After moving its plenary session from Strasbourg to Brussels last week as a precautionary measure, the European Parliament eventually is holding a special one-day plenary session in Brussels, as thousands of confirmed cases of coronavirus have been recorded across the EU27 bloc.

Given the restricted time of the session that kicked-off late on Monday and will finish on Tuesday, the agenda has been significantly limited and no votes will be taken.

David Sassoli, the Parliament's President wa...