This week in the Committee on Petitions

Date of article: 05/11/2021

Daily News of: 05/11/2021

Country:  EUROPE

Author: Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament

Article language: en

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Monday 08 November 2021, 13.45-15.45 and 16.45 – 18.45

and Tuesday 09 November 2021, 9.00 – 12.00

the Antall building, room 6Q2, and remote connection

Tuesday 09 November 13.45-15.45 and 16.45 – 18.45

the Spinelli building, room 3G3, and remote connection

Vote


 

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020. Rapporteur: Gheorghe Falcă (EPP, RO). Tue09.00 - 09.10

Workshop

Annual Workshop on Disabilities: The implementation of previous observations of the CRPD Committee and the EU’s 2021-2030 Disability Strategy. Find out more and see the agenda here. Tue 09.10 - 11.10.

Followed by discussions on petitions:

 

1205/2020 by Armin Stephan Müller (German) on the EU-wide introduction of workshops for persons with disabilities

1553/2020 by M. (Dutch) on the Dutch employment legislation and its consequences for persons with disabilities

Presentations and debates

Monday

European Citizens’ Initiative: “A price for carbon to fight climate change”. A presentation by organizers of the ECI. Ca. 18.00

Tuesday

Internal and external dimension of illegal logging: legal issues and solutions. A study by Dr. Kévine KINDJI, research fellow at the Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO) at Maastricht University. 13.45 - 14.30

Draft report on EU Citizenship Report 2020 - Empowering citizens and protecting their rights. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Yana Toom (Renew, ET). Ca. 16.45

 

Consideration of petitions

Monday

1056/2021 by Daniel Bodnar (Rumanian) on the protection of whistle blowers and journalists reporting on forestry crime in Romania.


 

0991/2020 by Gredo Förster (German) on the protection of Dannenhöfer Forest and a Natura 2000 area that can be affected by the extension of the A49 motorway.

 

On refugees and migrants in Europe:

 

1198/2020 by Damla Daniela Koreli (German) on the situation of war refugees, inter alia, in the Moria reception centre on Lesbos

 

1286/2020 by María Díaz Amboage (Spanish) on the harsh living conditions in the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece

 

0184/2020 by K. (German), on the accommodation of refugees in Greece and the Balkans

 

0170/2020 by Nino Raphael Gutiérrez (Italian) on the situation of migrants in Greece and along the Balkans route

 

On wet markets:

 

0455/2020 by F. (German) on the prohibition of live animal markets (‘wet markets’)

 

0520/2020 by Elise Fleury (French) on a request to close wet markets


 

0216/2019 by F.C.R. (Spanish) on the poor rail connections in the province of Almeria.

 

Tuesday

On light-related health issues:

 

0808/2018 by B. (German), on behalf of "Selbsthilfegruppe Lichtgesundheit”, on the health effects of LED lighting

 

1180/2019 by B. (German), on behalf of the ‘Selbsthilfegruppe Lichtgesundheit’, on health problems caused by LEDs and other lights

 

0447/2020 by B (German), on behalf of Selbsthilfegruppe Lichtgesundheit, on installing near-infrared light in the environment

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