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The Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will vote on the provisional agreement reached at interinstitutional negotiations on the European Climate Law establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality in the EU. The Committee will also hold a structured dialogue with European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius. The meeting will take place on 10 May.

The Committee on Budgets will vote on mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to provide support to tourism sector workers in Estonia who lost their jobs as a result of the global crisis caused by COVID-19. The Committee will also examine proposals to support beneficiaries from the Belgian company Swissport, the German GMBH Guss, and the Dutch KLM. The meeting will take place on 10 May.

The Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affair will hold the first Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People, and Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy, on 10 May. The Recovery and Resilience Dialogue is organised under Article 26 of the Regulation establishing Recovery and Resilience Facility to ensure greater transparency and accountability in implementation of the Facility.

The Committee on Culture and Education will hold a debate with European Commission Vice-President responsible for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová on 10 May. The discussion is expected to focus on media policy and the Copyright Directive, and on other issues high on the Commission's agenda, including the European Democracy and Media Action Plan, and the prosecutions of journalists in Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs).

The Special Committee on Beating Cancer will discuss the results of the public consultation on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer prevention, health services, cancer patients and research, at its public hearing with experts of 10 May. The organisations that contributed to the survey include the European Cancer Organisation, the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA).

The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality is set to discuss its opinion on the proposed directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU, on 10 May. It will also go over the role of education in preventing violence against women, during a workshop that will be held on the same day. The Committee will then vote on its report on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health, on 10 and 11 May.

The Committee on Transport and Tourism will hold a debate with the European Coordinators in charge of the TEN-T (Trans-European Network-Transport) Core Network Corridors, on 10 May. The aim is to go over the progress and challenges in the implementation of the Mediterranean, Orient/East-Med and Rhine-Alpine corridors.

The Committee on Constitutional Affairs will hold a debate with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, on 10 May. The discussion will take place in the framework of the structured dialogue between the European Parliament and the European Commission.

Amid the recent expulsions of diplomats and blacklisting of prominent EU officials, and Russia's continued crackdown on the opposition, the Foreign Affairs Committee will take stock of the achievements and the shortcomings of the current EU strategy vis à vis Russia at its public hearing of 10 May. The debates with experts will focus on rethinking and updating the EU's strategy towards Russia for the years to come. The elements put forward will feed into forthcoming EP recommendations on Russia.