Toekomstige activiteiten

The next meeting of the FISC Subcommittee will take place on 11 July 2022, from 15:00 to 17:00. The Subcommittee will host a public hearing on "The role of tax incentives and exemptions in the framework of the reform of corporate taxation and in the promotion of European economies' competitiveness".

The COVID-19 pandemic has deprived a number of older people of a dignified end of life around the world. It has also amplified the existing human rights violations suffered by dependent ones, such as abuse, neglect and discrimination. On 11 July DROI will hold a hearing to examine the current situation on the protection of the rights of dependent elderly people and other dependent persons under international and national laws.

A delegation of 9 Members of the European Parliament, from the Committee on Development and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, will take part in the ministerial segment of the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, 13-15 July 2022 in New York, USA.

The aim of the hearing is to look at chips as a strategic component of any industrial chain and the race for the most advanced chips is linked to technological and industrial leadership. The hearing will be held in the context of the recent Commission proposal on a European Chips Act.

Full title: Is China's economy in decline? Long-term trends, vulnerabilities, reform agenda

Presentation of ‘Stresses and contradictions in the Chinese economy in the early 2020s’ by Jacob Funk KIRKEGAARD, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute and German Marshall Fund, followed by a roundtable with Alicia GARCIA HERRERO, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis; YU Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House; Ulrich JOCHHEIM, Policy Analyst, EPRS

The European Parliament and the Global Campus of Human Rights will organise the second Annual Conference on the Global State of Human Rights on 15-16 July 2022 in Venice, Italy. This unique event will include keynote speakers, pannelists and moderators from diverse backgrounds, including Members of the European Parliament, academics from the Global Campus network, high officials from EU and other international organisations, national human rights bodies, civil society, human rights defenders