MEPs are heading to Strasbourg for a plenary meeting even though Covid-19 infections are on the rise all over Europe, and governments are introducing restrictive measures again.
Some 200 lawmakers will stay away because of health safety concerns.
The debate over a successor for David Sassoli, the centre-left Italian president of the European Parliament will heat up next week.
The centre-right European People's Party ...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.