MEPs took steps towards making the Energy Union a reality, talked economy and money with Eurogroup and ECB heads, and made an appeal for a long-term approach to migration.

Wrap Up: Energy Union, Migrants, Electoral reform...

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is imported from third countries,  mainly Russia.

It's a dependence that comes  with a big price tag: 400 billion euros.

And so Europe wants  to build an Energy Union.

The objective is to secure and diversify  supply and develop renewable energies.

the Energy Committee put forward  a series of measures.

This week, the spotlight was also  on the aviation industry.

It employs more than 5.1 million people  in Europe and represents 2.4% of GDP.

At the Brussels mini-plenary,  MEPs adopted a resolution

to guarantee fair future competition while  upholding safety and social standards.

The Commission is expected  to incorporate these proposals

within the aviation package  by the end of 2015.

A busy week for the Economic  and Monetary Affairs Committee

who hosted both Jeroen Dijsselbloem  and Mario Draghi.

The Eurogroup President's focus  was on Greece,

in particular the insolvency of households  and non-performing loans

that threaten the stability  of the country’s banking system.

The President of the European Central  Bank, Mario Draghi, assured on Thursday

that the ECB is ready to take further action  if the inflation outlook weakens.

Relocation of refugees finally kicked off.

The first 30 left Greece for Luxembourg  at the beginning of the month.

At the Valletta Summit in Malta,  the EP President, Martin Schulz,

called for a long-term approach  with African partners.

The EP has now allocated €2.3 billion  in trust funds for both Africa and Syria.

Spitzenkandidat, the process that  helped choose the Commission President,

was the success of  the European elections 2014.

MEPs now want  to officialise that experiment

The text, voted on by MEPs at the plenary  on Wednesday, also foresees

the introduction of mandatory thresholds  and making it easier to vote from abroad.

However, no agreement was reached  over strict parity on the lists