Monetary Dialogue with ECB President Lagarde

MEPs in the Economic and Monetary
Affairs Committee will meet with ECB President Christine Lagarde for their regular monetary dialogue. They are set to discuss the ECB’s revised inflation target as well as the consequences of a rapid increase in housing costs. (Monday)

Monday

Stopping global deforestation

The Environment Committee will debate with Commissioner Sinkevičius the proposed new legislation that Parliament called for to stop EU-driven global deforestation and forest degradation by obliging companies placing products on the EU market to carry out due diligence. (Thursday)

Thursday

EU Digital COVID certificate

MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee will discuss with the Commission the application of the digital COVID certificate in EU member states, as well as recent changes in countries like Austria and France regarding the validity of vaccination certificates and their implications for the freedom of movement. (Thursday)

Thursday

European Citizens’ Panels

The second round of the European Citizens’ Panels continues online. The Panel will focus on better ways of living, protecting our environment and health, redirecting our economy and consumption, towards a sustainable society, and caring for all (Friday to Sunday).

Friday – Sunday

Fair minimum wages

EU Digital COVID certificate

Over recent years, the creation of a European minimum wage is increasingly considered as a useful instrument to ensure fair wages and social inclusion. This infoclip illustrates various part time workers, seasonal workers and temporary unskilled employees.

The EU Digital COVID Certificate aims to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The certificate should be available in either digital or paper format. It attests that a person has been vaccinated against coronavirus or has a recent negative test result or has recovered from the infection.

Schuman Medal for Angela Merkel

First sitting of the European Parliament

Angela Merkel, former German Federal Chancellor and President-in-Office of the European Council, receives the Schuman Medal during a ceremony organised in the European Parliament in 2007.

Opening session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, which took place on the 17th of July 1979. Louise Weiss holds a speech as the oldest member of the Parliament.