlung von Dokumenten, die anhand von Suchbegriffen zu identifizieren sind, wird abgewiesen

The study "African Union integration and relations with the EU" analyses the dynamics that shape African political integration as well as foreign and security cooperation, identifying areas of convergence and divergence in the various cooperation formats between the African and the European Unions.
The EU has long paid significant diplomatic, financial and institutional attention to its relationship with the African Union (AU). Engagement between the two organisations has steadily risen in scope and complexity over recent years. The EU remains the AU's principal partner, notably in the domain of peace and security. This study recommends that the EU adapt its funding arrangements, cooperation formats and multilateral engagement with the AU to remain in tune with the pace and direction of political integration in Africa.

The study was requested by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and commissioned by the Policy Department for External Policies. It will be presented on 24 May 2023, 15.35 - 16.30 in ANTALL 4Q2.
The African political integration process and its impact on EU-AU relations in the field of foreign and security policy
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On 24 May 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the EU relations with Latin America, a region of strategic importance for the EU with long-standing history of shared common values and cultures. In the recent past the relations have faced some hurdles, which have enabled other global actors such as Russia and China to step in and promote their agendas.
Members will discuss with experts the geopolitics of the region against the backdrop of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, its internal dynamics and influences by China and Russia, and how to make a qualitative leap in the EU-Latin America strategic bi-regional partnership.
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The new legislation on seizing criminal assets would ensure fast and efficient freezing operations everywhere in the EU, and quicker compensation for victims.
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The current situation in Ukraine has led to severe supply chain disruptions, contributing to a sharp increase in food and commodity prices globally and the limitation of fossil fuel imports from Russia to the EU. Moreover, to end Europe's dependence on semiconductor suppliers from Asian countries, it is necessary to take immediate action of a structural nature, involving all EU Member States and all participants in regional supply markets. The overall aim of this study was to identify drivers of and barriers to building up open strategic autonomy at EU level, before recommending coordinated solutions and addressing supply chain resilience in four critical areas: food security, energy security, semiconductors and satellite communications. This research seeks to contribute to the European Parliament's future work by providing insights into how to protect the European agricultural sector, ensure energy security and the technological sovereignty of semiconductor production, and improve satellite communications.
Study : ENAnnex 1 : EN
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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence holds exchange views on chemical weapons and their non-proliferation and disarmament on 23 May. Members and the EU Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Ambassador Marjolijn van Deelen, and the Chair of the WG preparing the fifth review conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Ambassador Lauri Kuusing, will discuss the outcome of the conference and measures to prevent and deter state and non-state actors from using chemical weapons.
In last 25 years 99,4 % of the global declared stockpiles of chemical weapons were destroyed. However, recent Russian use of chemical weapons in the United Kingdom and Syrian attacks against its civilian population have underlined concerns about the re-emergence of the use of chemical weapons.
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On 25 May 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade will hold a hearing on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that has been in force since 1 May 2021. Members will discuss with four expert speakers how unprecedented arrangements with a third country have been implemented so far.
Their valuable expertise will feed in the preparation of a joint implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that the two Committees are preparing.
Location : Antall Building - Room 4Q2
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On 24 May 2023, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a hearing on the EU relations with Latin America, a region of strategic importance for the EU with long-standing history of shared common values and cultures. In the recent past the relations have faced some hurdles, which have enabled other global actors such as Russia and China to step in and promote their agendas.
Members will discuss with experts the geopolitics of the region against the backdrop of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, its internal dynamics and influences by China and Russia, and how to make a qualitative leap in the EU-Latin America strategic bi-regional partnership.
Location : Brussels - Antall 4Q2
Draft programme
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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über die Beziehungen zu Belarus
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Petras Auštrevičius

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