Agenda plenary session from 25th March 2015, Brussels

The outcomes of the 19-20 March Spring Council in Brussels on energy union, the EU’s eastern partnership, Ukraine and the way forward in the Eurozone will be debated with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, on Wednesday at 15.00.

MEPs will debate the European Commission’s “tax transparency package” with Commissioner Pierre Moscovici (taxation) and the Latvian Council Presidency on Wednesday. This draft legislation, tabled on 18 March, would oblige EU member states to inform each other of their national tax rulings. Most lead MEPs in the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee welcome this as “a first step in the right direction”.

MEPs will debate and vote on whether to back a plan to disburse €1.8 billion in EU medium-term loans to help Ukraine out of its economic recession.

Last week’s terrorist attack on Bardo museum in Tunis, which killed more than 20 people, including foreign tourists and one Tunisian citizen, will be discussed with the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherinion Wednesday. The attack, claimed by the so-called Islamic State, was the deadliest in the country since the 2011 uprising led to the overthrow of longtime ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.