Brussels, 05/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's plenary sitting in Strasbourg on 8 to 11 June will debate and vote on the transatlantic treaty currently being negotiated. The MEPs will debate and vote on Wednesday 10 June on their recommendations for the transatlantic treaty between the EU and the United States (TTIP).
On Friday 5 June, the political parliaments were still attacking each other in an attempt to define a common negotiating position for the draft EP recommendations on the free trade talks (TTIP), a position drafted by Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany), particularly on the highly controversial question of the protection of investment and the inclusion in the TTIP of a dispute settlement mechanisms for disputes between investors and countries (ISDS).
The MEPs will hold a debate in the afternoon of Wednesday 10 June on a report by Gabrielius Landsbergis on relations between the EU and Russia. The relationship was already complicated but became even more complex following publication of a list of European politicians not allowed into Russia, including many MEPs, and measures taken by the president of the European Parliament against the Russian authorities. The idea behind the resolution is to lay down red lines without breaking off contact with Russia, explained a European Parliament source.
Given the question's prominence in the news, the MEPs decided to hold a debate on Wednesday evening into the leaked information about corruption at FIFA (the international football association federation) and are expected to vote through a resolution on this matter on Thursday 11 June.
The plenary is scheduled to debate and vote on a report by Sergio Cofferati (S&D, Italy) on changes to shareholders' rights, including the question of country by country reporting. Although the EP Conference of Presidents decided to keep the debate and vote in this plenary, a number of political groups may request that the vote be postponed. At the Conference of Presidents, the heads of the EPP, ALDE and ECR groups opposed the postponing of the vote until July.
MEPs are also expected to vote on a resolution on Hungary's position on the death penalty and immigration, which they debated in the previous plenary. As at 5 June, all political groups bar the EFDD had proposed a resolution and MEPs have until Monday 8 June to draft a common resolution, if they so desire. The EP will vote on a resolution on the 2014 progress report on Turkey by Kati Piri (S&D, the Netherlands), which they discussed on 20 May.
At midday on Tuesday 9 June, the president of Mongolia, Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj, will address MEPs in a formal sitting. This will be his first visit to the European Parliament since he was elected in May 2009. (Camille-Cerise Gessant)