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Pre-plenary press briefing at 15.30

Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a press briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30. More information here.

Opening of the session

EP President David Sassoli will open the remote plenary session at 17.00.

Live coverage of debates and votes 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, including speakers’ lists, can be found here.

Debate with ECB President Christine Lagarde

After the opening of the session, MEPs will discuss, with Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank’s policy in a report on its activities in 2020 and what the ECB can do within its mandate to mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic. The vote will take place on Tuesday, with results announced on Wednesday.

John SCHRANZ
(+32) 498 98 14 02
EP_Economics

Call for new EU consumption and recycling rules

MEPs will discuss the principles and policy needed to transform the current “take-make-dispose” economy into a carbon-neutral, environmentally sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050. The vote will take place on Tuesday, with results announced on Wednesday.

Dana POPP
(+32) 470 95 17 07
EP_Environment

Fighting in-work poverty/Minimum wage

Parliament will present its strategy to combat inequality and tackle the growing problem of in-work poverty. An EU directive on minimum wages is one of the most important instruments to reduce growing inequality both within and between member states, the draft text says. The vote will take place on Tuesday, with results announced on Wednesday.

Ingelise DE BOER

(+31) 6 1294 0913
EPSocialAffairs

In brief:

Human Trafficking. MEPs are set to call on the EU to do more to tackle human trafficking and to push for the demand and use of victims’ sexual services to be criminalised. The vote will take place on Tuesday, with results announced on Wednesday.

COVID-19/youth and sports. MEPs are set to call for measures to address the negative effects of the pandemic on youth and sports. The vote will take place on Tuesday, with results announced on Wednesday.

Votes

Between 18.30 and 19.45, MEPs will vote, among other things, on

• the request for the waiver of the immunity of Álvaro Amaro

• the appointment of Frank Elderson as the Vice-Chair of the ECB’s Supervisory Board.

The results will be announced on Tuesday morning at 8.30.