From 18.03.2024 9:00 To 24.03.2024 9:30

The Week ahead

Take a look at what we have coming up over the next seven days. Explore our EPP Group agenda and the main issues we’ll be focusing on in the week ahead: from upcoming debates in the European Parliament on important legislative and policy issues to the meetings that our Members will be attending.

24.03.2024

The Week ahead

EU summit: Prioritise Europe‘s security

EU

The EPP Group has one clear message: Europe must take its security into its own hands. On Thursday, the EU Heads of State and Government will gather for a two-day summit to discuss continued support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war of aggression, security and defence, the unfolding situation in the Middle East, enlargement, external relations, migration, agriculture and the European Semester. "European defence is in our DNA,“ said EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber MEP. We are calling for a Defence Commissioner in the next European Commission and a European Single Market for defence. "If we work together, no aggressor stands a chance against our production and innovation capabilities,“ Weber pointed out.

Simplify farming rules

Cow

The European Commission will propose a package to simplify the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will discuss the package with the Commissioner for Agriculture on Tuesday. "The EPP Group believes that the simplification of the CAP rules is necessary and must be put into force now, without hesitation. Our goal is to ease the burden on farmers and to increase food production," says Herbert Dorfmann MEP, the EPP Group's Spokesman on Agriculture.

MEPs Involved:
Press officers:
Pete PAKARINEN

Press Officer for Budget and Structural Policies Working Group, Agriculture and Rural Development Committee. National press, Finnish Media

Strengthen the Romania-Ukraine border region

Romania

The EPP Group wants to show how Cohesion Policy funds can substantially improve the lives of people in border regions and to identify how the European Union can contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine. On Thursday, the EPP Cohesion Monitoring Group will spend its two-day Cohesion mission in the Romania-Ukraine border region. “Cohesion policy is not only a regional commitment but also an investment in security, stability and common prosperity. In a dynamic geopolitical context, such cooperation strengthens the ties between nations and promotes a community based on shared values and cross-border solidarity,” said Daniel Buda MEP, who will host the mission. “From Poland to Hungary, from Slovakia to Romania, Cohesion Policy not only supports regional development but also supports EU regions facing the consequences of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine," said Andrey Novakov MEP, Chair of the EPP Group’s Cohesion Monitoring Group.