2028-2034 EU budget
Following a debate with Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin from 9.00, Parliament will vote at noon on its position on the EU’s next long-term budget – the multi-annual financial framework (MFF), including a breakdown of the amounts MEPs want to allocate to each EU funding programme. Parliament will then be ready to start negotiations with the Council on the regulation setting the structure and main figures for the 2028-2034 budget, which requires Parliament’s consent to be approved.
Parliament’s president, Roberta Metsola, and lead MEPs will hold a press conference after the vote at 14.00, in the Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201).
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Accountability and justice for Ukraine
From around 19.00, Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will join MEPs to discuss the need to ensure Russia is held accountable for its relentless attacks on Ukrainian civilians. Parliament will vote on a resolution on the subject on Thursday.
Earlier, at noon, MEPs will vote on whether to apply the urgent procedure to a proposal for the EU to join the convention establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. The initiative forms part of Europe’s collective efforts to ensure accountability and justice for Ukraine. If the vote passes, MEPs will vote on the substantive content of the proposal on Thursday.
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Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS
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Consent-based legal definition of rape
Following their debate yesterday evening, MEPs will vote at noon on a report by the Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights Committees calling for legislation establishing a common definition of rape based on the absence of freely given, informed and revocable consent. A press conference with the rapporteurs is scheduled for 17.00.
Kyriakos KLOSIDIS
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Polona TEDESKO
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New legislation to protect cats and dogs
MEPs will vote at noon today on the first ever EU standards for the breeding, housing, traceability, import and handling of cats and dogs, agreed with EU member states at the end of last year. Under the new law, all dogs and cats kept in the EU, including those in private ownership, will eventually need to be identifiable with a microchip and be registered in interoperable national databases.
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In brief
Parliament-Commission working relations. Roberta Metsola and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will sign the new framework agreement for cooperation between their two institutions today at noon. Building on an existing 2010 agreement, the text reinforces parliamentary scrutiny of legislative and international processes, and strengthens the Commission’s political accountability.
State of the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU. From around 17.00, Commissioner Michael McGrath will join MEPs to discuss the situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2024 and 2025, and the Commission’s 2025 rule of law report. Parliament will vote on both reports tomorrow. A press conference on the rule of law will take place at 15.30 today and one on fundamental rights tomorrow morning at 10.30.
Generalised scheme of preferences. At noon, MEPs will vote to endorse rules for the EU’s preferential trade arrangement with developing countries, which allows them to export goods to the EU with low or zero tariffs.
Digital Markets Act. In a debate from around 15.45,MEPs will be quizzing Commissioner Teresa Ribera on the need for quicker compliance proceedings and closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools and cloud services in the context of the Digital Markets Act review. They will vote on a resolution on Thursday.
Armenia. As the country’s June parliamentary elections draw nearer, amid fears of external interference, MEPs and Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will discuss the need to reinforce Armenia’s democratic resilience, in a debate from around 20.00. Parliament will vote on a resolution on Thursday.
Parliamentary oversight of 2024 budget. From 13.00, MEPs and Piotr Serafin will hold a joint debate on the way the Commission and other EU institutions managed the EU budget in 2024. They will vote on whether to grant discharge tomorrow.
Votes
At noon, MEPs will also vote, among others, on:
- a single EU method for calculating transport sector greenhouse gas emissions;
- Parliament’s priorities for the 2027 budget;
- an own-initiative report calling for minimum standards for financial influencers;
- a report to promote sustainable tourism in the EU;
- the 2024 annual report on protecting the EU’s financial interests; and
- the 2024 annual report on the activities of the European Investment Bank.
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