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STRASBOURG - The European Parliament decided on Monday to put a debate on the post-election situation in Serbia on Wednesday's agenda of its plenary session, which ends on January 18.

Passing a resolution on the Serbian elections was also included in the agenda.

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament will most likely not discuss the recent Serbian elections at next week's plenary session in Strasbourg after political groups have failed to reach a consensus on the matter, Tanjug learns.

However, there is a small likelihood of the issue being put on the session's agenda on Monday, Tanjug's sources said.

Alexandra Voudouri, Kathimerini's Brussels correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at what's at stake this year in the European-wide elections for European Parliament in June, and and break down whether the concerning growing support for the far-right we are seeing could turn into a political tsunami.

The mail-in ballot will be used for the first time in Greece at the European Parliament elections in June, after its vote in parliament, the government said.

The relevant bill by the Interior Ministry has been posted for public consultation until January 10, and will be tabled in parliament shortly after.

European Union leaders and top officials hailed on Wednesday a major breakthrough in talks on new rules to control migration, but critics said the reforms will weaken the rights of asylum-seekers and encourage more morally dubious deals with countries that people leave to get to Europe.

The EU has reached an agreement on a new set of rules to manage migration and asylum, Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, said on Wednesday on social media platform X.

"The EU reached a landmark agreement on a new set of rules to manage migration and asylum," she said. [Reuters]

The European Parliament and EU member states struck a deal yesterday on rules to strengthen conditions for those working through apps, such as ride-hailing drivers.

Under the new law, many platform workers in Europe could be reclassified as employees and therefore gain access to labor and social protection rights, the parliament said.

Most Bulgarians express satisfaction and see benefits from Bulgaria's EU membership, as indicated by the latest Eurobarometer survey presented by the European Parliament. The survey highlights that 72 percent of EU citizens, including 57 percent of Bulgarians, perceive their country as benefiting from its participation in the Community.

Retired diplomat and former European Parliament MP Christos Zacharakis has died. He was 84.

"A positive decision on the enlargement of Schengen with Bulgaria and Romania should be expected by the end of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU, which ends by the end of the year." This was stated by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.