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On the agenda for the plenary session: the Fit for 55 package, Question Time with the Commission on reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection, Council and Commission statements on the rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF), Council and Commission statements on global threats to abortion rights, a new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour, and the Xinjiang police files.

German liberal MEP Jan-Christoph Oetjen and Romanian centre-right MEP Marian-Jean Marinescu have organised a dinner in Strasbourg with Airlines for Europe (A4E). The dinner takes place on the eve of a crucial vote on climate change laws.

Experts and MEPs criticised EU commission plans to classify gas and nuclear as a green investment ahead of a crucial vote in July.

Europe rethinks its reliance on burning wood for electricity

European Commission says extra €210bn needed over next five years to pay for phasing out of Russian fossil fuels