- A group of MEPs drew up a blueprint for EU reform, proposals of which include a new EU programme to support households and businesses facing rising energy and food prices and a 5,000-strong European army.
- The Conference agreed on 49 recommendations, including the scrapping of national vetoes in a host of policy areas such as foreign policy, new EU competences to coordinate health policy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and additional powers of legislative initiative and control for the European Parliament.
- The question of scrapping vetoes on EU foreign, defence and security policy has emerged following the difficulties in agreeing on sanctions against Russia and military support for Ukraine in the wake of the invasion.
EU army and support fund for energy crisis among new treaty reform proposal
