Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
The CULT Committee in association with LIBE and IMCO committees, organises on 6 February at 16.30 a public hearing dedicated to the "Media Freedom Act", a long awaited legislative proposal aiming to strengthen media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union.
The LIBE committee in association with CULT and IMCO committees, organised on 31st of January a hearing dedicated to the "Media Freedom Act", a long awaited legislative proposal aiming to strengthen media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union. Various stakeholders, including representatives of the Council of Europe, of EDPS, of journalists associations and of academia participated in this hearing that aimed at serving as input for the work on the legislative proposal.
On 5 December, the CULT Committee will hold a public hearing with school professors and experts on the topic “Teaching of music and arts in schools”.
The Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) will hold a public hearing on the “Implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) on 25 October. The hearing will contribute to CULT’s implementation report with the same title (Rapporteur: Petra Kammerevert, S&D Group) and will provide Members with information on the transposition of the Directive into national legislation.
On 30 June from 11.00 to 13.00, ING2 Members will welcome Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Ms Věra Jourová, to the special committee. As a first follow-up to the recommendations from the INGE-report, ING2 Members will discuss, together with Members from IMCO, CULT and LIBE, what steps the Commission has taken since the adoption of the INGE report.
On 15 June 2022 the Committee on Culture and Education will hold a public hearing on “The United Kingdom and Erasmus+” in association with the Committee for Petitions. The hearing will assess the impact of the UK's decision to withdraw from Erasmus+ on higher education institutions and their students.
On Wednesday 20 April, the two co-rapporteurs, Christian Ehler (ITRE) and Marcos Ros Sempere (CULT), presented the draft own-initiative report on the New European Bauhaus Initiative. The initiative takes up the objectives of the European Green Deal to find tangible, sustainable, beautiful and inclusive solutions to improve our daily lives.
In order to inform on the ongoing CULT implementation report on the same topic, the Committee is organising a public hearing on “Inclusion measures within the Erasmus+ Programme 2014-2020” on 26 October 2021 from 9.10 to 11.00.
On 14 October 2021 the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a joint public hearing on “Culture in the EU's external relations”.
On 27 September 2021 the Committee on Culture and Education held a public hearing on on the basic structures and main principles of a European Digital Public Sphere. The invited experts were Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Passoth, Professor for Sociology of Technology, European New School of Digital Studies, European University Viadrina (DE) and Hans H. Luik, AS Ekspress Grupp, Member of the Supervisory Board (ET), representing the perspectives from both public and private operators.
Jointly organised with CULT committee, this session will assess cultural, educational and media aspects of foreign interference
On Tuesday, 22 June 2021 (13:45-15:45) the CULT Committee will hold a public hearing on the topic "Creative Europe and the cultural and creative sectors in Horizon Europe: how can synergies and potentials be maximized?".