Women fighting Covid-19 in focus This WEEK
To help bridge the stubborn gender pay gap, the EU Commission will present pay transparency measures so that differences in wages and salaries do not remain hidden from employees.
News in Brief
- EU lacks resources to fight foreign propaganda
- Financial exodus from UK to EU tapering off
- Report: EU looks to vaccine production in India
- European MPs seek US help to halt Israeli annexation
- Czech Republic has world's highest-infection rate
- Poland asks for Chinese vaccine as third wave mounts
- Over 60 percent of Russians don't want Sputnik vaccine
- Belgium changes strategy on AstraZeneca vaccine
EU leaders seek to speed up vaccinations This WEEK
EU leaders talk vaccines, while the Portugues EU presidency introduces itself to MEPs. Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president of the United States, and the EU hopes this will mark a new beginning for EU-US relations.
Unblocking Brexit and budget in focus This WEEK
With only five weeks to go before the UK severs all ties with the EU, chief negotiator Michel Barnier warned that the "same significant divergences persist" between the two sides in post-Brexit talks.
Vaccines in focus in the EU This WEEK
The European Parliament's environment committee will hear from the person who negotiated the vaccine contracts, commission director-general of health and food safety, Sandra Gallina.
Brexit and digital services overhaul This WEEK
On Wednesday, MEPs will vote on the seven-year EU budget file as a whole, and also on the rule-of-law conditionality.
Brexit, Budget, Turkey on summit agenda this WEEK
Any post-Brexit deal achieved needs to be ratified by the European Parliament before the end of December (and then by national parliaments), while some member states want to see the agreement translated before they can agree to it.
EU summit on vaccine problems This WEEK
EU foreign affairs ministers will meet in Brussels and are expected to agree to visa-bans and asset-freezes on Russian officials involved in the jailing of opposition figurehead Alexei Navalny.
Recovery goals and Visegrad in focus This WEEK
Outside of Brussels, Visegrad prime ministers will come together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the central European cooperation within the V4 group. European Council president Charles Michel will join them.
Von der Leyen to defend EU vaccine policy This WEEK
After the damaging performance by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Moscow last week, MEPs will grill the EU foreign affairs chief on his visit to the Russian capital following the jailing of opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
Vaccine row and Borrell's Moscow trip This WEEK
The EU's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell will travel to Moscow on Friday, raising eyebrows because leading opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, is in prison. Borrell argues this is the reason why talking is necessary.
Vaccine delay and Russia sanctions debates This WEEK
The director of the European Medicine Agency, Emer Cooke will be quizzed by MEPs in the parliament on vaccine authorisation on Tuesday. EMA is expected to give the green light to the third vaccine at the end of the week.
MEPs prepare for another virtual plenary This WEEK
Ahead of the next European summit in mid-December, MEPs will address the EU's long-term budget and rule-of-law conditionality in another virtual plenary session. Discussions will also focus on consumer rights, pharmaceutical strategy and the pandemic.
Brexit and EU online summit in focus This WEEK
Talks between the EU and the UK have moved little, with only seven weeks left until the UK breaks ties with the EU. Negotiations are expected to resume on Monday in Brussels.
Budget and Brexit near finishing line This WEEK
As the US elects a new president, EU foreign affairs and trade ministers will discuss developments on Monday.
Gruelling Brexit and budget talks continue This WEEK
After almost a week of arm-wrestling and ten days before the UK severs all of its EU ties, negotiators are back working hard on a deal on the future EU-UK relations. Budget and rule of law talks will also continue.
Brexit and EU budget in spotlight This WEEK
Tense post-Brexit talks in London, and EU budget and rule-of-law negotiations in Brussels, will continue this week, as EU countries battle the second wave of Covid-19.
EU summit focuses on Brexit and Covid-19 This WEEK
Talks between the UK and the EU have progressed painfully slowly, but a deal on future relations needs to be agreed by the end of October. MEPs and diplomats will have another go at settling the next EU budget.
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Key Brexit and budget talks This WEEK
Breakthroughs are needed this week in both the EU-UK talks and negotiations on the budget between member states and the European Parliament. Migration will also be back, with ministers having their first debate on the new migration pact proposal.
Summit reloaded and last Brexit round This WEEK
Deciding on Belarus sanctions and the relationship with Turkey will be front and centre on the agenda for EU leaders who will meet this week in Brussels.
Turkey, Belarus and migration in the EU spotlight This WEEK
Migration and foreign policy will take centre stage next week, as the EU tries to come to a common position on Turkey, China, Russia and the sanctions on Belarus.
Von der Leyen delivers 'State of Union' speech This WEEK
Von der Leyen's first annual speech launches the autumn political semester in the EU, in which she is expected to address the Covid-19 pandemic, migration and key foreign political issues.
EU gets ready for sanctions and plenary This WEEK
Negotiations on the EU budget - between the parliament and member states - and on Brexit continue. Meanwhile, MEPs are voicing concern about travelling to Strasbourg during the pandemic for the parliament's next plenary session.
Searching for a commissioner This WEEK
Ireland's deputy prime minster Simon Coveney is reported to be the frontrunner for the post. MEPs will also discuss where negotiations on the EU's long-term budget with member states are heading.
EU marathon summit plus security policy This WEEK
EU leaders resume their summit over the long-term budget and recovery fund, after a fruitless weekend of meetings in Brussels. Meanwhile, the European Commission is to present a new security strategy for the EU plus several action plans.
EU 'in-person' summit plus key data privacy ruling This WEEK
EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Friday and Saturday to discuss in person the EU's long-term budget and recovery plan to respond to the crisis. Meanwhile, the future of the EU-US Privacy Shield might depend on this week's ruling.
Budget talks shift gear This WEEK
European Council president Charles Michel is expected to present his compromise proposal on the EU's long-term budget and the recovery fund to national capitals in the second half of the week.
Germany's EU presidency launches This WEEK
Germany will take over the EU's rotating presidency for the next difficult six months, making two of the three EU institutions led by German politicians and officials. Poland will digest the results of the first round of its presidential election.
EU's virtual summit with China This WEEK
This week, the European Union and China are holding their first joint summit since April 2019. It comes amid the pandemic, which first surfaced in China's Wuhan, protests in Hong Kong and a belligerent US president.
Divided EU leaders' first go at the recovery plans This WEEK
This week will see the start of key talks on how to kickstart the EU's economy, while British PM Boris Johnson and top EU officials will discuss how to move forward, plus eastern partners and Pampeo will also be online.
EU easing lockdowns, counting costs This WEEK
"Freedom is the rule," in Belgium, the EU institutions' home, from Monday, when bars and cafes reopen. But 90 percent of EU talks - on economic rescues and Africa diplomacy - to stay online.
Post-Brexit and summer travel talks This WEEK
Post-Brexit talks between the UK and EU enter a crucial phase this week - the last round before a legal deadline expires on extending a transition period.
Recovery plans unveiled This WEEK
Tough negotiations start this week on both the EU's recovery fund and its revised long-term budget, which are likely to determine the entire future of the bloc.
Corona-money and student futures in EU talks This WEEK
Talks on how to spend Europe's way out of a post-lockdown economic slump and how to restart higher education dominate a short week ahead for EU institutions.
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