Following the election of its bureau during the constitutive meeting of 23 September, the Subcommittee on Tax Matters will meet to discuss the priorities in the area of taxation, for the coming months. The debate will take place on 24 September, together with Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni.

The constitutive meetings of Parliament's new committees, established in June 2020, will take place on 23 September. During these meetings, each new special committee, committee of inquiry, and subcommittee will elect its respective bureau, made up of a Chair and Vice-Chairs, for the duration of the committee’s mandate.

The Committee on Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will go over the New Pact on Asylum and Migration with Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, and Ylva Johansson, Commissioner for Home Affairs, on 24 September. The New Pact is expected to set out the asylum and migration policy of the Von der Leyen Commission and to end the deadlock in the Council on the reform of the Common European Asylum System, which has been pending since 2016.

The Tourism Task Force of the Committee on Transport and Tourism will hold a debate with stakeholders to take stock of the situation of the EU tourism sector, in light of the recovery process from the coronavirus crisis. Members will also seek to obtain input relevant to a forthcoming report on establishing a sustainable tourism strategy. The meeting will take place on 23 September.

The Committee on Regional Development will vote on its opinion on the proposed Public Sector Loan Facility under the Just Transition Mechanism, on 24 September. The aim is to support public investment in the territories most negatively affected by the climate transition. The Committee will also vote on its opinion on a Recovery and Resilience Facility, aiming to support reforms and investments by Member States to mitigate the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which posed a serious challenge to the work of Parliament, several measures were quickly adopted in order to ensure the continuation of the legislative and democratic life of the EU, while focusing on its response to the COVID-19 crisis. This Thematic Digest contains an overview of the principal debates held by Parliament’s committees and delegations, and of the decisions made as a result of their work, following the COVID-19 outbreak.