President Metsola opened the 20-23 November plenary session in Strasbourg with the following announcements.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė met with Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Korea, to discuss the prospects for developing SK Group’s business in Lithuania, as well as Korea’s bid to host the EXPO 2030 exhibition in the city of Busan.

On Tuesday, President Gitanas Nausėda spoke by telephone with Polish President Andrzej Duda to discuss the security situation in the region, the course of the war in Ukraine, as well as support for Ukraine.

MEPs and the Spanish presidency of the Council agreed on plans to boost the supply of strategic raw materials, on Monday.

President Gitanas Nausėda participated in an informal discussion on the EU’s strategic agenda at the invitation of the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.

The new law, agreed with member states, sets a target for the EU to restore at least 20% of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030 and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050.

On Thursday, Parliament paved the way for introducing the next generation of “own resources”, sources of revenue for the EU budget.

Parliament endorsed extending the mandates of European auditors Bettina Jakobsen and Tony Murphy, and approved the candidacy of Alejandro Blanco Fernández, nominated by Spain.

President Metsola opened the 8-9 November plenary session in Brussels with the following announcements.

The Environment Committee adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which will take stock of the progress on implementing the Paris Agreement.