European Parliament

Coming up in plenary: Climate action, Ukraine, cinema

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June 6, 2022

Parliament will vote on plans to reduce carbon emissions, discuss EU support for Ukraine and host the LUX Audience Award ceremony at its plenary session on 6-9 June, EU affairs.

Green transition

Parliament will adopt its position on eight legislative proposals that aim to deliver on the EU’s climate action ambitions on Wednesday.

The measures are part of the EU’s Fit for 55 package and seek to reduce the EU's greenhouse gas emissions and energy dependence, while supporting businesses and people in the transition to a sustainable economy.

They cover changes in the EU Emission Trading System, introducing a new carbon levy on imports, emission standards for cars and vans, new goals for the land use and forestry sector, changes in national targets for emission reductions and setting up a fund to help those affected by energy and mobility poverty.

Ukraine

During a debate on Wednesday morning (8 June), MEPs will examine the outcome of the European Council meeting of 30-31 May, which focused on agreeing a partial EU ban of oil imports from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Later on Wednesday morning, the speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada), Ruslan Stefanchuk, will address MEPs.

On Tuesday afternoon, MEPs will pose questions to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell about the impact of the war on countries outside the EU.

Find out how the EU and the European Parliament are supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

LUX Audience Award

The winner of the LUX Audience Award will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday. The three films competing in the 2022 edition are Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Great Freedom by Sebastian Meise and Quo vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić. The award aims to support European cinema and inspire discussion on topical issues.

Follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe

MEPs are set to call for specific changes to the EU’s founding treaties in response to the proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe on Thursday. Citizens’ recommendations from the conference include, among others, the abolition of unanimity voting in the Council in most areas and more EU competences in health and energy.

Irish prime minister in Parliament

Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheál Martin will discuss the challenges facing the EU with MEPs on Wednesday. MEPs held similar debates in previous months with Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas and Italian prime minister Mario Draghi.

Other topics on the agenda

Concerns over approval of Poland’s recovery plan in light of persisting problems with the rule of law in the country.
International procurement rules limiting the access of companies from other countries to public tenders in the EU if their countries do not give reciprocal access to EU companies.
Demand for the right of the European Parliament to initiate legislation.
Strengthening Europol.
Abortion rights in the US.
Ceremony marking 60 years of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy.