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Newsletter - 11-14 March 2019 - Strasbourg plenary session
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Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini will debate with MEPs on Tuesday at 10.00 his vision of the future of the EU to ensure it delivers on citizens’ expectations.
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On Wednesday morning, MEPs will discuss their priorities for the 21-22 March EU summit with the Romanian Council Presidency and the Commission.
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To ensure the least possible disruption to citizens and businesses, MEPs will vote on travel, air and road transport, Erasmus, social security and fisheries measures.
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MEPs will debate the long-term reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions with the Council and Commission, and adopt a resolution on Thursday.
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Security threats due to China’s rising tech presence in the EU are set to be addressed in a resolution voted on Tuesday. MEPs will also adopt the EU Cybersecurity Act.
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MEPs are set to protect European democracies from foreign actors spreading misinformation or misusing personal data.
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The EU should remain open to imposing further sanctions if Russia continues to violate international law, says a draft resolution to be put to the vote on Tuesday.
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Parliament to decide on Thursday whether to endorse the launch of limited trade talks with the United States, linking their conclusion to certain conditions being met.
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MEPs to reiterate their recommendation to formally suspend EU accession talks with Turkey, in a draft resolution to be put to the vote on Wednesday.
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A brand new EU information system and the upgrade of another will ensure information on border control and law enforcement is shared more efficiently and quickly.
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MEPs are to set out ways to cut air pollution, in a resolution to be adopted on Wednesday.
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The draft EU law to protect farmers against unfair trading practices, by buyers, will be debated in plenary on Monday, and voted on Tuesday.
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The European Citizens’ Initiative is set to become more accessible, inclusive and easier to use.
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MEPs are set to introduce EU rules for standard minimum coverage of bad loans, on Thursday.
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MEPs are concerned that member states have scuppered the Commission’s plan to add countries to the EU money-laundering blacklist.
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Plenary will vote on the appointment of candidates to the EU’s financial watchdogs on Thursday, amid concerns from MEPs that women are woefully under-represented.
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Inspired by the US Magnitsky Act, the scheme would impose asset freezes and visa bans, to punish individual culprits of human rights atrocities.
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Key products and services, like smartphones, ATMs, ticketing machines and banking services, will have to be made more accessible to people with disabilities.
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Negotiations between Nicaraguan authorities and opposition, aimed at solving the country’s political crisis, will be the centre of a plenary debate on Wednesday.
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Parliament will hold urgent debates on the following human rights, democracy and rule of law topics on Thursday morning 14 March, with the votes following at 12.00.
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Other topics for debate and vote include the following:
Newsletter - 11-14 March 2019 - Strasbourg plenary session
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Νάταλι ΚΟΝΤΟΎΛΗ
Press Officer