News, Publications and Consultations from the Past Week
News CW 23 (03.06.2024-09.06.2024)
Europe has voted: In the European elections held from 6 to 9 June 2024, a shift to the right is emerging. According to projections in Germany, while the CDU/CSU is expected to gain the largest share of the vote, entailing 30%, the AfD is likely to be the second strongest party, polling 16.2%. The governing parties SPD (14%), Greens (12%) and FDP (5%) suffered considerable losses in some areas. The newly formed left-wing Structured Securities Association (BSW) achieved 6.5% of the vote. In France, a victory for the far-right RN is emerging with 31.5% of the votes. Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party Rennaissance is coming in second with 15.2%. In Spain, the Partido Popular (Christian Democratic) obtained the highest score (32.3%), ahead of the social democratic Partido Socia-lista Obrero Español (30.2%). In the Netherlands and Austria, according to the latest polls, the parties on the far right performed the strongest.
eco will continue to monitor developments and provide corresponding updates and information.
Selected Publications from the EP Think Tank:
Ongoing Relevant European Commission Consultations
- How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs? (until 30.06.2024)
- Trade in e-waste (1) – amendments to the Basel Convention annexes (until 03.07.2024)
- Trade in e-waste (2) – amendments to the Basel Convention annexes (until 03.07.2024)
- Energy labelling requirements for computers (until 18.07.2024)
- Ecodesign requirements for computers – review (until 18.07.2024)
Selections of the CW 24 (10.06.2024-16.06.2024)
Council:
The current preview of the Council’s work for the upcoming days until 10.07.2024 can be found here.
Summit and Ministerial Meetings:
Preparatory Bodies:
- COREPER II, 06.2024
- COREPER I, 06.2024
- COREPER II, 06.2024
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 06.2024
- Horizontal WP on Cyber Issues, 06.2024
- COREPER I, 06.2024
An overview of the various Council dates can be found here.
Commission:
The agenda of the current Commission meeting was not available at our time of writing. You can potentially find it on the Commission’s website in the near future.
Parliament:
Plenary Sittings
The next plenary session will take place on 16 July 2024 in Strasbourg. The calendar of the plenary sittings for 2024 is available here (PDF).
Committees
Following on from the EU elections, the next committee meetings will take place in Week 30 (22-25 June 2024).
Outlook:
An overview of the following session weeks can be found here.
European Court of Justice
You can find the judicial calendar of the ECJ here.
