Wednesday 15 June 2022, 9.00 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 18.30

Thursday 16 June 2022, 9.00 – 12.30

the Antall building, room 4Q1

Hearings

The environmental and social impacts of new renewable energies in Europe. Wednesday 14.30–17.30

Guest speakers and topics:

Răzvan Eugen Nicolescu on renewable energies in the context of the Ukraine crisis, energy sovereignty, European Green Deal, and the Renewable Energy Directive revision.

Veerle Dossche on the impacts on biodiversity and the territory of large installations of renewable energy projects; public participation, governance and compensation mechanisms; and the impacts on farming and employment.

Christoph Pfemeter on aspects related to the implementation of new renewables energies; impacts on the environment (land and offshore), and synergies with interconnection and T&D infrastructures.

With discussions on related petitions:

·  0148/2021 by Vasilis Eleftheriou (Greek) on the environmental impact of wind farms in Agrafa, Greece

·  0402/2019 by Guillaume Boraud (French), on behalf of Défense Des Marais de l’Estuaire (DDME), on the wind turbines project along the Gironde estuary (Natura 2000)

“The United Kingdom and Erasmus+”. See the programme and more information here.

Hearing of the Committee on Culture and Education, in association with the Committee on Petitions. Spinelli building, room 1G3, Wednesday 16.30–18.00

Consideration of petitions

Wednesday

0827/2021by Patricia Brunner (German), on behalf of the International Au Pair Association (IAPA), on establishing a reciprocal youth mobility scheme between the UK and the EU

0964/2020 by Alain Jerick Gutierrez Tria (Spanish) on the need for civil partnerships entered into in the United Kingdom to be recognised in all other EU Member States

0095/2020 by S.R. (Croatian) on the incongruence between the visa-free travel for U.S. citizens to the EU and the obligation for a VISA imposed on citizens of some EU Member States when travelling to the U.S.

0279/2022 by Paul Nemecek (Austrian), on behalf of NÖ Bauernbund, on the strategic security of food supply and agricultural production in the EU

1167/2021 by Fernando Jesús Santiago Ollero (Spanish), on behalf of the Consejo General de Colegios de Gestores Administrativos de España (Spain’s General Council of Administrative Agents) regarding the profession of administrative agent

Thursday

0699/2021 by Alfons Barti Borrell (Spanish), on behalf of the association ‘Barcelona Comerç and the federation of associations Vitrines d’Europe’, on the creation of a European Capital of Local Trade

0095/2021 by Lucille Richard (French), on behalf of Bassines Non Merci, bearing 45 signatures, on supplementary reserves for agricultural irrigation that are in breach of the Water Framework Directive

0190/2021 by Eskil Nielsen (Danish) on the environmental impact of the planned artificial island Lynetteholmen in Copenhagen

0511/2021 by Ole Damsgaard (Danish), on behalf of The Danish Society for Nature Conservation, on the impact assessment for project Lynetteholm in relation to Directive 2011/92/EU

1120/2021 by Lidija Šmačko (Latvian) on the alleged insufficient measures to reduce environmental noise in Riga, Latvia

0261/2022 by Francesco Accardo (Italian), on behalf of Class Action Italia, signed by two other persons, on the alleged failure to implement architectural barrier elimination plans (PEBA) in Italy

0440/2022 by R.S. (Polish) on the allocation of EU funds in Poland

1425/2020 by Giovanni Esposito (Italian), on behalf of the Italian National Council of Industrial Experts (the CNPI – Consiglio Nazionale dei Periti Industriali e dei Periti Industriali Laureati), on the incorrect transposition of Directive 2013/59/Euratom by the Italian Government

1433/2020 by Guerino Ferri (Italian) on the alleged failure of Italy to implement in full Directive 2013/59/Euratom