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Next committee meeting on 6 January 2020 in Brussels.

Commissioners-designates hearings: commitments briefings available

Committees 12-12-2019 - 17:12

Commitments made at the Hearings of Commissioners-Designate

Parliament’s Policy Departments and Economic Governance Support Unit have produced a series of briefings on salient points and essential commitments made by the Vice-Presidents- and Commissioners-designate at their respective hearings. These briefings have also been compiled in one document and are the main feature of the latest Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights. An exhaustive list of all commitments made by the candidates is available through the full verbatim reports of each hearing.

2019 Sakharov Prize: committee debate with laureate’s daughter

AFET DROI DEVE 12-12-2019 - 17:11

Winner of 2019 Sakharov Prize is Ilham Tohti © Andy Wong/AP images

The Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Development, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights will discuss the human rights situation of the Uyghur minority in China together with Jewher Ilham, daughter of the 2019 Sakharov Prize laureate, Ilham Tohti. The debate will take place on 16 December ahead of award ceremony, which will be held in the European Parliament’s hemicycle in Strasbourg on 18 December.

Further information
Ilham Tohti awarded the 2019 Sakharov Prize
EU Fact Sheets: Human rights

Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas: Structured dialogue in committee

LIBE 12-12-2019 - 17:11

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will hold a meeting with Margaritis Schinas, European Commission Vice-President for Promoting the European Way of Life, on 16 December 2019. The debate will focus on the newly appointed Commission’s future action in the policy areas that fall under the Vice-President’s responsibility, notably migration, integration and the Security Union.

European Green Deal: committee debate with Frans Timmermans

ENVI 12-12-2019 - 17:11

The Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will discuss the European Green Deal together with European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, on 16 December in Strasbourg. European Commission President von der Leyen made it clear that the European Green Deal will be her overarching priority for the next five years. Parliament will set out its position with respect to the Commission’s plans by voting on a resolution during its plenary session of January 2020.

Global Refugee Forum: joint committee delegation

DEVE LIBE DROI 13-12-2019 - 11:48

Silhouette of refugees walking on horizon along river

Members of the Committees on Development, and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights will attend the first Global Refugee Forum (GRF) in Geneva, Switzerland, from 16 to 18 December 2019. As part of the overall EU delegation to the GRF, Parliament’s delegation will seek to ensure continuation of the institution’s work on the Compacts including through bilateral meetings with the various delegations and stakeholders joining the Forum.