Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, calling for measures leading to the abolition of the death penalty in India and to human rights reforms in Rwanda, and expressing concerns about the situation of hunger striking prisoners in Guantanamo.

Il-Parlament qal f'riżoluzzjoni li l-implimentazzjoni sħiħa tar-regoli tal-governanza ekonomika li diġà ġew stabiliti għandu jkollhom preċedenza fuq proposti ġodda. Ir-riżoluzzjoni tgħid ukoll li l-Kummissjoni ma daħħlitx biżżejjed kontroll demokratiku fl-ideat il-ġodda u li hemm bżonn ta' għodda biex jgħinu r-riformi u jindirizzaw aspetti soċjali.

Following the recent fires and building collapse at factories in Bangladesh, MEPs called on Thursday for justice for victims and EU action to prevent similar events in future. They want the Commission to promote responsible business conduct among EU companies operating abroad and ensure strict compliance with all legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment.

MEPs call for respect for human rights and humanitarian law in Syria and support a political solution to the conflict, in a resolution voted on Thursday, while emphasizing that the two tracks should be kept separate.

While Bosnia and Herzegovina is still far from meeting the conditions for the entry into force of the stabilisation and association process with the EU, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is ready to launch accession talks, MEPs said in two separate votes on Thursday. They insisted that all candidate and potential candidate countries for EU membership must be treated on their own merits.

Parliament must be kept on board in talks with the US on what could become the world's largest free trade area, it warns in a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs strongly favour starting the talks, but also state their expectations, e.g. as regards opening up access to the US procurement market and safeguarding the EU's cultural and audiovisual services market. This resolution is Parliament's input to the EU negotiating mandate.

New legislation on the "non-commercial transport" of pets, already informally agreed with EU ministers, was approved by Parliament on Thursday. Taking pets abroad will be easier, but pet health requirements will be stricter. Online information for pet owners will also be made clearer.

F'riżoluzzjoni adottata t-Tlieta l-MPE jitolbu lill-Istati membri tal-UE biex jintroduċu jew iżommu skemi ta' pensjonijiet diversifikati u jissottolinjaw ir-rwol tal-pensjonijiet pubbliċi fl-iżgurar ta' standards ta' għajxien deċenti għal kulħadd, filwaqt li jħeġġu lill-Istati membri biex jissalvagwardjawhom.

L-istati membri tal-UE għandhom jingħaqdu biex sal-2020 jitnaqqas bin-nofs id-distakk fiskali ta' €1 triljun f'taxxa mhux miġbura, qal il-Parlament f'riżoluzzjoni li vvota fuqha nhar it-Tlieta. Il-MPE iridu l-gvernijiet jaqblu fuq miżuri biex tittieħed azzjoni fuq ir-rifuġji fiskali, jingħalqu l-modi ta' kif wieħed jevita t-taxxa u jiġi miġġieled l-ippjanar agressiv tat-taxxa.

Abbozzi ta' liġijiet li jistabilixxu sistema ta' superviżjoni bankarja fl-UE kienu approvati permezz ta' vot fil-plenarja nhar l-Erbgħa. Il-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew se jkun qed jissorvelja l-akbar banek fiż-Żona tal-Ewro direttament u se jkollu jedd fuq is-superviżjoni ta' banek oħrajn. Madankollu, il-Parlament se jagħti l-approvazzjoni finali tiegħu aktar tard, biex jagħti ż-żmien għal taħdidiet paralleli mal-Bank Ċentrali Ewropew fuq arranġamenti dettaljati ta' kontabilità.