European Ombudsman handles over 20,000 citizen complaints, MEPs condemn new sentence for Turkish MP, and a Spanish Hollywood star promotes documentary at EP.
Nuclear concerns reach the EP with a Finnish petition against a planned nuclear power plant and a Spanish NGO objecting to a radioactive waste disposal centre.
José Manuel Barroso didn't win the support of the GUE/NGL, so the decision on his re-appointment as Commission President rests with the Socialist group of the EP. Its leader, Martin Schulz, has a few demands to make.
The situation in countries such as Iran, China and Honduras where human rights and democracy are hard-pushed, is the Parliament's first concern after its constituent session.