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Thursday, 8 October

Main items on the agenda

Money laundering


In a debate from 8.45, MEPs will look closely at the recent money laundering revelations about how the world’s biggest banks moved vast amounts of tainted funds, feeding into global financial corruption.

Follow the debate live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.

Dorota KOLINSKA
(+32) 498 98 32 80
EP_Economics


Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on care homes


Alarmed by the high number of COVID-19-related infections and deaths in long-term care facilities, MEPs are set to call for lessons to be learned from this tragedy and for EU long-term care provisions to be reviewed, in a debate from around 9.30.

Follow the debate live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.

Thomas HAAHR
(+32) 470 88 09 87

EP_Environment

Human Rights

Parliament will hold debates on human rights, democracy and rule of law from around 10.30 on Eritrea and the case of Dawitt Isaak, the "Foreign Agents" Law in Nicaragua, and on the situation of Ethiopian migrants in detention centres in Saudi Arabia. Resolutions will be put to the vote at 13.00.

Follow the debate live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.

Viktor ALMQVIST
(+32) 470 88 29 42
EP_ForeignAff EP_HumanRights


Votes


Results of Wednesday’s votes will be announced at 8.30, among other things, on:


  • the European Climate Law (final vote)
  • the European Forest Strategy (final vote).

The first voting session with votes on amendments lasts from 9.30 to 10.45, with results announced at 12.30.

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The second voting session lasts from 13.00 to 14.15. Results will be announced at 16.30, including final votes on:


  • the rule of law and fundamental rights in Bulgaria
  • reinforcing the youth guarantee
  • Capital Markets Union and digital finance
  • the Decision empowering France to conclude an international agreement concerning the Channel tunnel /Application of railway safety and interoperability rules within the Channel tunnel
  • Eritrea, the case of Dawitt Isaak
  • the “Foreign Agents” Law in Nicaragua, and
  • the situation of Ethiopian migrants in detention centres in Saudi Arabia.

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