Newsletter 8-11 June 2015 Strasbourg plenary session TTIP talks: MEPs to table recommendations Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission for its Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the USA will be debated by MEPs on Wednesday morning and voted at noon. Investor protection (ISDS) is set to top the debate, with opinions split on whether Parliament should ask that the use of private arbitration to resolve disputes between investors and public authorities be excluded from the deal. MEPs to urge EU to fight Russian propaganda and counter Black Sea threats The EU and its member states should monitor Russia’s funding of EU political parties, earmark funds to counter its propaganda and tackle Black Sea security threats arising out of its illegal annexation of the Crimea, say MEPs in two non-legislative resolutions to be debated on Wednesday and voted on Thursday. Hungary’s stance on death penalty and immigration: MEPs to vote on resolution A resolution wrapping up the May plenary debate with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans will be put to a vote on Wednesday. The debate was sparked by Mr Orban's remarks on the possibility of reinstating capital punishment in Hungary and a public consultation on immigration launched by the Hungarian government. "Smart border” checks at gateways to the EU: questions to Commission and Council Are the EU’s proposed Entry/Exit System and Registered Traveller Programme for non-EU nationals "appropriate and adequate” to deal with the growing numbers of people crossing its external borders? MEPs will put the question to the Commission and Council on Tuesday. In the ensuing debate, they are also likely to ask about data retention periods, whether law enforcement agencies should be given access to the data, and the costs of these systems. More shareholder say on directors’ pay and new corporate tax disclosure rules Plenary sessions 04-06-2015 - 15:57 Reference No: 20150528NEW60471 4 6 8 9 EN Press Service, Directorate General for Communication European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume DUCH GUILLOT Press switchboard number (32-2) 28 33000 1 I 26
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Newsletter8-11 June 2015Strasbourg plenary session TTIP talks: MEPs to table recommendations Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission for its Transatlantic Tradeand Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the USA will be debated by MEPs onWednesday morning and voted at noon. Investor protection (ISDS) is set to top thedebate, with opinions split on whether Parliament should ask that the use of privatearbitration to resolve disputes between investors and public authorities be excludedfrom the deal. MEPs to urge EU to fight Russian propaganda and counter Black Seathreats The EU and its member states should monitor Russia’s funding of EU political parties,earmark funds to counter its propaganda and tackle Black Sea security threats arisingout of its illegal annexation of the Crimea, say MEPs in two non-legislative resolutionsto be debated on Wednesday and voted on Thursday. Hungary’s stance on death penalty and immigration: MEPs to voteon resolution A resolution wrapping up the May plenary debate with Hungary’s Prime Minister ViktorOrbán and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans will be put to avote on Wednesday. The debate was sparked by Mr Orban's remarks on the possibilityof reinstating capital punishment in Hungary and a public consultation on immigrationlaunched by the Hungarian government. "Smart border” checks at gateways to the EU: questions toCommission and Council Are the EU’s proposed Entry/Exit System and Registered Traveller Programme fornon-EU nationals "appropriate and adequate” to deal with the growing numbers ofpeople crossing its external borders? MEPs will put the question to the Commissionand Council on Tuesday. In the ensuing debate, they are also likely to ask about dataretention periods, whether law enforcement agencies should be given access to thedata, and the costs of these systems. More shareholder say on directors’ pay and new corporate taxdisclosure rules
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Shareholders would be able to vote at least every three years on a listed company’sremuneration policy for directors, under a draft law to be debated on Tuesday andvoted on Wednesday. Legal affairs MEPs also inserted a requirement for largecompanies and public interest entities, such as banks and insurance firms, to disclose,country by country, profits made, taxes paid and public subsidies received. Sports: FIFA corruption scandal, Baku Games and Azerbaijan’spolitical prisoners Revelations of high-level corruption at the international football federation FIFA andcalls to consider a country’s human rights record before choosing it as a venue forinternational sports events will be debated on Wednesday. A resolution on corruptionat FIFA will be voted on Thursday. President of Mongolia to address Parliament Gender equality strategy: MEPs to call for clearer targets and bettermonitoring Climate change: bridging the seven-year gap after Kyoto Gender equality strategy: MEPs to call for clearer targets and bettermonitoring Climate change: bridging the seven-year gap after Kyoto After ACTA: ideas on how best to protect EU intellectual propertyrights abroad Debate on crisis in Burundi Vote on Turkey’s 2014 reform progress EU Energy Security Strategy: MEPs to list key needs Human rights and democracy resolutions Other topics on the agenda
