Members attending plenary from 10 to 13 March can expect an agenda featuring debates on some very hot topics.

The European Commission proposed on Friday making it easier to hunt wolves in Europe, citing their growing number and the threat they pose to livestock as reasons for downgrading the animals' protection status.

Following calls to reduce the regulatory burden imposed on businesses, the European Union is poised to reform a series of laws passed under the EU Green Deal

MEPs from the Volt party are calling for Hungary's voting rights in the EU to be revoked because it blocks joint decisions. They will send a corresponding plan to European leaders, Politico reports. According to the agency,

It began when the center-right European People’s Party’s claimed the Commission had paid NGOs to lobby the Parliament in favor of the Green Deal, through the so-called LIFE funding program. The Commission later revised its contracts with the NGOs concerned.

The European Parliament has lifted restrictions on lawmakers meeting some Chinese officials, in a fresh indication of a potential thaw in EU-China ties. The recommendations were introduced in April 2023 as a follow up to a sanctioning blitz in 2021,

The European Parliament seeks to revoke Hungary’s voting rights in the EU, accusing the country of obstructing joint decisions. Politico reports that the Parliament is also proposing to appoint the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed looser environmental and corporate sustainability rules for a large majority of businesses in Europe, responding to criticism that EU red tape hinders competitiveness with foreign rivals.

Europe is rushing to provide Ukraine with an alternative to billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink satellite network after the United States suspended military aid

Indeed, the watering down of these landmark regulations could have a chilling effect on other, as-yet-untouched rules, such as the EU’s forced labor regulation, said Samira Rafaela, a former MEP and CSDDD rapporteur who was the European Parliament’s ...

The European Commission proposes to ease wolf hunting in Europe, citing livestock threats and rising numbers. The change reduces wolves' protection under the Bern Convention, now labeling them 'protected' instead of 'strictly protected'.

Israel has denied entry to two European Union lawmakers. It accuses one of them, Rima Hassan, of promoting boycotts of Israel.