After an historic defeat for the Brexit deal in the UK House of Commons, Parliament gathered to discuss the state-of-play on Brexit. Members voted on updates to the European Social Fund and the European Global Adjustment Fund, and approved a new investment programme, InvestEU. They also voted to improve the EU approval procedure for pesticides.

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From Brexit to pesticides: 5 numbers from Strasbourg

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Members debated the British Parliament's rejection of the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

The UK is set to leave the EU on 29 March.

Members voted to increase funding by 19% for the European Social Fund Plus

This will boost youth employability and help to fight child poverty.

a new programme to support financing in infrastructure, research and innovation.

It should trigger almost €700 billion in investments.

The European Fund for Transition, formerly the Globalisation Adjustment Fund,

as a result of technological or environmental changes.

Parliament voted to lower the threshold of eligibility

A special committee presented its report on pesticides

Members voted to make the EU's pesticide approval process