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TTIP talks: MEPs to table recommendations Parliament’s recommendations to the EuropeanCommission for its Transatlantic Trade and InvestmentPartnership (TTIP) talks with the USA will be debated byMEPs on Wednesday morning and voted at noon. Investorprotection (ISDS) is set to top the debate, with opinionssplit on whether Parliament should ask that the use ofprivate arbitration to resolve disputes between investorsand public authorities be excluded from the deal. The TTIP deal, which the EU and the USA have been negotiating since 2013, could deliver theworld’s largest free trade area. From the outset, a substantial majority of MEPs stronglyfavoured these talks as potentially beneficial for growth and jobs but, at the same time, drewseveral “red lines” beyond which EU interests must be safeguarded (e.g. a request to excludeaudiovisual services). Parliament will vote on a resolution, drafted by its International Trade Committee withcontributions from 13 other committees, which assesses the progress made after one and a halfyears and sets out Parliament’s views on what needs to be achieved and safeguarded in theCommission’s talks with the USA in areas such as agriculture, public procurement, dataprotection, energy and labour rights. A TTIP deal, once drawn up by EU and US negotiators, would need the backing of theEuropean Parliament and the EU Council to enter into force. Procedure: Non-legislative resolution 2014/2228(INI) Debate/vote: Wednesday, 10 June Press conference: Wednesday, 10 June at 14.00 #TTIP #EPonTTIP #ISDS
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Further informationDraft resolution: EP’s recommendations to the Commission on negotiations for theTransatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)Press release on committee vote (28.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Bernd Lange (S&D, DE)Procedure fileBackground: The European Parliament and the TTIPAudiovisual material for professionals (after committee vote)More EP articles on TTIPEP Research briefing note: Parliament's recommendations on TTIP talks
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MEPs to urge EU to fight Russian propagandaand counter Black Sea threats The EU and its member states should monitor Russia’sfunding of EU political parties, earmark funds to counter itspropaganda and tackle Black Sea security threats arisingout of its illegal annexation of the Crimea, say MEPs in twonon-legislative resolutions to be debated on Wednesdayand voted on Thursday. The call to earmark EU funds to fight Russian propaganda and misinformation abroad, andparticularly in the EU, is made in a resolution drafted by Gabrielius Landsbergis (EPP, LT),which also urges the EU to support Russian citizens striving to promote democracy and the rulelaw - human rights defenders, bloggers, independent media, academics and NGOs. The Black Sea security situation after Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimea will beaddressed in a separate debate and resolution drafted by Mircea Pașcu (S&D, RO). The Russian travel "stop list" banning 89 EU politicians, officials and military leaders fromentering Russia is also likely to be discussed. Procedure: Non-legislative resolutions 2015/2001(INI) - State of EU-Russia relations 2015/2036(INI) - Strategic military situation in the Black Sea basin following the illegalannexation of Crimea by Russia Debate: Wednesday, 10 June Vote: Thursday, 11 June Press Conference: 10 June at 16.30 #Russia #Crimea #EU
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Further informationStatement by EP President Martin Schulz on reported Russian blacklistDraft report on the state of EU-Russia relationsPress release on the committee vote on EU-Russia relations (11.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Gabrielius Landsbergis (PPE, LT)Drat report on the strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegalannexation of Crimea by RussiaPress release on the committee vote on the Black Sea Basin situation (04.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Ioan Mircea Pașcu (S&D, RO)EP Research study on Russia's manipulation of information on Ukraine and the EU's responseEP resolution on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia (13.03.2014)
