European Parliamentary Research Service

👋 WELCOME to the new European Parliament Are you a newly elected MEP? Watch our video! We will guide you through some of your activities and responsibilities during your initial months in office, including: ✅ Form political groups and committees ✅ Elect the President of the European Parliament and Vice-Presidents ✅ Elect the President of the European Commission 🔎 Want to know more? Check our timeline with the main steps up until end 2024: https://lnkd.in/dbEByqki

📆 Mark your calendars: the new European Parliament is holding its constitutive session from 16-19 July. During this plenary session, MEPs will elect some of their peers to Parliament’s most important offices. Check out our #EPlenary article to see what to expect next week ⤵️

🧐 Both misinformation (mistakes without ill intent) and disinformation (created and spread with the aim of fooling people) can make it hard to take informed decisions. How can we spot manipulation? 🧭 Our fact-checking compass gives you 8️⃣ useful tips. Watch 👇

🔔 The Economic Outlook Quarterly has been published. It tracks the state of the EU economy. Some of the key takeaways: 📌 In 2023, investment grew by 1.5 %, driven mainly by a carry-over from 2022, but weakened towards the year's end. 📌 Economic activity is projected to pick up again slowly, after broadly stagnating last year. 📌 With cautious optimism, GDP growth in 2024 is estimated at 1.0 % for the EU and 0.8 % for the euro area. 📌 The EU's debt-to-GDP ratio is set to stabilise at 82.9 % in 2024, edging up slightly by 0.4 percentage points in 2025. Read our briefing ➡️ https://europa.eu/!vgwc7d

Understanding the d'Hondt method: How are seats and leadership positions allocated in the European Parliament? 📄 We explain it in our briefing: https://lnkd.in/eq2DY95z

🎙️ Listen to our EPRS Sunday podcast! One of the most important roles of the European Parliament, next to legislating, is to hold the European Commission accountable. 🗳️ Electing its President is one way of exercising that power. How does this work? 🎧 Find it out with us 👇 https://europa.eu/!RjXwNb

The EU stepped in to help countries overcome the socio-economic impact of COVID-19, deepened later by the energy crisis. Do you know who the 100 largest recipients of Recovery and Resilience Facility funds were? 🔎 Read it here ⤵️

As Hungary takes the presidency of the Council of the EU, we take a look at how the Hungarian Parliament works and its role in engaging in and scrutiny of EU affairs. Read our briefing here ⤵️ #HU24EU

At the European Council meeting of 27 June, EU leaders ✔️ Elected António Costa as the next European Council President ✔️ Proposed Ursula von der Leyen as the candidate for Commission President ✔️ Nominated Kaja Kallas as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Pol 📅 What’s next? The newly composed European Parliament will complete the appointment process of the EU's institutional leadership by electing its own President during its first session on 16-19 July. It is also expected to vote on the Commission President during that session, and then vote on the entire College of Commissioners in the autumn. ➡️ Read the full #EUCO outcome here: https://europa.eu/!wcwTYd

The year 1979 was pivotal for the European Parliament: it was no longer Member States, but citizens, who chose their representatives. On today's #ParliamentDay, listen to Louise Weiss' speech delivered in the European Parliament on 17 July 1979. 📽️ https://lnkd.in/enUSHMU3