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Thursday, 13 July

More ammunition for Ukraine: Final vote

At noon, MEPs are set to approve the deal struck with Council on the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), which aims to deliver ammunition and missiles to Ukraine more quickly and to help member states restock their arsenals.

Baptiste CHATAIN
(+32) 498 98 13 37
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Vote on protecting democratic institutions and Parliament’s integrity

Following yesterday’s debate, MEPs will vote at noon on the reforms proposed by the Special Committee on Foreign Interference calling for more effective monitoring and surveillance systems to detect foreign interference in Parliament’s activity as well as for more transparency, integrity and accountability. You can watch the press conference by the Chair and the lead MEPs ahead of the debate again here.

Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS
(+32) 470 96 08 19

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Search and rescue in the Mediterranean: vote on resolution

At noon, MEPs will adopt a resolution on the need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean, calling for political and financial support for national and Frontex initiatives as well as an EU SAR mission, and demanding that deals with third countries be more transparent and allegations of human rights violations be assessed. The debate took place on Wednesday.

Polona TEDESKO
(+32) 470 88 42 82
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In brief

Artificial intelligence. In the morning, MEPs will debate with Commission Vice-President Jourová the need for global convergence on generative artificial intelligence.

Freedom of religion. At 15.00, the 10th anniversary of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Religion or Belief will be up for a debate with Commission Vice-President Jourová.



Votes

From 12.00 to 13.00, MEPs will vote on

  • the political disqualifications in Venezuela;
  • India, the situation in Manipur;
  • the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan;
  • the state of the SME Union; and
  • public access to documents (annual report for the years 2019-2021).

Live coverage of the plenary session can be found on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.


For detailed information on the session, please also see our newsletter.


All information regarding plenary, can be found here.

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