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Hungary’s stance on death penalty andimmigration: MEPs to vote on resolution A resolution wrapping up the May plenary debate withHungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and EuropeanCommission Vice-President Frans Timmermans will be putto a vote on Wednesday. The debate was sparked by MrOrban's remarks on the possibility of reinstating capitalpunishment in Hungary and a public consultation onimmigration launched by the Hungarian government. These issues were first discussed during a meeting in the Civil Liberties Committee onThursday 7 May, after Parliament's Conference of Presidents had asked the committee toexamine them as a "matter of urgency". Procedure: Non-legislative resolution 2015/2700(RSP) Debate: Tuesday, 19 May Vote: Wednesday, 10 June #fundamentalrights #Hungary #migration #immigration Further informationVideo recording of the plenary debate on the situation in Hungary (19.05.2015)Video recording of the debate on death penalty in the Civil Liberties Committee (07.05.2015)Statement by EP President Martin Schulz (30.04.2015)
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"Smart border” checks at gateways to the EU:questions to Commission and Council Are the EU’s proposed Entry/Exit System and RegisteredTraveller Programme for non-EU nationals "appropriateand adequate” to deal with the growing numbers of peoplecrossing its external borders? MEPs will put the questionto the Commission and Council on Tuesday. In the ensuingdebate, they are also likely to ask about data retentionperiods, whether law enforcement agencies should begiven access to the data, and the costs of these systems. Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, announcedon 3 December last year that the “Smart Borders” proposals tabled in 2013 would be withdrawnand replaced by new ones at the end of 2015 or the start of 2016. A Smart Borders pilot schemeis testing biometric check technology at the main airports in Portugal, Germany, France, Spain,the Netherlands and Sweden from March to September 2015. Background for editors The Smart Borders package includes proposals for an Entry/Exit System (EES) and aRegistered Traveller Programme (RTP), to improve the management of Schengen area externalborders, combat irregular immigration and gather data on over-stayers, whilst at the same timemaking it easier for pre-vetted non-EU nationals who are frequent travellers to cross borders. The planned EES would be used to record the time and place of entry and exit of non-EUnationals crossing EU external borders, calculate the duration of their stay and generate an alertwhen authorised stay periods are exceeded. The RTP would allow some groups of frequent travellers (e.g. business travellers, familymembers etc.), from third countries to enter the EU, subject to appropriate pre-screening andsimplified border checks, including the use of automated gates. The Civil Liberties Committee rapporteurs on the Smart Borders Package are Agustín Díaz deMera (EPP, ES), for the EES, and Tanja Fajon (S&D, SL), for the RTP.
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Procedure: Oral questions to Council and Commission 2015/2614(RSP) Debate: Tuesday, 9 June #SmartBorders Further informationOral question to the CouncilOral question to the CommissionWhat is Smart Borders?Profile of rapporteur on the EES, Agustín Díaz de Mera (EPP, ES)Profile of rapporteur on RTP, Tanja Fajon (S&D, SL)Procedure file on Entry/Exit System (EES)Procedure file on Registered Traveller Programme (RTP)EP Research briefing note: Smart Borders package
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More shareholder say on directors’ pay and newcorporate tax disclosure rules Shareholders would be able to vote at least every threeyears on a listed company’s remuneration policy fordirectors, under a draft law to be debated on Tuesday andvoted on Wednesday. Legal affairs MEPs also inserted arequirement for large companies and public interestentities, such as banks and insurance firms, to disclose,country by country, profits made, taxes paid and publicsubsidies received. The draft law, approved by the Legal Affairs Committee in a close vote, aims to increasetransparency and foster shareholders’ long-run commitment to companies, by making it easierfor them to exercise their rights. Note to editors Parliament is likely to vote on its first reading position on Wednesday. But MEPs might alsodecide not to close the first reading, and instead to enter into informal talks with the Council ofMinisters to seek agreement on the final version of the legislation. According to the European Commission, only 13 EU member states currently give shareholders“a say on pay”, either through a vote on directors’ remuneration policy and/or a report. Only 15require disclosure of the remuneration policy and 11 require disclosure of individual directors’pay. Procedure: Co-decision (Ordinary Legislative Procedure), first reading 20014/0121(COD) Debate: Tuesday, 9 June Vote: Wednesday, 10 June Press conference: Wednesday, 10 June, at 15.00 #Shareholder #ShareholderRights #shareholders #corporate #governance
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Further informationDraft report on revision of shareholders’ rightsPress release after the vote in committee (7.5.2015)Profile of rapporteur Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (S&D, IT)Procedure fileEuropean Commission: Company law and corporate governance
