European Social Fund Plus: helping the most vulnerable - The ESF+ aims to invest in people and create a more social and inclusive Europe.

The Ice Hotel as it melts during a warm day in Jukkasjarvi near Kiruna city in Lappland region, Sweden. The Ice Hotel was created to prolong the summer tourist season to keep employment.

Kiruna, Northern Sweden - Ice hotel

Plenary session - Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group

Luxembourg’s prime minister and the Colombian and Guinean presidents paid a visit to the Parliament. Parliament debated the post-2020 EU budget, and voted in regulations on anti-dumping, posted workers and ecodesign.

From anti-dumping to ecodesign: 5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg

The European Parliament is set to vote on new legislation that will allow posted workers to receive equal rights and equal pay while temporarily working in other EU countries.

Making the EU a better place to work

MEPs look into the compromise found with EU governments on the labour conditions of posted workers. A conference on shaping our digital future, how to make culture more accessible, and tackling fraud with secondhand cars are also on the agenda.

Coming up: posted workers, the digital economy's challenges and more

Members of Parliament are to vote on a revision of Europass, a scheme that makes it easier for people’s professional skills to be understood across the EU. They want to update the digital version and make the tool more accessible.

Europass, the passport to mobility for EU citizens

The Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) grants the EU a longer period of time during which to carry out its policies and make them effective. Parliament is working on the next MFF for 2021 and beyond.

MFF: an EU budget framework for the future

The European Union has made 2018 the European Year of Cultural Heritage, highlighting the diversity, shared history and rich cultures that make Europe what it is today.

European cultural heritage: ties that bind

Small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs - are the engine of Europe's economy. The European Parliament wants to ensure stable growth in the EU by creating a supportive environment for SMEs. Meet Arnaud and Geraldine, who own a small furniture business in France.

Boosting growth and jobs in the EU

Over 180,000 migrants landed on the island of Lampedusa in 2016 alone. For years, migration has challenged MEPs as much as European citizens, for whom it has become a major concern. Meet the citizens of Lampedusa - fishermen, a doctor and an artist - and see how the migrant crisis has affected them.

Migration

Launched in 2013, the Youth Employment Initiative provides financial support to regions struggling with high rates of youth unemployment. MEPs now want Member States to play their part and promote much needed reforms with long-term, sustainable youth employment as a target.

Youth Employment in the EU: MEPs push for innovative approaches

Committees of the European Parliament are meeting to discuss youth employment in the EU, measures to control the flow of cash, the humanitarian situation in Libya, women and climate change and an EU wide disability strategy.

Coming up: from youth employment to the control of cash in the EU

From the EU budget for next year, to the complete ban of glyphosate-based herbicides by 2022 and the winner of the 2017 Sakharov Prize, here are five numbers to take away from Strasbourg.

5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg

The European Parliament is updating the rules on posted workers which date back to 1996. The objective is to better protect European workers who go abroad for temporary assignments and to avoid any form of social dumping.

Posted workers: same work, same country, same pay

Several EU laws including those on posted workers, data protection and the Dublin regulation for asylum seekers are on the committees' agendas. Also on the table are results of the Panama Papers inquiry, women's cancers and much more.

Coming up: posted workers, Panama Papers, e-privacy and more

Want to hang out with 8,000 young people next summer? The European Parliament in Strasbourg is hosting the European Youth Event (EYE) on 1-2 June 2018. Get political and join in debates or kick back at live concerts, theatre shows and other performances. Europe's youth is its future. That's why we want to hear what you have to say.

European Youth Event 2018

In the face of the migrants crisis, MEPs want the EU to initiate a new relationship with Africa to promote sustainable development and help curb illegal migration flows

EU-Africa: MEPs call for "reciprocal" partnership

In the first plenary session of the second semester, MEPs are set to discuss the EU's priorities and most pressing challenges, youth unemployment, Wi-Fi for all citizens, gas security, North Korea and much more.

Coming up: State of the EU, Wi-Fi for all, North Korea and more

Coming up at the plenary session in Strasbourg: MEPs will discuss Turkey, tax transparency for multinationals, precarious employment, private security companies and the first-ever EU-Cuba agreement.

Coming up in Strasbourg: from Turkey to tax transparency

The European Parliament will be tackling issues from anti-dumping duties, the EU's space strategy, the first-ever cooperation agreement with Cuba, and more.

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