587th Plenary session 24-25 April 2024

587^th Plenary session, with the following guests and debates:

• Defence of Democracy Package, with Ana Gallego Torres, Director General, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST), European Commission, and Ken Godfrey, Executive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy,  linked to the adoption of opinion SOC/773 on the Defence of democracy package, at 16:00 on Wednesday 24 April 2024
• Migration and skilled labour shortages (talent mobility package), with Ylva Johansson, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, linked to the adoption of opinion SOC/786 on the Talent Mobility Package, at 11:00 on Thursday 25 April 2024
• Commission report on EU Competitiveness, with Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission, linked to the adoption of opinion INT/1028 on the Long-term competitiveness strategy, at 15:00 on Wednesday 24 April 2024
• Gender equality and outcomes of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), with Lanfranco Fanti, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli, European Commission, Florence Raes, Director of UN Women Brussels, Mary Collins, Secretary General of the European Women's Lobby, Ilaria Todde, Advocacy Director of the Eurocentralasian Lesbian Community and Sif Holst, President of the EESC Equality Group, at 09:30 on Thursday 25 April 2024