Monday, 6 February 2017:
- Public announcement of the new website of the European People’s Party Group in the European Committee of the Regions
Tuesday, 7 February 2017:
- 14:30 EPP Group Bureau meeting (JDE70)
- 14:30 Michael SCHNEIDER, President of the EPP Group in the CoR & rapporteur on the future of Cohesion Policy beyond 2020 to speak at the policy dialogue “Regional policy beyond 2020 Gearing up for the new MFF” organised by the European Policy Centre (more)
- 18:30-21:00 – 171st CoR Bureau meeting (JDE52)
Wednesday, 8 February 2017:
- 9:30 Press point: Pauliina HAIJANEN & MEP Liisa JAAKONSAARI (JDE7162)
- 10:30 Press point: Sirpa HERTELL & MEP Heidi HAUTALA (JDE 7162)
- 10:30-13:00 – EPP Group meeting (JDE52)
- 15:00-21:00 – 121st Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (European Parliament). Adoption of the following EPP-led opinions:
- A new European Consensus on Development – by Jesús GAMALLO ALLER
- Bridging the Investment gap: How to tackle the challenges – by Markku MARKKULA
- Fiscal Capacity and automatic stabilizers in the Economic and Monetary Union – by Carl Fredrik GRAF
- Copyright in the digital single market – by Mauro D’ATTIS
- Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations – by Apostolos TZITZIKOSTAS
- Union policy for the Arctic – by Pauliina HAIJANEN
- 18:00-18:30 Paul LINDQUIST – TV interview on housing prices
Thursday, 9 February 2017:
- 09:00-13:00 – 121st Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (European Parliament). Adoption of the following EPP-led opinions:
- Towards a new EU climate change adaptation strategy – taking an integrated approach – by Sirpa HERTELL
- Mid-term evaliation of the LIFE programme – by Witold STĘPIEŃ
Friday, 10 February 2017:
- Political Board of the European Covenant of Mayors