According to their Manifesto 2019

Climate action

Strict new carbon dioxide emissions targets will be phased in next year across the EU, with the threat of punitive fines for those who fail to comply. Under the rules, carmakers must cut their average fleet emissions to less than 95 grammes of CO2 per kilometre by 2021. They face a €95 fine for every gramme of CO2 that exceeds the target  multiplied by the number of cars sold that year. There is a potential €30bn penalty for the industry.

PREAMBLE

Note: New political groups may be formed and/or existing groups reconfigured

Austria

1. EPP: 7
2. S&D: 5
3. ENF: 3
4. Greens/EFA: 2
5. ALDE&R: 1

Belgium

1. EPP: 4
2. ALDE&R: 4
3. ECR: 3
4. S&D: 3
5. ENF: 3
6. Greens/EFA: 3
7. GUE/NGL: 1

Bulgaria

1. EPP: 7
2. S&D: 5
3. ALDE&R: 3
4. ECR: 2

Croatia

The elections for the European Parliament will result in a significant increase of Eurosceptic/Anti-EU parties. The right-wing and strongly Eurosceptics will receive around 15 percent of total votes. The more moderately right-wing Eurosceptics will also win around 15 percent of total votes. And the left-wing Eurosceptics are set to get around 7 percent of total votes. Taking all Eurosceptic votes together they will win around 37.5 percent of total votes.

Original Resolution has been edited to concentrate on sanctions, Donbas and Crimea

Rapporteur: Sandra Kalniete (EPP/Latvia) 

On 12 March 2019, Parliament adopted a resolution by 402 votes to 163, with 89 abstentions, assessing the current state of EU-Russia political relations.

Source: ECFR

The May 2019 European Parliament election will provide some important signs of what to expect from the EU-Russia relationship in years to come. This is somewhat surprising, given that the parliament is not exactly the driving force of European foreign policy. The claim is based on neither the assumption that Russia might have high hopes for an anti-European and pro-Moscow takeover of the parliament, nor the assumption that it is preparing to engage in a large-scale, coordinated effort to achieve this end –as some Europeans fear.

Western sanctions against Russia haven’t worked and both Moscow and the West would benefit from lifting them. Restrictions are harmful for everyone. Lifting sanctions would answer common interests. Indeed, both Russia and the EU would benefit from resuming full-scale cooperation.

President elect Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will take office on May 28, 2019. While President Putin has said that he’s open to one-on-one peace talks with Zelensky who is also open to such a meeting, he has made his negotiating positions clear by saying the Donbas and Crimea are territories “temporarily” occupied by Russia, and he expects to bring them both back under Kyiv’s control.