This resolution sends a powerful message to other EU institutions and national governments - act fast and be ambitious, stressed EP President David Sassoli at a press conference on Friday, following Parliament’s adoption of an ambitious resolution calling for €2 trillion to support Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

‘Start Unconditional Basic Incomes (UBI) throughout the EU' and ‘Freedom to share' are the two European Citizens' Initiatives that the Commission decided to register on Friday. Not analysing the substance of the initiatives at this stage, the EU executive considers that the two initiatives are legally admissible, as they met the necessary conditions.

Recovery fund must be added to the long-term EU budget, not serve as an argument to reduce it, said MEPs in a resolution on the post-2020 EU budget revision and economic recovery plans, adopted on Friday. Lawmakers demanded in it a robust package, focused on citizens’ needs and building on the EU budget. The text was backed by 505 votes in favour, 119 against and 69 abstentions.

At their May session, MEPs gave their final consent to the new labelling scheme for car and truck tyres that aims to increase consumer awareness on fuel savings, improve safety and decrease noise pollution.

During their plenary session, the European Parliament members voted in favour of a resolution on the new Multiannual Financial Framework, own resources and the post-pandemic Recovery plan.

At their plenary session in Brussels, MEPs debated with EC Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and State Secretary Nikolina Brnjac from the Croatian Presidency on how EU can boost the development of a vaccine and treatments for Covid-19.

During a debate in the plenary on Thursday, MEPs accented that citizens need data protection and privacy safeguards with regard to new smartphone apps used to manage the spread of Covid-19. They underlined that together with other pandemic related measures such as social distancing, masks and testing, contact tracing apps can help to manage the spread of the virus.

MEPs adopted at their session in Brussels a legislative resolution by 616 votes in favour, 29 against and 46 abstentions, requesting that the European Commission submit a proposal for an Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) contingency plan by 15 June this year. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, most members of the EP voted remotely.

At its plenary session on Wednesday, MEPs adopted without a vote the Water Reuse Regulation as to prevent water shortages that is increasingly big problem for many EU states and regions. 

The recovery package will consist of two parts - the MFF and on top of it a recovery instrument funded through a larger headroom, EC President Ursula von der Leyen told MEPs during the debate on the next long-term budget and the recovery fund at the plenary in Brussels. The executive will table the proposal in the next weeks.