EU Parliament Plenary: Budget, Cost of Living, Defense Innovation on Agenda

The European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg will discuss the EU's multiannual budget priorities, a new defense innovation program, measures to address the cost of living crisis, and protections against falsified medicines. These are agenda items, not decisions, so outcomes remain uncertain. The defense innovation program signals a continued EU push toward defense integration, which could have implications for European defense spending and industrial policy.