Following the precautionary measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament adopted a revised calendar of parliamentary activities on Thursday 19 March.
• An extraordinary plenary session will be held in Brussels on 26 March, replacing the session originally planned for 1 and 2 April.
• Weeks 15-18 are now "white weeks" without parliamentary activities.
Following these decisions, the AFET Committee meetings initially foreseen on 15-16 April and 29-30 April are cancelled.
Following the precautionary measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament adopted a revised calendar of parliamentary activities on Thursday 19 March.
• An extraordinary plenary session will be held in Brussels on 26 March, replacing the session originally planned for 1 and 2 April.
• Weeks 15-18 are now "white weeks" without parliamentary activities.
Following these decisions, the AFET Committee meetings initially foreseen on 15-16 April and 29-30 April are cancelled.
In the context of the exponential growth of the epidemic, the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.
Today, 10 March, the Conference of Presidents adopted a revised calendar of meetings and the changes concern the following:
· Next week (week 12) is a "white week" without activities (instead of a committee week),
· Committee meetings will resume on weeks 13 and 14 together with Political Groups and Plenary,
· The April I plenary session will be held in Brussels from 1-2 April (instead of Strasbourg, 30 March - 2 April),
· Week 15 is now a "white week" without activities (instead of a "turquoise" week).
Following that decision the AFET Committee meeting of 16 and 17 March is cancelled.