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Sports: FIFA corruption scandal, Baku Games andAzerbaijan’s political prisoners Revelations of high-level corruption at the internationalfootball federation FIFA and calls to consider a country’shuman rights record before choosing it as a venue forinternational sports events will be debated on Wednesday.A resolution on corruption at FIFA will be voted onThursday. The question to the Council and Wednesday afternoon’s debate will focus on whether largesporting events, including the Baku Games, should be used to stand up for human rights andpromote universal values. MEPs stress that "world leaders are always invited to the opening ceremonies that represent anopportunity for autocrats to legitimise their power and improve their image in the eyes ofdomestic and international public opinion", adding that "the Azerbaijani government isdetermined to use the games to boost the country’s global reputation". Human rights should be a key factor in choosing host countries for sporting events, MEPsargued at a 6 May Human Rights Subcommittee and Culture Committee joint hearing withrepresentatives of FIFA, the European Olympic Committees and NGOs. Human RightsSubcommittee chair Elena Valenciano (S&D, ES) and Culture Committee chair Silvia Costa(S&D, IT) will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday at 16.00. Procedure: Council and Commission statements with resolution (FIFA) / Oral question toCouncil 2015/2720(RSP) Debate: Wednesday, 10 June Vote: Thursday, 11 June Press conference: Tuesday 9 June at 16.00 with Elena VALENCIANO (S&D, ES) and SilviaCOSTA (S&D, IT) #Baku2015 #europeangames #Azerbaijan #sports #humanrights #Baku #FIFA
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Further informationFollow the joint DROI-CULT committees hearing (06.05.2015)Procedure fileBriefing note on human rights situation in AzerbaijanFirst EP resolution on Sports (02.12.2012)EP resolution on Match Fixing and corruption in Sports (14.03.2014)
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President of Mongolia to address Parliament Mongolia's President Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj will deliver aformal address to MEPs in plenary session on Tuesday at12.00. This will be his first visit to the European Parliamentsince he was elected President in May 2009. Mongolia, a former Soviet satellite state, ended seven decades of communist rule in 1990, andheld its first elections in 1992. Mongolia is one of the world’s five fastest-growing economies. The EU has become its thirdbiggest trading partner, after Russia and China. The EU and Mongolia celebrated the 25th anniversary of their cooperation in 2014. Formal sitting Tuesday, 9 June - 12.00 #mongolia Further informationEEAS - EU Relations with Mongolia:
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Gender equality strategy: MEPs to call for clearertargets and better monitoring The EU’s new post-2015 gender equality strategy needsclearer targets and more effective monitoring than today’sif it is to make real headway against discrimination in thelabour market, education and decision-making, says a draftnon-legislative resolution to be debated on Mondayafternoon and put to a vote on Tuesday. The text drafted by the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee will provideParliament’s input to European Commission work on a new strategy to end violence againstwomen and their discrimination in the labour market, political and economic decision making,health, and knowledge and education. The strategy should also include provisions to protect women’s rights in third countries andpromote gender mainstreaming, adds the text, which also calls for progress in all the aboveareas to be continuously assessed. Procedure Code: 2014/2152(INI) Debate: Monday, 8 June Vote: Tuesday, 9 June Procedure: Non-legislative resolution hashtags #equality #women Further informationDraft resolution on EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015Profile of rapporteur Maria Noichl (S&D, DE)Procedure fileEPRS study: Towards a new EU gender equality strategyEuroparlTV: Interview with Women's Rights and Gender Equality Chair Iratxe García Pérez.European Commission report on equality between women and men 2014
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Climate change: bridging the seven-year gapafter Kyoto The Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on climatechange, which would bridge the gap between the end of theKyoto pact in 2012, and the 2020 start of a new globallycomprehensive climate change agreement — to benegotiated at the Paris climate summit later this year — willbe put to a vote on Wednesday. By backing the Doha amendment, the EU and its member states would pledge to limit theiraverage annual greenhouse gas emissions to 80% of their base year emissions (mostly 1990)from 2013-2020. The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997 and ratified by the EU in 2002, set legally-binding limits onits signatories to keep their annual greenhouse gas emissions to 8% below 1990 levels from2008-2012. A second commitment period, from 2013-2020, was agreed at the Doha ClimateChange Conference in December 2012. Procedure Code: 2013/0376(NLE) Debate: Tuesday, 9 June Vote: Wednesday, 10 June Procedure: Consent #ClimateChange #Kyotoprotocol #climatechange Further informationDraft recommendation on the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change.Press release on committee vote (06.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Elisabetta Gardini (EPP, IT)Procedure fileEP Research briefing note: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
