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Mario&nbsp;Draghi, formerly the President of the European Central Bank and Prime Minister of Italy, was tasked by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with presenting ideas on the future of European competitiveness. The report calls the challenge facing policy makers an &ldquo;existential&rdquo; one and warns that procrastination will lead to hard choices having to be made. It proposes far-reaching changes to numerous areas such as an &ldquo;unprecedented&rdquo; boost to public investment, including through the issuance of new EU common debt, a reform of the EU&rsquo;s cohesion policy, an overhaul of competition policy, and a new industrial policy with at its core a strategy for reducing Europe&rsquo;s high energy prices.

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European competitiveness

US President Donald Trump has stated that he would &ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; introduce tariffs targeting the EU, citing grievances over EU action against US tech firms and a trade deficit in goods. He also threatened to use tariffs to pressure Denmark into handing over Greenland.

President Trump &nbsp;announced a 25 percent tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, which he later delayed by a month, as well as a 10 percent tariff on imports from China. Parliament is committed to multilateralism and has called for the urgent reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Leading MEPs&nbsp; said it is &ldquo;imperative for the US and the EU to work closely together to defend multilateralism and the rules-based international order&rdquo;. Meanwhile, the EU has strengthened the tools at its disposal to protect EU trade, which now include the Anti-Coercion Instrument designed to enable the EU to respond, as a last resort, to economic blackmail from a foreign country.

According to the Commission, the EU has a &euro;154 billion trade surplus in goods with the US, while the US maintains a &euro;104 billion surplus in services with the EU, resulting in an overall EU trade surplus of three percent from a total &euro;1.5 trillion trade flow. In 2023, the US was the largest partner for EU exports of goods and the second largest partner for EU imports of goods.

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The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU's work in the Council.

The Polish government has declared that its second EU Presidency arrives "at a time of uncertainty and concern," highlighting the ongoing repercussions of Russia&rsquo;s three-year war against Ukraine, escalating geopolitical tensions, migration pressure, and weakening European competitiveness. Under the slogan "Security, Europe!" Poland aims to strengthen European security across multiple dimensions, including external, internal, informational, economic, energy, food, health and security.

From January to June 2025, Poland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the second time since the country joined the Union in 2004.

Polish Presidency

Ever since Russia launched an illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24&nbsp;February 2022, the EU and the Parliament have supported the country by condemning Russia&rsquo;s aggression, sanctioning those responsible and providing financial and material aid. Parliament has also been supportive of Ukraine&rsquo;s efforts to become an EU candidate country and has been calling on EU countries to launch accession talks.

The European Parliament President Roberta Metsola was in Kyiv on 1 April 2022 to express the European Union&acute;s support to the Ukrainian people and to condemn the unjustified Russian attack.&nbsp; On 9 February 2023, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the European Parliament during an extraordinary plenary session in Brussels.

The&nbsp; new EP reconfirmed in July 2024&nbsp; its view that the EU must continue to support Kyiv for as long as it takes until victory. The resolution, which sets out the newly-elected European Parliament&rsquo;s first official position on Russia&rsquo;s war of aggression against Ukraine, restates the continued support of MEPs for Ukraine&rsquo;s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. It calls on the EU to maintain and extend its sanctions policy against Russia and Belarus, monitor and review its effectiveness and impact, and systematically tackle the issue of sanctions circumvention by EU-based companies, third parties, and third countries.

Parliament held also and&nbsp;extraordinary plenary session on 19th November 2024 with Ukraine&rsquo;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia&rsquo;s full-scale invasion.

Solidarity with Ukraine

In July 2024&nbsp; MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two candidates. She will continue to lead Parliament for the first two and a half years of the 10th legislative term.

Born in Malta in 1979, Roberta Metsola has been an MEP since 2013.&nbsp;She was elected First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament&rsquo;s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022. On 18 January 2022,&nbsp;she was elected President&nbsp;for the second half of the 9th legislative term. She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after&nbsp;Simone Veil&nbsp;(1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999-2002).

Addressing the House after she was elected, President Metsola said: &ldquo;Together, we must stand up for the politics of hope, for the dream that is Europe. I want people to recapture a sense of belief and enthusiasm for our project. A belief to make our shared space safer, fairer, more just and more equal. A belief that together we are stronger and we are better. A belief that ours is a Europe for all.&rdquo;

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 2024-2027

Alexei Navalny was&nbsp;a Russian opposition politician, anti-corruption activist and major political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The European Parliament honoured Navalny&rsquo;s fight with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2021.

