Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister, is the tenth EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Wednesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

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	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
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Debate on the Future of Europe with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

Antonio TAJANI, EP President meets with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister: arrival and roundtable

Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe with the Prime Minister of Estonia

Debate on the Future of Europe : Statement by Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister (10:29 - 10:55)

Future of Europe: extracts from the MEPs debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), ALDE Group Leader (11:18 - 11:24)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Peter LUNDGREN (ECR, SE) (11:15 - 11:18)

Joint press point by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister, following the debate on the Future of Europe (12:32 - 12:37)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Greens/EFA Group Leader (11:24 - 11:28)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI (NI, PL) (11:39 - 11:42)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market (10:55 - 11:03)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS (GUE/NGL, CY)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Introductory speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Future of Europe: extracts from the opening speech by Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Udo BULLMANN (S&D, DE), S&D Group Leader (11:09 - 11:14)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group Leader (11:03 - 11:09)

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Rolandas PAKSAS (EFDD, LT)

Debate on the Future of Europe: Answers by Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister (11:42 - 11:50)

Debate on the Future of Europe Final statement by Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Catch the eye

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Marcel DE GRAAFF (ENF, NL)

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