An EFD group request to include in the agenda an oral question to the Commission on "defence of the principle of subsidiarity", further to a European Court of Human Rights ruling that the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms breaches the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights, was approved by 118 votes to 78, with one abstention.
Trešdien svinīgā sēdē Eiropas Parlamentā Ludmila Aleksejeva, Oļegs Orlovs un Sergejs Kovaļevs organizācijas "Memoriāls" un citu Krievijas cilvēktiesību aizstāvju vārdā saņems Eiropas Parlamenta Saharova balvu par domas brīvību.