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Gender equality strategy: MEPs to call for clearertargets and better monitoring The EU’s new post-2015 gender equality strategy needsclearer targets and more effective monitoring than today’sif it is to make real headway against discrimination in thelabour market, education and decision-making, says a draftnon-legislative resolution to be debated on Mondayafternoon and put to a vote on Tuesday. The text drafted by the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee will provideParliament’s input to European Commission work on a new strategy to end violence againstwomen and their discrimination in the labour market, political and economic decision making,health, and knowledge and education. The strategy should also include provisions to protect women’s rights in third countries andpromote gender mainstreaming, adds the text, which also calls for progress in all the aboveareas to be continuously assessed. Procedure: Non-legislative resolution 2014/2152(INI) Debate: Monday, 8 June Vote: Tuesday, 9 June #equality #women Further informationDraft resolution on EU Strategy for equality between women and men post 2015:Profile of rapporteur Maria Noichl (S&D, DE):Procedure file:EPRS study: Towards a new EU gender equality strategyEuroparlTV: Interview with Women's Rights and Gender Equality Chair Iratxe García Pérez.European Commission report on equality between women and men 2014:
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Climate change: bridging the seven-year gapafter Kyoto The Doha amendment to the Kyoto Protocol on climatechange, which would bridge the gap between the end of theKyoto pact in 2012, and the 2020 start of a new globallycomprehensive climate change agreement — to benegotiated at the Paris climate summit later this year — willbe put to a vote on Wednesday. By backing the Doha amendment, the EU and its member states would pledge to limit theiraverage annual greenhouse gas emissions to 80% of their base year emissions (mostly 1990)from 2013-2020. The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997 and ratified by the EU in 2002, set legally-binding limitsrequiring its signatories to keep their annual greenhouse gas emissions 8% below 1990 levelsfrom 2008-2012. A second commitment period, from 2013-2020, was agreed at the DohaClimate Change Conference in December 2012. Procedure: Consent 2013/0376(NLE) Debate: Tuesday, 9 June Vote: Wednesday, 10 June #ClimateChange #Kyotoprotocol #climatechange Further informationDraft recommendation on the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United NationsFramework Convention on Climate Change.Press release on committee vote (06.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Elisabetta Gardini (EPP, IT)Procedure fileEP Research briefing note: Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol
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After ACTA: ideas on how best to protect EUintellectual property rights abroad The need to protect EU intellectual property abroad will bestressed by MEPs in a debate on Monday and resolution tobe voted on Tuesday. The ideas that MEPs table will takeaccount of the lessons learned from Parliament’s rejectionof the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade agreement(ACTA) three years ago. In a separate debate andresolution, MEPs are likely to call for intra-EU rules tocombat online breaches of intellectual property rights. The EU’s competitiveness depends on creativity and innovation, but it has only limited means toprotect its innovators against counterfeiting and other intellectual property rights (IPR)infringements in third country markets, says the draft resolution. MEPs admit that balancing the rights of rights holders, economic operators and end users is"extremely complex" and stress that any new legislative proposals should consider the specificfeatures of digital markets and the need to ensure affordable access to generic drugs. The resolution is a response to the EU Commission’s strategy to ensure that IPRs are protectedand enforced in third countries, given that the ACTA deal, which its backers claimed wouldserve this purpose, was rejected by Parliament in 2012. MEPs insist on the need for aninformed public debate on how to best protect and enforce IPRs. In a separate non-legislative resolution, on enforcing IPRs within the EU, MEPs are likely to callfor a strategy to combat IPR infringements that is tailored to the online environment. Background: IPR infringements In 2013 EU customs authorities confiscated almost 36 million items thought to be counterfeit orto infringe IPRs, worth over €760 million. Medicines accounted for 10 % of this total.
