The civil liberties committee will on Thursday hold the first hearing to investigate the activities of the American National Security Agency (NSA) in Europe. Among others MEPs will talk to journalists who published revelations of widespread surveillance of electronic communications all over the world. The meeting will be streamed live on our website.
On Thursday, members of the economic committee will question Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem about the latest economic developments in the EU. The debate is also expected to include a discussion on Greece.
Following successful negotiations with member states in July, the employment committee will on Thursday vote on a new EU programme to support job creation, facilitate worker mobility and combat social exclusion.
This Thursday the internal market committee is set to endorse new rules on public procurement and concessions aimed at making public spending more efficient. The water sector will be exempted from the new legislation.
Creative Europe is a new EU programme bringing together the MEDIA, Culture and MEDIA Mundus programmes for the period 2014-2020. The cultural affairscommittee will vote on it on Thursday.
Slovenia, Croatia and Austria were hit by floods on late 2012, suffering substantial material damage. The budget committee will vote Thursday on European Solidarity Fund assistance to those countries.
Parliament's next plenary session will take place in Strasbourg from 9 to 12 September. The plenary will feature the annual state of the EU address by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. On the agenda are among others votes on the EU's long-term budget for 2014-2020, new rules for tobacco products, banking supervision and how to make biofuels greener.
In addition Parliament President Martin Schulz will attend the conference of speakers of parliaments of G8 countries in London on Friday and Saturday.
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