EU-Mercosur free-trade agreement

At 9.00, MEPs and Commissioner Micallef will review the recently concluded EU-Mercosur free-trade deal, amidst a new geopolitical context of increasing unilateralism, and concerns over the deal’s potential effects on European agriculture. If ratified, the deal would gradually phase out duties on 91% of EU exports to Mercosur and 92% of Mercosur exports to the EU. Parliament must give its consent before the agreement can enter into force.

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Threats to EU sovereignty over communication infrastructure

From around 10.30, MEPs and Commissioner Micallef will assess the EU’s progress in reducing its strategic dependencies in the area of critical communication infrastructure. MEPs are expected to voice concerns that member states may resort to non-EU suppliers of governmental communication infrastructure before the EU’s own system, IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by…