Plenary session of the European Parliament

The Portuguese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, and the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Ana Paula Zacarias, will be taking part in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels from 18 to 20 May.

Under the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the two members of government will represent the Presidency in the initiatives and discussions where the presence of the Council is required.

Thus, at this plenary session, Augusto Santos Silva will be representing the Presidency in the discussions to be held on 18 and 19 May and Ana Paula Zacarias will take over on 20 May.

18 May

08h00 (09h00, Brussels time)

  • The right of information of the Parliament regarding the ongoing assessment of the national recovery and resilience plans
  • Recent deaths in the Mediterranean and search and rescue at sea

14h00 (15h00, Brussels time)

  • 2019-2020 Reports on Turkey
  • EU strategy towards Israel-Palestine
  • 2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro

19 May

08h00 (09h00, Brussels time)

  • Meeting the Global COVID-19 challenge: effects of waiver of the WTO TRIPS agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries
  • The conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

20 May

08h00 (09h00, Brussels time)

  • Joint debate
  • Data Protection Adequacy
  • Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”) - Case C-311/18
  • The adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom
  • Roma Equality, Inclusion and Participation