Financial transaction tax. Financial experts will appear before the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee to discuss the proposal to introduce a financial transaction tax in the EU (Monday).
Situation in Hungary. Following the debate with Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán at the Strasbourg plenary session in January, the Civil Liberties Committee will hold a hearing with representatives of Hungarian civil society and the opposition to assess the civil rights situation (Thursday).
Food aid for the needy. The Agriculture Committee will vote on plans to continue distributing food to the EU's most deprived citizens (Monday).
2013 Budget. Work on the 2013 budget will begin in the Budgets Committee with a debate on the general guidelines for the Commission's 2013 budget, which covers EU spending in the Member States, and a vote on the EU institutions' administrative budgets (Monday).
Preparing for the Plenary. Parliament's political groups will prepare for the 13-16 February plenary session in Strasbourg. There will be votes on the EU patent, recent political developments in Hungary, the situation in Russia, the EU-Morocco trade agreement on farm and fisheries products, the food-for-the-needy programme and the growth and jobs strategy. MEPs will also provide their input for the EU Summit to be held on 1 and 2 March.
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