MEPs will have their eyes to the stars as they contemplate the Galileo satellite navigation system. Also on the agenda GMOs, food labelling and aspartame.

Next Week's Agenda

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MEPs will be back  in Brussels next week.

On Tuesday members will have  their eyes to the stars.

They'll be discussing  the Galileo system

and hammering out who can use  the satellite positioning system and when.

There are five different ranges of  signals within Galileo,

uses a special very strong signal  and must deliver a very safe signal.

It’s used for example by fire brigades,  civil protection services,

It is encoded and is accessible  only to certain authorities.

Genetically modified organisms  will be on Tuesday's EP agenda.

Freedom of choice for consumers and  farmers will be at the heart of debate.

We've also asked the Commission  to come forward with a seeds threshold

to make sure that we have got a proper  definition of what GM-free actually is.

Otherwise consumers  will not be able to get a choice at all.

On Wednesday consumer concerns  will be in the spotlight.

Which information should  food labels provide?

MEPs will give their views,  after Member States, in a second reading.

The problem is that  the European Union has no idea

what the consumers actually want on  their products and what they understand.

On Wednesday the EP will also  examine the potential risks of aspartame.

And MEPs will re-open debate on  possible migration problems in the EU

caused by the tensions in  the Arab world.