The Week Ahead - 4th-8th May 2020

Just Transition Fund, Digital Transformation and COVID-19 recovery of the economy, impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the media and creative sector, Commission Work Programme and MFF.

Establishing the Just Transition Fund

The ENVI Committee will hold a presentation and an exchange of views on ECR MEP Alexandr Vondra’s draft opinion on Establishing the Just Transition Fund. Mr Vondra believes additional money is needed to increase the size of the Just Transition Funds, which must be debated on during the ongoing negotiations of the next Multiannual Financial Framework. Given the current, broader political context—including the likelihood that there will be a lower investment capacity in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis—Mr Vondra believes that the EU may not be ready to pursue climate neutrality by 2050.

When: Monday @ 10:00

Where: JAN 4Q1

Webstream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming?d=20200504&lv=ALL

Digital Transformation and COVID-19 recovery of the economy

The IMCO Committee will hold an exchange of views with Marghrete Vestager, Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, on how digital transformation can help the economy and the single market to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

When: Monday @ 14.00

Where: JAN 4Q2

Webstream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming?d=20200504&lv=ALL

Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the media and creative sector

During the structured dialogue with Mariya Gabriel and Thierry Breton, ECR MEP Dace Melbarde will ask the two Commissioners to establish a fund to help the independent media sector survive the Covid-19 crisis. ECR MEP Andrey Slabakov will propose a common EU fund to help independent EU artists.

When: Monday @ 15.00

Where: JAN 4Q1

Webstream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming?d=20200504&lv=ALL

Commission Work Programme and MFF

Political group leaders and Parliament President David Sassoli will discuss the review of the Commission work Programme for 2020 and the revised proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF) with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the Conference of Presidents on Tuesday. Ahead of the meeting, the ECR Co-Chairmen Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto sent a letter asking the Commission President that the Initiatives of the revised Commission Work Programme 2020 be guided by a ‘Recovery Test’.

Statement in full text: https://ecrgroup.eu/article/initiatives_of_the_revised_commission_work_programme_2020_should_be_guided

When: Tuesday @ 9.30