MPs and MEPs meet to discuss economic, budgetary, and social concerns

The annual European Parliamentary Week took place on Monday and Tuesday (17-18 February), bringing MEPs together with MPs from member states and EU candidate countries.

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola (pictured) opened the event on Monday at 14.30, together with the Marshals of Poland’s Sejm and Senate, Szymon Hołownia and Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, respectively.

Over the event’s two days, participants discussed the overarching economic, budgetary, and social issues facing Europe and will delve more specifically into the following themes:

The economic and monetary affairs committee meeting will focus on:

• The future of Banking Union and Capital Markets Union;
• Creating an ecosystem for European investments.

The employment and social affairs committee meeting will focus on:

• AI and the labour market with a focus on changing working condition;
• The role of social and employment policies in the EU's reviewed economic governance framework.

The budgetary affairs committee meeting will focus on:

• Bridging the competitiveness gap: how to increase synergies between the national budgets and the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework;
• European Public Goods: how to identify and finance them?

All relevant information including the participants, programme and the livestream links can be found here.

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