Newsletter Plenary session in Strasbourg

Newsletter 17/01 – 21/01

Plenary session in Strasbourg

Memorial ceremony for David Sassoli

	On Monday from 18.00 – 19:30, a ceremony will be held to honour the memory of Parliament’s President David Sassoli, who passed away on 11 January. European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and former MEP and Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will speak during the ceremony.

	Monday

Election of EP President and bureau

	Parliament will choose its next President on Tuesday. The election takes place by an absolute majority of votes, cast by secret ballot, i.e. 50% plus one. MEPs will then elect the 14 Vice-Presidents and five Quaestors who, together with the President, comprise Parliament’s Bureau. Appointments to parliamentary committees for the rest of this legislative term will also be confirmed during the session. (Tuesday – Wednesday)

	Tuesday

Emmanuel Macron/French EU Presidency

On Wednesday at 11.30, MEPs will discuss with French President Emmanuel Macron the political strategy and aims of France’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU. The French Presidency’s motto is “Recovery, Strength and a Sense of Belonging”.

	Wednesday

Digital Services Act

	Parliament will vote on its position on the Digital Services Act, which aims to create a safer digital space in which users’ rights are protected, including through rules to tackle illegal products, services or content online. It would also enhance the accountability and transparency of algorithms, and deal with content moderation. (debate Wednesday, vote Thursday)

Wednesday

Farm Animal welfare –
wellbeing and transport

Digital Age

Throughout the EU, millions of animals are reared in cages, in conditions that seriously harm their welfare. A European Citizens’ Initiative, ‘End the Cage Age’, calls on the European Commission to end the practice of keeping animals in cages and to propose legislation to prohibit their use.

This Infoclip illustrates the Digital Age, the application, the transformation and the treats to the digitization, in the perspective of the SOTEU 2021 (Digital devices’ users, hackers, servers, robots and artificial intelligence).

Conference on the Future of Europe

Press point by the Chairs of the executive board of the CoFoE

Highlights of the inaugural event of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the 09.05.2021 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Guy VERHOFSTADT, Gašper DOVŽAN and Dubravka ŠUICA, co-Chairs of the executive board of the CoFoE, speak to the press during the plenary session of the Conference on the Future of Europe in Strasbourg.


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Newsletter Plenary session in Strasbourg

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