European Council. Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, President in Office of the Council, and Commission President José Manuel Barroso will join a debate with MEPs on the outcome of the Spring summit and on the Lisbon Strategy. (Wednesday) MEPs will also be debating the EU's economic guidelines for the Member States. (Tuesday)
Financial Perspective. EP President Josep Borrell will open a short debate with the group leaders on the Financial Perspective (Wednesday), the day after the final scheduled meeting of negotiators from Council, Commission and Parliament aiming to agree a financial framework for the EU for 2007-13. (Tuesday) The Budgets Committee will meet just before the start of plenary business on Wednesday morning to analyse the results of the talks.
Services Directive. The Commission will make a statement to MEPs setting out its revised proposal for the services directive, in the light of Parliament's first reading amendments, as well as addressing the issue of the posting of workers directive. (Tuesday)
Ukraine, Belarus and the Middle East. MEPs will hold debates on the outcome of elections in Ukraine, Belarus and Israel. The EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, will join the discussion on the Middle East. (Wednesday)
President of Malta. Edward Fenech-Adami, President of the Republic of Malta, will address MEPs in a formal sitting. He will then join Josep Borrell for a joint press conference. (Wednesday)
Fluorinated gases. Parliament will vote on the text agreed in the Conciliation Committee on measures to control fluorinated gas emissions, which are a significant factor in global warming. (debate Tuesday, vote Wednesday)
Free movement of workers. MEPs will debate a report from the Employment Committee calling for the scrapping of restrictions on access to the labour markets of many of the EU15 to workers from eight of the 'new' Member States. (debate and vote Tuesday)
