The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection will go over the Commission’s measures to address COVID-19 outbreak with Internal Market Commissioner Breton, on 2 April 2020. The Committee has already called on Commission Vice-President Vestager, Commissioners Breton and Reynders, and the Croatian Presidency, for further actions to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, stressing the importance of ensuring the free flow of goods and the provision of services, and of enforcing consumer protection.

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will go over the current situation at the Union’s external border in Greece, on 2 April 2020. Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, Commissioner Ylva Johansson, Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi, and Greek Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrisochoidis, will participate, together with representatives from the Croatian Council Presidency, Frontex and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament adopted a revised calendar of parliamentary activities on Thursday 19 March, following the precautionary measures taken to contain the spread of COVID-19. Apart from the new extraordinary plenary session of 26 March, modifications include those made to week 14, and weeks 16 to 30. The full calendar is available on Parliament’s website.