Briefing
Newsletter - 6-9 July 2015 - Strasbourg plenary session
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Parliament will debate the 25-26 June European Council outcomes on migration, security, the single digital market and Greece with European Council President Donald Tusk on Tuesday afternoon. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is expected to attend the debate.
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MEPs will debate the priorities of the incoming Luxembourg presidency with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg on Wednesday morning. The House will review the outgoing presidency with Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma of Latvia and Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday morning.
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Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission for its Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the USA will be back on the plenary agenda in July, after the debate and vote were postponed in June, to give the EP political groups more time to reach a compromise on a recommendation on the investor protection system, which will be discussed in plenary session on Tuesday and put to a vote on Wednesday.
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MEPs will debate and vote on Thursday on ideas for updating copyright rules for the digital age and for protecting Europe’s cultural diversity while helping citizens access it. Issues include the right to create and publish photographs of public buildings and the need to improve access to online content for citizens across borders, while promoting creativity and ensuring fair remuneration for authors and creators.
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Mandatory waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and use of natural resources are the key demands set out in a draft resolution to be put to a vote on Wednesday. The text calls on the European Commission to table new legislation by the end of 2015.
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Three agencies managing migration flows into the EU and various EU funds for migration measures should get a €69.6 million budget boost for this year, if Parliament backs a European Commission proposal on Tuesday. Parliament has been calling for the bigger budgets in the wake of the April tragedies that cost the lives of around 1,200 migrants.
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Shareholders would be able to vote at least every three years on a listed company’s remuneration policy for directors, under a draft law to be debated on Tuesday and voted on Wednesday. Legal Affairs MEPs also inserted a requirement for large companies and public interest entities, such as listed companiesand insurance firms, to disclose, country by country, profits made, taxes paid and public subsidies received.
Contacts:
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Mary BRAZIER