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Launching the IE Competitiveness Hub in Brussels, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola said that competitiveness is about companies growing and scaling, about people having stable jobs and about protecting the open markets and social safety nets that define our European way.
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40 years from the Chornobyl disaster, the European Parliament remembered the victims, affected communities, and generations still living with its consequences.
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Monday, May 18, 2026Events of the day
European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg
16:15 President Metsola meets with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
17:00 President Metsola presides over the opening of the plenary session
17:30 President Metsola inaugurates the EU Defence Exhibition
18:00 President Metsola presides over the European Parliament’s Bureau
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