Last-minute press briefing at 16.30
The Parliament’s Spokesperson and the Press Service will hold a press briefing on this week’s plenary session at 16.30. More information here.
Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this link.
New EU rules to ensure transfers of euros in maximum 10 seconds
Starting around 18.00, plenary will review with Commissioner McGuinnes a draft law –already agreed with the Council – to ensure transfers arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. The final plenary vote will take place on Wednesday.
Dorota KOLINSKA
(+32) 498 98 32 80
EP_Economics
No more impunity for reckless drivers in the EU
From around 20.00, MEPs will discuss with Commissioner Vălean a legislative proposal to guarantee that when a driver loses their license in a member state due to a serious offence the sanction will be applicable across all EU countries. Plenary is set to vote on its first-reading position on the proposal on Tuesday.
Gediminas VILKAS
(+32) 470 89 29 21
In brief
Italian Ilaria Salis and other prisoners in Hungarian jails. Immediately after the opening of the session today, MEPs will hold a brief debate with the Commission about the situation of people imprisoned in Hungary, and in particular the case of Italian national Ilaria Salis.
Unfair competition faced by the EU’s solar industry. From around 18.45, MEPs will debate with Commissioner McGuinness the challenges faced by European solar panel manufacturers due to imports entering the EU market at lower prices.
Situation in Haiti. Later in the evening, MEPs will assess the situation in Haiti on the eve of the deployment of a United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission.
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.
