After the holiday break, the European Parliament holds between 14 and 17 September its first plenary meeting of the political year. Important issues, such as the vote of investiture of the President of the Commission's inaugural address Jerzy Buzek and the G-20 in Pittsburgh occupy the agenda of this meeting.

735 MEPs will vote on Wednesday on whether to endorse Commission President nominee José Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term, after hearing his statement to the House Tuesday. That day, Barroso will deliver a speech to explain its agenda for this term.

Following his election as European Parliament President in July, Jerzy Buzek will give an inaugural address to MEPs in which he will set out the political priorities for his term of office.  A former prime minister of Poland, Mr Buzek is the first MEP from one of the Member States that joined the EU in 2004 to be elected President of the House. He is a member of the European People's Party. The speech will be followed by a debate.

Milk prices: public aid to be prolonged until February 2010

MEPs will vote on a Commission plan to prolong public aid to buy up butter and milk powder until February 2010 rather than ending this support from 31 August. The Agriculture Committee wants the measures on butter private storage to be extended to also include cheese.

G20 summit in Pittsburgh: holding financial institutions to account

Bankers' salaries and bonuses, the supervision of financial markets and restrictions on the size of banks are the practical issues likely to be discussed when the Commission and the EU Presidency make statements to MEPs next Wednesday in Strasbourg, in the last plenary session before the G-20 meeting in Pittsburg later this month.