Cross-border inheritances
Avoiding legal disputes and lengthy procedures to settle inheritances where the laws of more than one EU country may apply is the aim of draft legislation to be put to the vote (debate Monday, vote Tuesday).
Ending the beef trade war
EU concessions to help put an end to the 20-year hormone beef trade war with the USA and Canada will be put to a vote. The deal allows the EU to keep its ban on hormone-treated beef imports in return for importing more high-quality beef (debate Tuesday, vote Wednesday).
Quotas for women
Parliament will vote on proposals to reduce the gender pay gap and use quotas to boost the number of women on company boards and in political bodies (debate Monday, vote Tuesday).
Russian elections
MEPs will discuss the elections which brought Vladimir Putin back as Russian President. Recent events in Kazakhstan and Nigeria will also be in the spotlight, ahead of Parliament adopting separate resolutions on all three topics (debates Wednesday, votes Thursday).
Dutch discriminatory website
European citizens’ basic rights such as free movement and non-discrimination will be under the spotlight in a debate sparked by the launch of a website inviting Dutch citizens to post complaints about central and Eastern Europeans in The Netherlands. A resolution will also be put to the vote (debate Tuesday, vote Thursday).
Enlargement
MEPs will debate and vote on the progress of Iceland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina towards joining the EU (Wednesday).
