Newsletter - 22-23 June 2016 - Plenary session - Brussels

To follow up the UK’s EU membership referendum, Parliament's Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders) decided on Friday morning, to convene an extraordinary plenary session for 28 June at 10:00. During this session, MEPs will vote a resolution analysing the outcome and ways forward. EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Council representatives will take part.

This year promises to be another crucial one. The European Parliament will not only be dealing with reforms to help kick-start the economy, but also negotiate with the member states the EU's long-term budget, which will determine what direction it will take until 2020 as well as decide on various legislative proposals that will make a difference to the everyday life of Europeans: from improving passenger rights, to CO2 limits for cars and genetically modified food.