The state of play for Brexit, cybersecurity threats and EU-Russia relations are some of the topics for the upcoming plenary session in Strasbourg.

Gifs, memes and snippets from news articles can continue to be shared, under new copyright rules set to be voted on by Parliament by the end of March.

Animal transport, foreign direct investment and water reuse will be dealt with by MEPs during the next plenary session. Read on for our overview.

MEPs have another busy week ahead of them

This week Parliament holds a ceremony to commemorate Holocaust victims, debates the future of Europe with the Finnish prime minister and assesses rule of law issues in Hungary.

EU countries that widely undermine the rule of law should face financial penalties, say MEPs.

This week Parliament’s committees vote on updated consumer protection rules, a new trade agreement with Singapore and standards for the reuse of water in agriculture

At Parliament’s first session of 2019, MEPs review the plans of Romania’s presidency of the Council, discuss Brexit developments and look at the impact of autonomous cars.

MEPs backed a trade deal with Japan, awarded the Sakharov Prize to Oleg Sentsov and paid tribute to the victims of Tuesday’s terror attack in Strasbourg during December’s plenary session.

MEPs will award the 2018 Sakharov Prize and vote on the new EU-Japan trade agreement during this week's plenary session in Strasbourg.