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EU countries that disrespect the rule of law will risk losing access to EU funds, under a provisional deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators on Thursday.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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MEPs will focus on the Covid-19 crisis, the EU budget and the rule of law in a busy week featuring both committee meetings and a plenary session.

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The European Parliament’s press service will hold a briefing using Webex on next week’s committee business and the main topics on the plenary agenda at 11.00, on Monday.

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On Tuesday, MEPs and members of national parliaments will discuss with representatives of key institutions how to make the most of the new annual democracy review in EU member states.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Find out how MEPs want to address harmful or illegal content online while protecting freedom of expression.

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Press Statement by EP Vice-President Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Women’s Rights Committee Chair Evelyn Regner after the publication of the 2020 Gender Equality Index.
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Talks will continue in November, when the co-legislators will meet for the fifth trilogue on a mechanism to link EU funds to respect for rule of law.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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InvestEU aims to be a fund that provides support to EU investors by integrating and simplifying the financing, offered under a single budgetary guarantee scheme.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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EP’s negotiators made a breakthrough proposal on Wednesday on the critical issue of how to count the costs of common debt in the next long-term EU budget. Council has rejected it blindly.
Committee on Budgets

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The main focus of the 2021 budget should be to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and support the recovery, building on the Green Deal and digital transformation.
Committee on Budgets

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The talks by the EP and Council will continue on Thursday when the co-legislators will meet for the fourth trilogue on mechanism to link the EU funds to the respect of rule of law.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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Media freedom within the EU has deteriorated recently, says the Civil Liberties Committee, concerned about journalists faced with violence, harassment and pressure.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Parliament should back the deal between the EU and China that would protect 200 European and Chinese products, said the Trade Committee on Tuesday.
Committee on International Trade

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The Civil Liberties Committee urges the Commission to evaluate “first wave” national measures to assess their impact on citizens’ rights and freedoms.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The Internal Market Committee proposed a series of measures to strengthen consumer protection and enhance product safety and sustainability.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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The situation on the Greek islands following the destruction of the Moria refugee camp will be the focus of a debate in the Civil Liberties Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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This week MEPs will decide on their priorities for the 2021 budget, consider how the pandemic has affected fundamental values and hold the first European Gender Equality Week.

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Parliament’s new committee on tax matters will become “the European hub for debate on tax issues”, promises Dutch S&D member Paul Tang, the committee’s newly elected chair.

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The democratic opposition in Belarus, Honduran environmental activists and the Archbishop of Mosul are the 2020 Sakharov Prize finalists.

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The democratic opposition in Belarus, Guapinol activists and Berta Cáceres, and the Archbishop of Mosul were shortlisted for the 2020 Sakharov Prize on Monday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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