MEPs get the low down on the European Council 'crisis summit', vote on next year's budget and announce the winner of the 2011 Sakharov Prize.

Next week in Strasbourg: Budget, Sakharov Prize

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Hello. Next week MEPs meet in Strasbourg  for a new plenary session.

The Parliament will be debriefed on  the EU crisis summit held on Sunday.

Saving the eurozone,  strengthening economic governance:

the Commission expects a rapid response  to the debt crisis from the national leaders.

MEPs will go over the summit  during the plenary.

Also on the agenda next week:  MEPs will vote on the 2012 EU budget.

As the crisis rages, the EP will vote  on an increase of 5% compared to 2011.

The 2012 budget  would be 132 billion euros,

with an increase particularly for Palestine,  refugees and lifelong learning.

A standoff is expected: the States won’t  hear of a budget rise amid a financial crisis.

No more child porn sites  and sexual abuse of children!

A deal reached this summer with the States  should be voted during the plenary.

Among the nominees,  the Arab Spring is represented

by six of its leading Tunisian,  Egyptian, Libyan and Syrian figures.

Last year the Sakharov Prize went to  the Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas.

This year's winner will be invited  to Strasbourg on 14 December

to receive their prize  in an official ceremony.