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EU2018 – Parliamentary Dimension
Austrian Presidency
of the Council of the European Union 2018
Austria assumed the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the third time from 1 July until 31 December 2018. Within this task Austria, as representative of the Council vis-à-vis other EU institutions, played a crucial role. It was on the one hand responsible for the negotiations and consultations of the Council regarding EU-legislation and political provisions. On the other hand Austria had to coordinate the cooperation of the EU member states.
Together with Estonia and Bulgaria, Austria held the so called trio presidency. A group of three member states holding the presidency one after another consecutively, work together during an 18 month period to ensure more continuity throughout the three presidencies.
Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Parliamentary Dimension
Within the last few years – especially since the Treaty of Lisbon and the implementation of the stronger role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process – the Parliamentary Dimension has become an integral part of the respective EU presidency. More
Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC - Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union
8 - 9 July 2018
Venue: Austrian Parliament-Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal, Access Josefsplatz
COSAC – the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of the national parliaments and the European Parliament was founded as parliamentary body at EU level in 1989. The abbreviation is derived from its French designation "Conférence des Organes spécialisés en Affaires communautaires". More
Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (SECG) 17 - 18 September 2018
Venue: Austria Center Vienna
On the basis of Article 13 of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (Fiscal Treaty), which entered into force on 1 January 2013, a new parliamentary body, the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union” was established the same year. The first meeting took place under the Lithuanian EU presidency in Vilna in October 2013. More
Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG)
24 - 25 September 2018
Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
The Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol was established by the Speakers Conference on the basis of Article 51 of the Europol Regulation which entered into force on 1 May 2017. The constituent meeting took place in October 2017 in Brussels. More
Panel discussion: The Enlargement Perspective for the Western Balkans - The Role of Parliaments
9 October 2018
Venue: Parliament-Hofburg, Vienna
Bringing the Western Balkans closer to the European Union is one of the priorities of the Austrian EU Presidency. EU approximation of the countries of South-Eastern Europe also has to be advanced and supported at parliamentary level. At the invitation of Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the National Council, this topic will be discussed by representatives of national parliaments, the European Parliament, the European Commission and academia. The opening statement will be delivered by Norbert Lammert, former long-standing President of the German Bundestag and now Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. More
Interparliamentary Conference for the CFSP and CSDP
11 - 12 October 2018
Venue: Erste Campus, Vienna
The Conference for CFSP and CSDP deals with current questions of parliamentary control of the EU foreign defence policy. The meeting offers the opportunity for an exchange of views between the national parliaments, the European parliament and the European Commission. More
Plenary Meeting of the LX COSAC 18 - 20 November 2018
Venue: Austria Center Vienna
COSAC – the Conference of European Committees of the national parliaments and the European Parliament was founded as parliamentary body at EU level in 1989. The abbreviation is derived from its French designation "Conférence des Organes spécialisés en Affaires communautaires". More
Meeting of the Secretaries General of the European Union Parliaments
27 - 28 January 2019
Venue: Austrian Parliament-Hofburg, Großer Redoutensaal, Access Josefsplatz
The meeting of the Secretaries General of the EU Parliaments serves as preparation for the Speakers Conference and provides a platform for exchange of experience on parliamentary business, in particular within the EU-context.
Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments
8 - 9 April 2019
Since its annual meetings in 1999 in a fixed format, the Speakers Conference of EU member states and the European Parliament has developed into an important forum of international exchange and of parliamentary cooperation within the EU. The first meeting took place in 1963 in Rome. More
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