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DEVE - Confirmation hearing of Jozef SÍKELA, European Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships

PECH - Confirmation hearing of Constantinos KADIS, European Commissioner-designate for Fisheries and Oceans

Pre-session briefing

Press conference opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the European Council

Committee on Budgetary Control

CONT

Committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware

PEGA

BUDG - CONT

BUDG

Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament

DPAP

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

ENVI

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries

DMAS

LIBE Working Group on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG)

LIBE

EMPL - ENVI

EMPL

Committee on Budgets

Committee on Foreign Affairs

AFET

Resumption of the session

Opening of the sitting

Order of business: see Minutes

Formal sitting - Address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

Plenary session - Formal sitting

Euroscola

PETI Commitee - Cooperation with the Committees on petitions in National Parliaments Exchanging Best Practices and Reflecting on New Approaches

BUDG - Revision of the EU's long-term budget (MFF)

IMCO trilogue on Empowering consumers

FISC - Exchange of views with Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner responsible for Economy, on Tax Matters

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to New York (United States) - Dennis FRANCIS, President of the United Nations General Assembly

FEMM - Presentation of the Spanish Presidency of the Council programme

IMCO - Public Hearing Toy safety

ITRE - Presentation of the Spanish Presidency of the Council programme

FISC - Public hearing on ' New EU common system for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of tax abuse in the area of withholding taxes '

TRAN - Presentation of the priorities of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

ENVI AGRI Public Hearing. Agricultural sustainability : Past, present and future

Press conference on EPP vision for agriculture in Europe

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to New York (United States) - Meeting with Pravind JUGNAUTH, Prime Minister of Mauritius

Othmar KARAS meets with Margrethe VESTAGER, EC Executive Vice-President

EMPL - Hearing on ' Social and labour market integration of Roma people from settlements - good practices and lessons learnt from the Member States '

FEMM - Women's reproductive health and specificities, including SRHR and access to abortion

AGRI - Presentation of the Spanish Presidency of the Council programme

Othmar KARAS meets with Claudia BUCH, Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Croatia looks set to join the EU, if a national referendum and cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia give positive results.

Next EU Member?

The money is there, but the results are paltry – how can Europe better use its budget to end Roma discrimination. We report on Croatia’s progress.

The News: Ending Exclusion – Croatian EU Membership

MEPs seek to take the lead in combating illegal fishermen and discuss if more European political parties would better serve EU citizens.

The News: Offshore Poaching – European Parties

The next European elections could see new pan-European parties and more candidates seeking crossborder votes.

Europe's Party System

MEPs want more checks and the application of tougher laws to ensure an end to illegal fish catches.

Catching out pirate fishermen

Hungarian ministers are working their way through the committees of the Parliament, presenting the policy priorities of their country's Council Presidency.

EP Committees meet Hungarian ministers

Hungarian ministers set out the Presidency's priorities in EP committees this week. Prof. Manfred Nowak discussed human rights abuses during the war on terror.

The News: Hungarian Council Presidency - Secret practices

Prof. Manfred Nowak presented MEPs with the conclusions of his inquiry into the secret practices carried out in Europe in the name of the war on terror.

Torture and secret detentions in the EU

MEPs mull over proposals to reform the Stability and Growth Pact. Culture Committee discusses ways to attract tourists to Europe.

The News: Stability for the euro - Tourism in Europe

MEPs debate Commission proposals to overhaul the Stability and Growth Pact, which was meant to protect the euro but may have failed. Are the new ideas any better?

Stability and Growth Rules under review

Budget deficit control and economic governance headline MEPs' agendas next week alongside efforts to boost tourism.

Week Ahead

Europe’s citizens now have the legal right to be reimbursed for some treatments received abroad thanks to a new law on crossborder healthcare.

Healthcare across borders

PM Viktor Orbán spells out Hungary’s EU presidency goals. A law on crossborder healthcare means patients can be reimbursed for some treatments.

The News: Presidential Aims – More Choice for Europe’s Patients

PM Viktor Orbán sets out the aims for the EU presidency and tries to reassure his critics about media freedom in Hungary.

Hungary’s EU Priorities

MEPs call for a strong farm policy in order to secure future food supplies. Serbia's European ambitions were weighed ahead of a crucial vote.

The News: Food security - Serbia's European future

An historic EU-Serbia agreement brings Serbia's EU candidacy to the fore, but doubts remain about war criminals and the recognition of Kosovo's independence.

Serbia one step closer

The future Common Agricultural Policy must ensure food security for all citizens, stressed the Parliament in a resolution adopted on Tuesday.

Feeding a growing population

EuroparlTV spoke to a member of the Maghreb delegation, Malika Benarab-Attou, about the EU's response to the recent dramatic events in Tunisia.

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