Alexei Navalny&rsquo;s daughter, Daria Navalnaya, received European Parliament&rsquo;s Sakharov Prize on behalf of her imprisoned father. In April 2023, MEPs demanded the unconditional release of Navalny, and reiterated concerns over his deteriorating health and the ill-treatment he was subject to. Navalny&nbsp; died on 16 February 2024 at a Russian corrective colony in the Arctic Circle.

Roberta Metsola, EP President, paid tribute to Navalny stating: &ldquo;First, they took his freedom. Then, they took his life,&rdquo; Metsola said. &ldquo;But his legacy and his struggle will live on in people in Russia and in all of us.&rdquo;

Following his death&nbsp;the European Parliament&rsquo;s Conference of Presidents (President and political groups&rsquo; leaders) made this statement: "The full responsibility for this murder lays with the Russian state and its President Vladimir Putin in particular. We demand an investigation into the exact circumstances of the death of Alexei Navalny".

"Truth must be told, accountability must be ensured and justice must be served. We demand that the body of Alexei Navalny be returned to his family immediately. Any further delay increases even more the responsibility of the Russian authorities for the death of Alexei Navalny.&nbsp;We demand an international and independent investigation into the exact circumstances of the death of Alexei Navalny", concluded the statement.

Alexei Navalny (1976 - 2024), 2021 Sakharov Prize laureate

European Parliamentary Week 2025 - Plenary session

Infoclip: EU-US Trade relations

European Parliamentary Week 2025: statement by Agnieszka POMASKA, Chair of the EU Affairs Committee of the Polish Sejm

European Parliamentary Week 2025: statement by Tomasz GRODZKI, Chairman of the EU Affairs Committee of the Polish Senate

European Parliamentary Week 2025: keynote speech by Mario DRAGHI, former Italian Prime Minister and former President of the European Central Bank

European Parliamentary Week 2025: opening statement by Katarina BARLEY, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates at the Munich Security Conference 2025 - Participation at the Spotlight Session on Venezuela

Munich Security Conference 2025 - Spotlight Session on Venezuela with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Edmundo GONZ&Aacute;LEZ URRUTIA, President-elect of Venezuela and Sakharov Prize laureate 2024: opening statements

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories - Meeting with Reem AL HAJAJRA, Director of Women of the Sun and Sakharov Prize Nominee

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens - Week 7

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Israel and occupied Palestinian territories: meeting with Amir OHANA, Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) and Gideon SA'AR, Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs

Infoclip: EU-MERCOSUR Trade relations

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: MEPs debate (part 1)

EP Plenary session - Honouring the memory of J&aacute;n Kuciak and Martina Ku&scaron;n&iacute;rov&aacute;

US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid: extracts from the debate

EP Plenary session - Voting Session

Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia&rsquo;s war of aggression: extracts from the debate

European Parliament Stockshots 10th Parliamentary Term: Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)

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Committee on Petitions Ordinary meeting

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Committee on International Trade Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Regional Development Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Fisheries Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Petitions HEARING Joint meeting Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE - PETI joint Public Hearing &ldquo;Border checks and the future of the Schengen area&rdquo;

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Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting

Committee on Transport and Tourism Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Public Health Ordinary meeting

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Committee on Culture and Education Ordinary meeting

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Press point by David MCALLISTER (EPP, DE), Chair of AFET Committee and Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the foreign policy priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU

The EP and Poland&rsquo;s Sejm and Senate are organising a conference bringing together European and national MPs, to discuss stability, economic coordination and governance in the EU. Keynote speech by Mario DRAGHI, former Italian Prime Minister, and former President of the European Central Bank. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

&lt;p>The EP and Poland&rsquo;s Sejm and Senate are organising a conference bringing together European and national MPs, to discuss stability, economic coordination and governance in the EU. Agnieszka POMASKA, Chair of the EU Affairs Committee of the Polish Sejm, adresses the hemicycle.This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.&lt;/p>

&lt;p>The EP and Poland&rsquo;s Sejm and Senate are organising a conference bringing together European and national MPs, to discuss stability, economic coordination and governance in the EU. Tomasz GRODZKI, Chairman of the EU Affairs Committee of the Polish Senate, adresses the hemicycle. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.&lt;/p>

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