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The EU’s IP-intensive industries account for 39% of total economic activity (worth €4.7 trillion ayeary) and about 56 million jobs (about 26% of the total). Procedure: Non-legislative resolutions 2014/2206(INI) - Protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries 2014/2151(INI) - EU action plan Debate: Monday, 8 June Vote: Tuesday, 9 June #IPR #ACTA #propertyrights Further informationDraft resolution on Strategy for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights inthird countriesProfile of rapporteur Maria Alessia Mosca (S&D, IT)Draft resolution on enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Action Plan’Procedure file (IPR abroad)Procedure file (IPR inside EU)European Parliament rejects ACTA: press release 04-07-2012Commission’s Communication on IPR protection in third countriesCommission’s action Plan on the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU
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Debate on crisis in Burundi Violence in the run-up to Burundi’s presidential electionswill be debated by MEPs on Wednesday. MEPs are likely to welcome the Burundi authorities’ recent announcement that the electionshave been postponed, as recommended by East African heads of state at the Dar Es-Salaamsummit on 31 May. They are likely to reiterate their call to Burundi’s authorities and PresidentPierre Nkurunziza to abide by electoral rules enshrined in the Arusha agreement and to refrainfrom taking any further repressive measures against opposition leaders, civil society and media. Procedure: Non-legislative resolution, Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/HighRepresentative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Debate: Wednesday, 10 June Vote: July plenary session (6-9 July) Further informationWatch the debate with Development Commissioner Mimica on Human rights violations inBurundi (29.04.2015)Arusha Peace and Reconciliation agreement for Burundi (1993)
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Vote on Turkey’s 2014 reform progress Turkey must step up the fight against corruption,guarantee the freedom of media and of expression andrespect the independence of the judiciary, MEPs are likelyto stress in a vote on Wednesday. In a draft resolutionassessing Turkey’s 2014 reform progress, they urge theTurkish government to commit itself “unequivocally” todemocratic rules and principles and call for more intensiveEU-Turkey cooperation on foreign policy. Parliament votes on the Foreign Affairs Committee’s draft resolution on Wednesday, followingthe plenary debate on 21 May. Procedure: Council and Commission statements followed by debate (with resolution) Procedure Code: 2014/2953(RSP) 2014/2953(RSP) Debate: Wednesday, 20 May Vote: Wednesday, 10 June Press conference: Wednesday, 20 May at 14.00 #Turkey Further informationDraft resolution on 2014 progress report on TurkeyVideo recording of debateVideo of the press conferenceProfile of rapporteur Kati Piri (S&D, NL)Procedure fileEPRS study: Turkey 2014: Work in progressEuroparlTV: Turkey - the state of play
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EU Energy Security Strategy: MEPs to list keyneeds Parliament’s position on the European Energy SecurityStrategy Communication, tabled by the EU Commission inMay 2014, will be debated on Tuesday evening and set outin a non-legislative resolution to be voted on Wednesday. To succeed, this strategy must reduce demand, boost power generation within the EU, betterintegrate the EU market, and step up solidarity and coordination among EU member states,says the Industry, Research and Energy Committee’s draft text. Industry Committee MEPs are also drafting a separate non-legislative resolution on theCommission Communication from 2015 “A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Unionwith a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy”, scheduled for a vote later this year. Procedure: Non-legislative resolution 2014/2153(INI) Debate: Tuesday, 9 June Vote: Wednesday, 10 June #energysecurity #EUenergy Further informationDraft resolution on European Energy Security StrategyPress release on committee vote (07.05.2015)Profile of rapporteur Algirdas Saudargas (EPP, LT)Procedure fileCommunication from the European Commission on the European Energy Security Strategy(May 2014)EP Research briefing note: European Energy Security Strategy
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Human rights and democracy resolutions Parliament will hold urgent debates on the following humanrights and democracy topics, on Thursday 11 June at 9.00,with the votes following at 12.00.
Syria, the situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish. Paraguay: the legal aspects related to the child pregnancy. Situation in Nepal after the earthquakes.
Procedure: Non-legislatives resolutions Debate/vote: Thursday, 11 June #humanrights #democracy
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Other topics on the agenda Other topics for debate and votes include the following:
OLAF investigations, Oral question, debate Tuesday, vote Wednesday
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