With the European elections in May, Parliament has a busy year ahead. The ‘Future of Europe’ debates continue, as relevant as ever as the UK leaves the EU, plus trade deals, driverless cars and whistleblower protection – all coming up in 2019!

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2019 will be marked by the European elections. 

Citizens across the EU head to the polls in May, 

to vote for their MEPs for the next 5 years. 

The inaugural session of the new Parliament will be held in July. 

Ahead of the elections, Parliament continues the conversation about the EU 

 The 2019 series opens with the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, 

followed by the leaders of Finland, Italy and Slovakia.

 Parliament has always supported trade, which is not only free, but fair. 

In 2019 MEPs will vote on deals with Mexico and Singapore, 

This comes after Parliament backed a deal covering 30% of the global economy 

Parliament will vote on new harmonised rules to better protect whistleblowers 

Proposals include safe channels for reporting breaches of EU Law 

and the prohibition of reprisals and intimidation. 

Parliament set up a special committee to investigate how pesticides 

In 2019, MEPs will examine the committee's report 

which calls for better risk assessment, a more transparent certification process 

 Parliament wants Europe to become a world leader in automated and connected cars.

 In 2019, MEPs will vote on a host of measures promoting real-life testing 

and research while ensuring that technological advances make our roads safer. 

With the UK set to leave the European Union in March 2019,

 the EU will lose a member state for the first time in its history. 

After Brexit and the European elections, there will be 705 MEPs in the Parliament.