Budget discussions continue in committees, the German Chancellor addresses the Parliament and the public gets a chance to discover the LUX Prize finalists.

On the Agenda: Merkel address / US elections / LUX screening

Hello. Parliamentary work begins again  after a break for All Saints.

The schedule is tight,  especially for budgetary questions.

Parliament, Commission  and Member States

must agree on the budget for 2013  and beyond, but it’s not certain they will.

The guest of the week is Angela Merkel  who is expected in the EP on 7 November

for a conference on the future of the EU.

The German Chancellor will address the  leaders of the political groups and MEPs.

It's the second time  Angela Merkel comes to the EP.

In a debt crisis, there are  still many controversial issues:

Members of the Economics Committee  should adopt a report on 6 November

on Eurobonds, for pooling debt, that  Germany doesn’t want to hear about.

Next week all eyes in Europe will be  on the United States but also on China.

Will Barack Obama or his challenger  Mitt Romney be the 45th US President?

What are the result's implications  for the EU and transatlantic relations?

China's Communist Party Congress should  appoint a new President on 8 November.

Not much suspense there: Xi Jinping  is tipped to become Hu Jintao's successor.

next week the public will be able to  discover the three LUX Prize candidates.

Since 2007, this cinema prize  organised by the EP

has recognised cinematographic works that  focus on European citizens' main concerns.

The three finalist films will be screened  in Brussels from 5 November

and in EP Information Offices  around Europe.

The Prize will be awarded  on 21 November in Strasbourg.

The three films in competition are  ‘Csak a szél’ by Bence Fliegauf,

‘Io sono Li’ by Andrea Segre  and Tabu by Miguel Gomes

May the best one win!  Have a nice week.