On Wednesday 2nd of July Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will address the plenary to mark the opening of the Italian Presidency of the EU (15h00).

Renzi's Partito Democratico is one of the big winners of the recent EU elections. The S&D Group is strongly backing his call on the EU to radically change, get rid of its austerity policy and deliver an ambitious plan for investment to boost growth and employment.