Accused of calling the shots in the financial markets, credit rating agencies have been in the sights of the EU institutions since the crisis began. EPTV takes a look back.
EPP chair Joseph Daul comments on the hot topics of early 2013 from EU budget to Mali, and Ingeborg Gräßle discusses fraud, OLAF and EU officials' salaries.
MEPs head to the plenary session in Strasbourg to discuss Ireland's programme for its EU Council presidency, new rules on rating agencies and the debt crisis.