Summary

Next week is constituency week for Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”). MEPs will go back to their home countries to handle national issues or convene in their parliamentary delegations to work on matters related to non-EU Member States.

Next week is also the last week of parliamentary activities before the holiday break. MEPs will suspend their activities until January 8, 2017. This Week Ahead will therefore return on Friday, January 5, 2018.

This week, the European Parliament held the last plenary session of 2017 in Strasbourg.

On Tuesday, MEPs approved a report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) and the Committee on Budgets (“BUDG”) that proposes extending the European Fund for Strategic Investments (“EFSI”) until 2020. The report also recommends that additional funds be provided to finance projects with the most promising social and economic returns in the EU. See the report here.

On Thursday, MEPs also voted in favor of a resolution on a European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility. The Parliament seeks to focus on transport to reduce green gas emissions and meet the EU’s reduction target set by the Paris Agreement. The resolution calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to adopt initiatives to enhance the development of low-emission transport. Among these initiatives, the Parliament calls on the EU Member States to speed up the implementation of the Single European Sky, and on the European Commission to adopt an ambitious action plan for the market uptake of electric vehicles. See the resolution here.

In closing, we wish you a wonderful holiday season!

Meetings and Agenda

No official meetings in the European Parliament are scheduled before January 8, 2018.

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Sebastian Vos is co-chair of the firm’s public policy practice, and heads up its European division. He has extensive experience in the European Union and advises clients as they navigate and manage today’s global regulatory and policy challenges.

Sebastian provides clients with strategic…

Sebastian Vos is co-chair of the firm’s public policy practice, and heads up its European division. He has extensive experience in the European Union and advises clients as they navigate and manage today’s global regulatory and policy challenges.

Sebastian provides clients with strategic public policy, regulatory, and communications advice on a range of competition, trade, transactional and sectoral issues. Sebastian has particular expertise in advising companies in the technology, financial services, energy and transport sectors.

Sebastian was formerly a partner at a leading global public affairs consultancy. Prior to this, he was head of the competition practice at a strategic communications agency. He worked as an attorney at a magic circle firm, specialising in Antitrust, Competition and Trade law, as well as being a member of the Public Policy practice. He has also worked at the European Commission, and was part of its Delegation to the United States in 2000.

Sebastian has written articles on legal and political developments in various publications, including Europe’s World, Bloomberg Business Law Review and European Competition Law Review. He has also been a commentator on broadcast media including CNBC and Bloomberg TV.