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Justice for Ukraine

Following their debate on Tuesday, MEPs will vote at noon on a resolution on ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s relentless attacks on Ukraine’s civilian population. They will also vote on a proposal for the EU to join the Convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine, to ensure that the victims of Russia’s brutal war of aggression are properly compensated.

Viktor ALMQVIST
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Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS
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Enforcing the Digital Markets Act

In the midst of external political pressure that seeks to weaken the Digital Markets Act, MEPs will vote at noon on a resolution urging the Commission to make full use of its enforcement instruments, including periodic penalties, to prevent companies from bypassing the law, wherever they are based.

Yasmina YAKIMOVA
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Criminalisation of cyberbullying

MEPs will also vote on a resolution advocating for cyberbullying to be made a criminal offence under EU law, following yesterday’s debate. The text calls on the Commission to propose legislative measures to address the legal loopholes around social media platform responsibility for online harassment.

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In brief

Livestock sector. At 9.00 MEPs and Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen will discuss ways to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector given the challenges associated with food security, farmers’ resilience and animal diseases. Parliament will vote on an own-initiative report at noon.

Women entrepreneurs. A report on the key role of women in building social and economic resilience in rural and island areas and outermost regions will be up for debate with Commissioner Hansen from around 10.30 and put to a vote at noon.

Cali Fund. Winding up the session, from 15.00 MEPs will quiz Commissioner Andrius Kubilius on the follow-up to the COP16 UN Convention on Biodiversity, and more specifically the Cali Fund – designed to mobilise private-sector contributions linked to the commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, for the purpose of biodiversity protection.


Votes

At noon, MEPs will also vote on:

  • motions for resolutions on: escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti; a new Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities; and shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela;
  • a resolution on supporting democratic resilience in Armenia;
  • a resolution calling for minimum standards for “finfluencers” to tackle aggressive marketing practices and online fraud; and
  • the 2025 annual report on banking union.

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

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

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