MEPs head to the plenary session in Strasbourg to discuss Ireland's programme for its EU Council presidency, new rules on rating agencies and the debt crisis.
We ask two MEPs if Marianne Thyssen's report on the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union is really the basis for a more democratic European monetary union.
Gianni Pittella gives his assessment of the EU's road to recovery and Erminia Mazzoni explains the Petitions Committee's role in safeguarding EU citizens' rights.
Guy Verhofstadt on the possible solutions to overcome the crisis and Jean-Paul Gauzès on the power wielded by the world's biggest credit rating agencies.