January 2018 rEPPorter: the newsletter of the EPP-CoR

The 127th Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions takes place on 31 January and 1 February in the Hemicycle of the European Parliament. Eleven opinions and two Resolutions - one on the Annual Growth Survey 2018 and the second concerns the ESI common Provisions Regulation to support structural reforms - are on the agenda, as well as a debate with the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa. Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, will also be present to discuss the Commission work programme for 2018 and the Task Force on subsidiarity on 31 January. The following day, Tomislav Donchev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, will present the priorities of the Bulgarian Presidency to the CoR Plenary. EPP-led opinions are: - Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the western Mediterranean, Samuel Azzopardi (MT/EPP) - Promoting coexistence with conflict species within the framework of the EU Nature Directives, Csaba Borboly (RO/EPP) - Digital Single Market: Mid-term review, Alin-Adrian Nica (RO/EPP) - Reflection paper on the Future of EU Finances, Marek Woźniak (PL/EPP) - Europe on the Move: promoting seamless mobility solutions, Ivan Žagar (SI/EPP) - Europe on the Move: labour aspects of road transport, Spyros Spyridon (GR/EPP) As usual, the Plenary Session will be preceded by a meeting of the EPP Group 123rd Plenary Session of the European Committee of the Regions documents

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30 January:

• 14:30-16:00 – EPP Group Bureau meeting (JDE70)
• 17:30-21:00 – Meeting of the Bureau of the CoR(JDE52)

31 January:

• 10:30-13:00 – EPP Group meeting (JDE62)
• 15:00-21:00 – 123rd Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (Paul Henri Spaak building – Hemicycle, European Parliament)

1 December:

• 09:00-13:00 - 123rd Plenary Session of the Committee of the Regions (Paul Henri Spaak building – Hemicycle, European Parliament)

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