Parliament's final plenary session of the year, which will also be the last for its current President, Martin Schulz (S&D, Germany) will have a particularly packed agenda, to say the least. Three points will be the focus of the MEPs' attention: the award of the Sakharov Prize, the adoption of the 'market' pillar of the fourth railway package, and the election, by certain political groups, of their candidates to take Parliament's top job.
On Tuesday 13 December, the MEPs will award the...