Agenda plenary session from 8th-11th June 2015, Strasbourg

Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission for its Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks with the USA will be debated by MEPs on Wednesday morning and voted at noon. Investor protection (ISDS) is set to top the debate, with opinions split on whether Parliament should ask that the use of private arbitration to resolve disputes between investors and public authorities be excluded from the deal.

The EU and its member states should monitor Russia’s funding of EU political parties, earmark funds to counter its propaganda and tackle Black Sea security threats arising out of its illegal annexation of the Crimea, say MEPs in two non-legislative resolutions to be debated on Wednesday and voted on Thursday.

A resolution wrapping up the May plenary debate with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans will be put to a vote on Wednesday. The debate was sparked by Mr Orban’s remarks on the possibility of reinstating capital punishment in Hungary and a public consultation on immigration launched by the Hungarian government.

Are the EU’s proposed Entry/Exit System and Registered Traveller Programme for non-EU nationals “appropriate and adequate” to deal with the growing numbers of people crossing its external borders? MEPs will put the question to the Commission and Council on Tuesday. In the ensuing debate, they are also likely to ask about data retention periods, whether law enforcement agencies should be given access to the data, and the costs of these systems.

Shareholders would be able to vote at least every three years on a listed company’s remuneration policy for directors, under a draft law to be debated on Tuesday and voted on Wednesday. Legal affairs MEPs also inserted a requirement for large companies and public interest entities, such as banks and insurance firms, to disclose, country by country, profits made, taxes paid and public subsidies received.

Revelations of high-level corruption at the international football federation FIFA and calls to consider a country’s human rights record before choosing it as a venue for international sports events will be debated on Wednesday. A resolution on corruption at FIFA will be voted on Thursday.