What’s cooking in Strasbourg?

By Claire Stam

On the menu is vegetable broth. Today is Friday, January 13. Will this date prove to be a good omen for the EU parliamentarians meeting in Strasbourg next week? Following the Christmas holidays’ opulence comes the time of sobriety in culinary terms. The question is whether this also applies to politics.

On Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will present the program of the Swedish Presidency. It is one of the highlights of the coming week in Strasbourg. Others include: the meeting of the ENVI committee to discuss the recently adopted elements of the Fit for 55 package (Monday), and a debate with a resolution on Iran.

But it is, of course, the corruption scandal that will be on everyone’s minds in the EU capital in Alsace. After she was forced to vacate her post, parliamentarians must decide who will succeed Eva Kaili as Vice President on Tuesday.

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