The European Parliament completed an important agenda in a legislature marked by crisis

This week in Strasbourg, the European Parliament celebrated the final plenary session of the IX Legislative Assembly, marked by two unprecedented crises – the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine – which did not jeopardize the essence of the agenda drawn up in 2019.

Despite the crises, one of which is still ongoing, which have concentrated much of the energy of the European Union (EU) at the level of the three institutions, there is a widespread understanding in the European Parliament that the assembly has “complied” by passing legislative packages that will “transform” Europe, according to several parliamentary and party sources.

Among the most significant pieces of legislation passed by this legislature (2019–2024) is the large-scale legislative package known as the Green Pact, a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC). , regulation of digital services and markets, including the first community regulation on artificial intelligence, laws such as those guaranteeing equal pay, combating child sexual abuse and violence against women online, and, most recently, the new Migration Pact and review of EU fiscal rules.