EP TODAY

Wednesday, 9 July

June European Council meeting

Starting at 9:00, MEPs will assess the outcome of the 26 June European Council meeting with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Ukraine, defence, the Middle East, and competitiveness were the main items on the summit agenda.
Andreas KLEINER
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Estefania NARRILLOS
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Post-2027 long-term EU budget

From around 10:15, MEPs will outline their priorities for the EU's next multiannual financial framework, in a debate with Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre and Commissioner Piotr Serafin, ahead of the presentation by the Commission of its proposal. A Parliament resolution adopted in May called for a "significantly more ambitious" budget and argued the current spending ceiling of 1% of the EU-27's gross national income was not enough.
Eszter ZALAN
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EU-US trade relations

In a debate from around 14:15 with Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Danish Minister Marie Bjerre for the Council, MEPs will assess the latest developments in EU-US trade relations. Ahead of the debate, at 10:30, there will be a press conference on the ongoing negotiations with Bernd Lange (S&D, DE), Chair of the International Trade Committee, in the Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room.
Lieven COSIJN
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In brief

Preparing for wildfires and droughts in Europe. In a debate starting at around 15:30, MEPs will discuss EU preparations for the wildfire and drought season with Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and Danish Minister Marie Bjerre.

Budapest Pride. From around 13.00, plenary will review with Commissioner McGrath and Danish Minister Marie Bjerre lessons from Budapest Pride and the need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights, in this session's topical debate.

Human rights. In evening debates with Commissioner Jozef Síkela, MEPs will discuss the cases of Ryan Cornelius, imprisoned for fraud since 2008 in Dubai; Joseph Figueira Martin, a Belgian-Portuguese researcher under arrest in the Central African Republic; and religious minorities in Syria. Three separate resolutions will be put to a vote in plenary on Thursday.

Institutional integrity. From around 17:30, MEPs will look into the alleged misuse of funds by members of the far right and measures to ensure institutional integrity.

Votes

At noon, MEPs will vote, among others, on:

• annual reports on progress towards EU accession for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Georgia;
• the human cost of Russia's war against Ukraine;
• the product safety of non-EU imports;
• whether to fast-track the proposal for revision of the European Climate Law;
• measures to conserve fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing; and
• aid from the Solidarity Fund for Austria, Czechia, Poland, Slovakia, Moldova, and Bosnia and Herzegovina following floods in autumn 2024.

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 and the detailed agenda.

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