The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted for the Parliament to take the European Commission to court for inaction on the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism. Despite numerous breaches of the rule of law endangering the proper use of EU funds, the Commission has failed to activate the mechanism. MEPs, led by the Greens/EFA Group, gave the Commission a deadline of July 1st to use the mechanism and when this deadline passed, the Parliament voted to take the Commission to the European Court of Justice for failure to act under Article 265 TFEU. After the Commission's final refusal to launch the conditionality procedure, the Committee of Legal Affairs followed the recommendation of Greens/EFA rapporteur, Sergey Lagodinsky, to formally file the request for action against the Commission with the European Court of Justice.

The European Commission unveiled its "toolbox" for EU governments to tackle the current energy price hike. The toolbox mainly includes short-term measures for member states by setting out options to target vulnerable households. The Greens/EFA Group calls for support for low-income citizens, ramping up energy renovations and the further development of renewable energy, as this will allow for a combination of short-term, medium and long-term solutions.